Development of Socioeconomic Rehabilitation Index based on Kobe Statistics for the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster

Abstract

This paper provides socioeconomic rehabilitation index(RI)to monitor constantly and objectivery the victim's life recovery process under large earthquake disaster using various official statistics.Usually,as each of the data have different range of variation and different unit,it is necessary to use standardized data(Si)based on the concept of PLI(People's Life Indicators)which is proposed by the Economic Planning Agency.The RI is defined as difference between the actual data(Si,.x.I)after the disaster and the hypothetical data(Sio.x.I)which would have been achieved in case there is no disaster.By appling this method to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster in Kobe City,we could find 6 recovery patterns after the event.