Evacuation assistance using a robot is studied. Human subjects experiments of indoor evacuation under robot guidance were conducted and the result showed effectiveness of a robot guidance in the evacuation. Based on the experiment result an agent model for evacuation simulation was conducted. The agent model considers probability distributions of the walking speed and the route decision time of evacuees. Using the constructed agent model, evacuation simulation was carried out for a building with complex hallways. It is demonstrated that effective position of a robot for guidance can be sought through the agent simulation.

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The objective of this study was to elucidate the details about the relation between seismic fire that occurred at Ansei Edo earthquake and the fire prevention system established in Edo city during Kyoho era. The area around Edo Castle and the Government’s storehouse for rice were successfully protected from the seismic fire. However, a number of fireproof buildings were damaged and some of them were burned down in a spreading fire. Most of fire organization parties except for a few parties failed to extinguish a fire. As a result, the fire was extinguished only due to large Samurai residences,rivers, canals, androads and so forth.

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In this paper, we discuss a communication system for disaster relief medical teams. Usually, Japanese medical teams are not equipped with communication systems specialized for disaster operations. They can only rely on common-use mobile and landline phones during disaster events. However, public lines are reported to be out of function in disaster areas during the past major disasters. We conducted experiments to evaluate communication means that can holdmedical communication links during disasters, using the new Japanese two-way communication radio system,“Digital Convenience Radio: DCR”. Our results suggested that DCR can support medical activity at sites ofdevastating disasters.

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Microtremor data that was an actual slight ground motion, was acquired widespread for Konan city, Kochi prefecture, and H/V spectral ratio was calcurated to utilize for accurate shaking hazard maps. At first, it was found that the predominant frequency and the corresponding peak value of H/V spectral ratio was not enough related to AVS30, ARV(an amplification rate) and so on based on the geomorphologic classification map. And it was shown that the predominant frequency of microtremor H/V spectral ratio corresponded to the transfer function at the investigated ground. We suggested and demonstrated a method to interpolate the transfer function at the site without investigation data using the microtremor H/V spectral ratio.

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The objectives of this study was clarified problems and measures for formulation of preliminary reconstruction and urban development plan by residents in Minami Town, Pref. Tokushima. The results of the study are as follows; (1) We established three areas autonomous disaster prevention organizations in Yuki. (2) Residents not only measuresfor disaster prevention and disaster reduction but preliminary reconstruction and urban development were proposed by heard about disaster victims’ actual experiences and participated in a study session. (3) We were able to extract residents’ local inheritance motivation is not high and residents’ reconstruction motivation is high in Yuki by hearing investigation.

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Uji city stuffed from flooding disaster in the summer of 2012. They were on the way to revise their disaster response plan reflecting the lessons from the Tohoku earthquake disaster. For the first step of revising process, Kyoto University evaluated the disaster response plan, and clarified the points need to be amended recommendation in 2011,. This paper validate the adequateness of those points by comparing the real issues in disaster response of flood disaster. Uji city improvised their response to accommodate issues on real disaster response. This paper clarifies the essential contents for the disaster response plan of post-Tohoku earthquake from the lessons of real disaster response experiences of City of Uji.

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We performed a content analysis of local disaster prevention plans and a questionnaire survey among 102 Japanese major cities. We obtained answers from 56 major cities. From these analyses, we established a typology of information processing procedures regarding the set-up and dissemination of an official evacuation advisory. We created a typology of the timings of preparing for refuges, as well. These patterns of information processing procedures can be used as candidate organizational structurs from which major cities can choose the best one through their functional exercises.

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In order to support the process of disaster victims' life reconstruction, we clarified the work process structure with requirements must be realized; however, the situation after the disaster determines how much damage would occurred, people needed to be assist, and human, physical and financial resources would be available. We analyzed the data from 7 municipals’ actual requirements definition in the Iwate Victims' Disaster Master Database and developed the common operational picture of city officials' struggles about designing business work process structure under the unexpected condition.

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