ANALYSIS OF DIRECT/INDIRECT LOSS OF ENTERPRISES DUE TO TORRENTIAL RAINFALL DISASTER IN JULY, 2018

Abstract

 “Robustness, Resilience after damage and Emergency response” are keys to achieve disaster resilient society. Torrential rainfall in July 2018 affected the enterprises in wide area of the west Japan, bringing direct loss due to inundation and landslides, and indirect loss. This paper conducted an questionnaire survey to the affected enterprises in Hiroshima and Okayama Prefectures to understand the actual situation of direct/indirect loss of their headquarters, branch offices and factories. It was found that many enterprises suffered business disruption due to indirect loss such as water outage, road brockage and logistics disruption.