COMPARSION OF DAMAGE EVALUATION OF RESIDENTIAL LAND CONDUCTED BY FIREMEN AND ITS OFFICIAL JUDGEMENT

Abstract

The 2003 Sanriku-minami earthquake caused severe damage to residential land in Ishinomaki, Tsukidate, Kesennuma, Sendai, etc in Tohoku region in Japan. Emergence damage evaluation of the residential land was conducted by the firemen at the second and third days from the earthquake. Official judgement of safety evaluation of the residential land was performed in one month after the event. The present paper compared the both evaluation in order to analyze the characteristics of damage to residential land, Moreover, a problem of delay of the official judgement was discussed.