2005 年 7 巻 p. 35-42
Recent damaging earthquakes have clearly revealed that retrofitting low earthquake-resistant structures is the key issue for earthquake disaster reduction. The authors have proposed a new Retrofitting Promotion System (RPS) as driving forces for the promotion of retrofitting of weaker structures. The main concept of the RPS is that the government guarantees a portion of the building repair and reconstruction expenses if retrofitting is implemented by the owner following the guidelines before the earthquake and in spite of this, the structure is damaged. A questionnaire survey was conducted for homeowners in the Kanto region with respect to their attitude to the proposed RPS. Based on a result, the effectiveness of RPS was verified.