2015 Volume 12 Pages 71-84
The present paper aimed to identify municipal governments' measures to promote the household adoption of reinforcement of wooden house against earthquakes. Data were collected via interview surveys in the seven cities in Osaka prefecture. In the qualitative analysis, it was revealed that officers of different cities have a variety of views on the impacts of the measures they have adopted. On the basis of the findings, a quantitative analysis was performed. A major finding was that whether to take a new action for the promotion of seismic reinforcement in a fiscal year was significantly associated with the number of households adopting seismic reinforcement in the same year. Practical implications of the findings are also discussed.
