2013 Volume 69 Issue 4 Pages I_798-I_806
During the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, many residents which inhabit coastal area used the car/ on foot for evacuation from mega tsunami. But huge number of residents can not reach for the evacuation space safely. The reson of that situation is that traffic congestions occurred in the evacuation route for going forward evacuation site due to the trouble of traffic signal and rapid increase of traffic demand on the road, and on foot evacuation people do not recognize the correct evacuation route and evacuation center. This paper analyzes the evacuation behavior of resident who suffered from The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake in Kesennuma city using language analysis. It comfirmed that recognition of evacuation from tsunami is different from each evacuation methods.