Abstract
The importance of disaster risk management at community level has been re-recognized after the Great East Japan Earthquake and many studies on disaster prevention workshop (WS) recently have been reported in a lot of communities. First, we as an expert held three WS discussions with residents at Yona district in Kunigami village, Okinawa, in 2013. Then we investigated and analyzed the dialogue and the behavior of residents at Yona after the discussions in order to clarify what effect the discussions have on the implementation for disaster prevention and mutual aid among residents. Discriminant analysis of the dialogue showed that the frequency of remarks by residents affected their action for disaster prevention. The results of dialogue showed the importance of mutual learning process between the experts and residents and the roles of diverse residents.
