2004 Volume 48 Pages 397-402
A major flood occurred in the city of Koriyama at the end of August 1998, after which a flood control facility project called the Heisei Abukuma River Project was speedily carried out from 1999 to 2001 in the Abukuma river basin, which includes Koriyama. Shortly afterwards, however, Typhoon No.6 hit the city in July 2002 and caused flood disaster.
The purpose of this study is to examine how these disasters affected Koriyama residents' perception with respect to floods. Analysis results given here are based on a questionnaire survey conducted among Koriyama residents.
The results clearly indicate that the city residents are more concerned about inland flooding than levee breaks as a potential cause of floods. They also show that the city residents' evaluation of the Heisei Abukuma River Project relates to their perception of flood risk, and that their evaluations are affected little by the actual experience they have had with floods.
