Developing an Online In-service Teacher Training Program on Geomorphology and Hazard Map: To Enhance Localized School Safety from Disasters

Abstract

The supreme court decision of the Okawa Elementary School tsunami compensation case has indicated that schools ensure safety from disasters by taking damages beyond prediction into considerations even if it is not projected on existing hazard maps.　It is important for teachers responsible for school safety to learn how to interpret hazard maps based on the topography.　The aim of this paper is to develop an online teacher training program to address the need.　This is an effort by the authors with geography and other academic and professional backgrounds and thereby connecting the knowledge of geography （geomorphology） related to topography and maps with teachers at school.