RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EVACUATION BEHAVIOR AND AWARENESS OF FLOOD HAZARD-MAP IN MABI TOWN, KURASHIKI CITY DUE TO 2018 WESTERN JAPAN FLOODS

Abstract

 Using the questionnaire results for the residents in Mabi town, Kurashiki city, Okayama Prefecture, which suffered massive damage in July, 2018, we compared the awareness of the evacuation behavior and the hazard map. As a result, the degree of recognition of the hazard map is over 20% for both types of questionnaires and is never high. From the questionnaire results of Okayama Broadcasting, the higher the awareness of hazard map is, the higher the level of understanding for disaster information such as heavy rain special warning and evacuation instruction is. Furthermore the higher the awareness of hazard map is, evacuation behavior is earlier.