Study on Strategies for Safer Non-engineered Houses

－A Proposal of Inter-disciplinary，Inter-sectoral and International Approach－

Abstract

Reducing earthquake disasters in non-engineered houses is an acute issue because they are a main cause of human casualties．Since non-engineered houses differ from engineered houses in many respects，we conducted a comparative study and clarified the characteristics of the former ．Based on this study ，we found that a comprehensive approach covering a wider field of activity and effort was necessary as users/dwellers of nonengineered houses are low income people and a professional housing supply sector usually does not exist for such houses．This paper indicates the items to be tackled in reducing earthquake disasters in such dwellings，and proposes an inter-disciplinary，inter-sectoral and international approach，which covers all the items．