A BASIC SURVEY ON HOW POLICY REFERENCE AMONG LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SHARING NARRATIVE-FORMED INFORMATION AFFECT THE QUALITY OF THEIR DISASTER PREVENTION ACTIVITIES

Abstract

In Japan, there are huge risks of natural disaster and building “national resilience” has been an urgent problem for the central and regional governments. Not only central but also local governments play an important role in disaster prevention, so the works on understanding how local governments are addressing the problems and how their activities can be improved. In this study, we conducted a survey on this issue by mailing a questionnaire to local governments in Japan. We gathered information about each government's current situation, and test the hypothesis that interaction among local governments and the use of narrative-formed information, which has become seen applicable to public policies recently, can improve their disaster prevention activities.