Abstract
The travel distances and means of transport for tsunami evacuation in urban area of Ishinomaki city were investigated. The survey data was based on responses of 797 cases for questionnaire about the evacuation from the tsunami in the great east Japan earthquake disaster. The questionnaires were collected from people living in the temporary houses in Ishinomaki city. Following findings were obtained. 1) Half of respondents evacuated by cars. 2) 90% of respondents who evacuated on foot moved to places within 1km distance. 2) 40% of respondents who evacuated by cars moved less than 1km. 3) A quarter of respondents who evacuated by cars came back to their homes once and they had only 17 minutes in average left to evacuate. 4) Two fifths of respondents who evacuated by cars were in traffic jams.
