2018 Volume 74 Issue 5 Pages I_389-I_397
In the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, national governments and municipalities in Kumamoto tried to provide disaster relief supplies to evacuees. However, it is pointed out that supplies did not arrive timely to sufferers. This problem has been also pointed out in the past disasters. Therefore, various countermeasures have been proposed and implemented. However, the problem in Kumamoto shows that there are still many problems in disaster relief logistics. According to our survey on the plans and actual operations of the disaster relief logistics in Kumamoto, there are some troubles in spite of the disaster relief agreement for transport supplies. We also found that there is a possibility that there are some parts where no one conduct transportation due to discrepancies between stakeholders' interpretation of the plans and their roles. In this research, it is suggested that there are problems in the contents of the agreement and the disaster response plan, and communication concerning them.
