The Development of Support System for Enabling Effective Response to Disasters on the Basis of Problem-solving Method

-In the Case of the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake in 2007-

Abstract

This paper shows the support organizations in the case of Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake in 2007were divided into 4 categories; Establised, Expanding, Extending and Emergent organization. Their 8 operations were examindedwhat aspects were effective or ineffective. Those verifications were related with the 4 categories they were classified into. The activities made by the support organization were sometimes unregarded and have no concrete source of revenue. Preparing to the future Super-Extensive disaster, it is time to think about the development of support system for enabling effective response to disasters.