A Study on Sea Bathers’ Evacuation Action from Tsunami

Based on Interview Survey in Oarai Sun Beach

Abstract

In order to clarify Sea Bathers’ intention of Evacuation Action from Tsunami, we conducted hearing survey on visitors to Oarai Sun Beach, in Oarai town, Ibaraki prefecture. Based on the obtained data, at first, we grasped the respondents’ lead time, direction, means of moving, and routes to evacuate in the case of that Tsunami was coming to the beach, and analyzed correlation between these results and some factors. Next, we estimated passage rates of the evacuees over each road links around the beach. Then, we found that the respondents’ choises of evacuation direction and routes were unevenly, and so on.