Possibility of the Community-lead Management System of the Evacuation Centers

‐From the case study of the Hisumi area in Kashiwazaki city in the 2007 Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake‐

Abstract

It is necessary that the evacuation centers are managed by refugees in future disasters, especially in the slightly damaged areas, because the most aid power of public secter are carried into the more heavily damaged areas for management of evaciation centers. In the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake, the local community must cope with various difficulties by themselves in the evacuation period. In the Hisumi area, which is one of the active communities in Kashiwazaki city, we proceeded the interview investigations on both of the leaders of community and the refugees for clarifying the actual response of refugees and the management of the evacuation center in the community in the evacuation period. This study clarified the factors on the possibility of the community-leading management on evacuation centers, and showed the lessons for the preparation against future disasters.