State of Support for Persons Requiring Relief During Disasters:

Case of Disaster Prevention Welfare Community of Kobe City

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of Kobe City measures to support persons requiring relief during disasters． It analyzes the results of a survey on disaster prevention welfare community activities in Kobe City, which integrate disaster prevention and welfare, and considers policies for promoting support by residents to persons requiring relief during disasters． As a result, the paper indicates that the awareness, training and planning of support activities and social capital thereof are factors in fostering support by residents to persons requiring relief during disasters ． Furthermore, it also examines the effect of the priority order of these factors on promoting such support．