Kobe City's Disaster-Resistant City Planning 30 Years after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake from the Perspective of the Formulation and Application of Community Disaster Management Plans

Shinyo District in Nagata Ward and Fujiwaradai District in Kita Ward as a case study

Abstract

The importance of self-help and mutual aid is growing due to the increasing severity and frequency of large-scale disasters. District disaster prevention plans are a resident-centered institutional mechanism for the purpose of improving local disaster preparedness. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the current status of disaster reduction planning in Kobe City 30 years after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake through interviews and a literature review. As a result, it became clear that there are disparities in the current status of disaster reduction planning in Kobe City among regions, depending on whether they have experienced the disaster or not, and on the structure of their residents. Based on these results, it is necessary to create a new mechanism for community-driven disaster reduction and to promote cooperation with other entities, in accordance with the actual conditions of each community.