Making Condition of Tunami Hazard Maps in Japen as of August 2006

Abstract

Public awareness of risk management to the tsunami disaster has been increased since the 2004 Sumatra Tsunami. Making hazard map is one of the essential countermeasures for the local governments in Japan. Japanese government directed the local to make the maps in 2004 because only 9.6% of the coastal areas prepared them. The authors investigated the making condition of the tsunami hazard maps in August 2006, which were published through Internet. This paper reports how much governments prepare the maps and compares the contents.