A Study on the Local Governments' Expectation and Promotion Measures to the Disaster Recovery Activity of Construction Companies

Abstract

In the time of disasters, construction companies' roles of disaster recovery are indispensable in each region. Local governments that are responsible for disaster relief have been depending on these roles. However, the amount of construction investment has been decreasing in Japan, and the business environment of construction firms has changed to be very severe. Authors have executed a questionnaire survey to the prefectural governments and ordinance-designated city governments to examine actual situations, expectation and supportive measures of disaster recovery cooperation with local construction companies. Those governments have recognized the importance of continuous existence of the companies in their regions, but their supportive measures should be more enhanced.