ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF RISK PERCEPTION, DISASTER PREVENTION LITERACY AND PREPAREDNESS FOR EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMI OF THE INHABITANTS WHO REBUILT IN THE AREA INUNDATED BY TSUNAMI

Abstract

 In this paper, we conducted a questionnaire survey for survivors affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture. Thereby, we clarified the actual conditions of tsunami risk perception, disaster prevention literacy, preparedness for next earthquakes and tsunami of inhabitants who rebuilt in the area inundated by the tsunami. As a result, the following main results were obtained. 1) Compared with the inhabitants who relocated to inland, the inhabitants who rebuilt in the area inundated by the tsunami have lower tsunami risk perception. And the proportion of those who think that tsunami will come again while they are alive is high. 2) Many people think that they will not be affected themselves by tsunami even if they predict the return of tsunami. 3) There is a possibility that the disaster prevention literacy of the inhabitants who rebuilt in the area inundated by tsunami is lower than that of the inhabitants who relocated to inland. 4) The inhabitants who rebuilt in the area inundated by tsunami is higher for the proportion of those who implement the preparation for tsunami. On the one hand, for other preparations and the total number of the preparations, the inhabitants who relocated to inland is higher.