A Study on the Utilization of Boats to Emergency Rescue and Relief after Tokai, Tonankai and Nankai Earthquake

Abstract

Tokai, Tonankai and Nankai earthquake tsunami will make huge number of drifters and isolated villages. Under such situation, it is known the rescue and transport activities of small boats are effective to disaster reduction from past disaster lessons. In this study, the possibility and feasibility of the rescue and relief utilizing small boats are estimated from damage estimation and the questionnaire survey on the fishermen's decision making under damage situation. As the result of this study, in Mie prefecture, it is estimated that the number of the small boats which will participate in rescue and relief activities is sufficient to rescue and relief needs under present situation. Furthermore, we found that even in depopulating society of the future, small boats are effective in the area where many isolated communities will be generated.