EFFORTS OF DISASTER PREVENTION/MITIGATION IN COOPERATION WITH COMMUNITY PEOPLE IN SENDAI RIVER BASIN

Abstract

 It is feared that climate change caused by global warming will increase the frequency and intensify the level of disasters related to water and sediment. Accordingly, a need for development of crisis management system is increased in addition to structural measures. In the Sendai River basin, “Subcommittee to Consider Disaster Prevention/Mitigation Relating to Climate Change” was established in close cooperation between the government and private sectors. Throught the subcommittee, non-structural adaptive measures were studied aiming at achieving “Zero Victims” under the water related disasters, and then the measures were implemented.
 This paper reports challenges over the water related disasters derived from questionnaire survey to community people about consciousness of disaster prevention as well as efforts implemented with non structural measures. In addition, this paper presents measures for expanding/continuing efforts and their effects such as “study sessions by community people are effective for raising consciousness of disaster prevention”.