A Study of the Relationship between Revision of Disaster prevention Measures and Mergence of Municipalities

Abstract

In the first decade of 21 st century, mergence of municipalties executed in Japan. The number of Municipalities decreased from 3,200 to 1,700. The area and number of staffs of every merged municipality increased, but area of municitality per a stuff increased and population per a stuff decreased. After the mergence of municipalities,revision of the Disaster management plans were executed. The intensificated financeability of merged municipality makes revision and administration of various disaster managements and measures, but the vulnerabilities of merged municipality is not recognized enough.