Consideration on Disaster Management Capability Mainly by Small and Medium Sized Municiplities, Especilly, in the Stage of the Coronavirus Crisis

Abstract

Under the coronavirus ciris, we should cope with natural disasters. We focused on municipalities, in Hyogo prefecture, to research on their capacities of disaster management. While we analyzed the support measures by the national and prefecture government, we implemented the questionnaire and interview surveys to these mucipalities. We found that those support measures emphasized on the opening and operation of evacuation faicilities, which acceralated the management of the munipalities in the short trem. But it is not enough to prepare for the long term disasters. Although big cities are superior in the term of the crisis system, each municipalities should develop their coordination capacities within their organization, and with citizens and business cooperation.