Abstract
Based on the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake regarding the operation
of designated sheltering facilities, the City of Sendai launched the system Local Sheltering
Facilities (a.k.a. “Gambaru Hinanshisetsu”). The condominiums of “Gambaru Hinanshisetsu” could be a role model for residents' voluntary sheltering facilities that can cooperate with the local community, however a sample survey of previous studies revealed that while residents are
engaged in proactive disaster risk reduction activities, there are issues in building function with
disaster risk reduction. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to clarify the characteristics of
disaster risk reduction of 25 all condominiums of “Gambaru Hinanshisetsu” when “Mori-no-
Miyako Certification standards” are applied to them.
The results of the survey revealed the levels of building function with disaster risk reduction
including the existence of some condominiums with old earthquake resistant standard in addition
to those in the previous studies. It also became clear that although the community-wide disaster
risk reduction activities are well-developed, the disaster risk reduction activities within
condominiums are not. Also, the characteristics of Resilience with disaster risk reduction were
clarified from various perspectives. Based on the above, we propose that it is essential for the
architecture administration and the disaster risk reduction administration to cooperate with each
other in order to realize both the development of high-quality building stock and proactive disaster risk reduction activities, including cooperation with the local community, as a universal
approach to condominiums of disaster risk reduction that is not limited to Sendai City alone.
