Abstract
The Shonan coast located near the seismic center of the South Kanto earthquake is situated in the most risky belt among all belts in the metropolitan areas of Tokyo due to the high possibility of house collapse and the tsunami run-up. Thus, radical countermeasures are desirable for disaster mitigation as the particular attention should be paid. Kamakura city, important as a historical city located in the Shonan coast, has many tourists who are unfamiliar to the area. Therefore, when evacuating the city during the occurrence of a tsunami, there is a high probability of losing many human lives.
Authors have developed social and geographical models using factors such as population density, wooden-house ratio, evacuation distance, and tsunami flooding depth to evaluate the distribution of life risk characteristics in the area. The obtained results can contribute to the society for preparing planning policies of disaster prevention measures or reconstruction after tsunami disasters. We will contribute again about the tsunami-disaster prevention-hills covered by pine forest, burying high standard road, evacuation center, and sightseeing parking lots in the hilly bank used as the seaside pine park in normal times for tourists and citizens.
