Earthquake Disaster Reduction Using Information Technologyin Municipality Recovery Service After the Niigata-ken Chuetsu Earthquake

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to earthquake disaster reduction by resolving information issue in the recovery service for municipality. In this study, the support for recovery service was conducted at the municipality in the disaster area of the Niigata-ken Chuetsu earthquake. Latent information problem was given from support activity at the actual operation. Spatial Temporal information system was presented as a problem solving method, and then the practice support to achieve the presented information processing was developed. The effectiveness of this system was used and validated at the municipality.