Abstract
The influences of fire and liquefaction caused by the Hanshin-Awaji disaster on the radial growth of trees were investigated. Ring widths of trees which were suffered by the disaster in Kobe were compared with the increment cores of trees of same species planted in Sakai City which were not sufferd from the disaster. The long term effects of liquefaction on growth of Cinnamomum camphora, Pinus thunbergii, Ulmas parvifolia were not observed. Fire decreased the ring widths of Cinammomum camphora after the disaster, but Zelkova serrata were not affected. The ring widths of trees which were suffered from fire or liquefaction were increased after two years from disaster, so the influences of fire and liquefaction do not remained for long period in Kobe City.
