2011.4-2012.3 Yearbook of NILIM
Research Summary


Research Center for Disaster Management

Reference Number Y111305
Title Research on proper method to shelter or evacuate from flood
Start-End Date 2009.4-2012.3
Division Flood Disaster Prevention Division
Author Head, Hiroyuki ITO
Senior Researcher, Mitunori IINO
Researcher, Mariko HIRATUKA
Summary Reduction of the human damage by the reinforcement of non-structural measures is an urgent problem. It becomes the key to improve the understanding of people for flood and inundation conditions through provision of appropriate information to push forward adequacy of evacuation or sheltering measures. Therefore, (1)Evacuation or sheltering method depending on the flood situation, (2)Proper provision of disaster information and (3) Education for disaster prevention were examined.