THE TOHOKU-PACIFIC OCEAN EARTHQUAKE MAKE CHANGE FOR BEACHGOER'S EVACUATION DECISION

Abstract

 The counter measures for preventing tsunami disaster have been targeted to local inhabitants, therefore the effect of mitigating disaster in the seaside resorts where many tourists visit is not adequate at the present. In this study, the questionnaire surveys concerning on the beachgoer's awareness of tsunami disaster were conducted in six seaside resorts where the raid of gigantic tsunami could be expected when the Tonankai and Nankai earthquake would be happened near future.
 The result shows that the evacuation awareness is directly related to the uncertainly of tsunami. The covariance structure analysis carried out is able to find the effect of the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean earthquake on evacuation decision.