ANALYSIS OF RECOVERY OF ENTERPRISES AFTRER TORRENTIAL RAINFALL DISASTER IN JULY, 2018

Abstract

 “Robustness, Recovery after damage, Emergency response and Build Back Better” are key issues 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 due to power outage, water outage, road blockage, etc. This paper conducted an questionnaire survey to the affected enterprises in Hiroshima and Okayama Prefectures to understand the actual situation of recovery of their headquarters, branch offices and factories. Recovery curves of their activities and difference of these curves due to direct or indirect loss were identified.