Issues of the Measure of Evacuation against a Storm Surge by Hitting a Huge Typhoon in Japan

Because of global warming, the risk of a storm surge will increase more and more in the future. It is important to make residents appropriately evacuate so that they are not sacrificed to the storm surge disaster. In this paper, issues of the system of evacuation against the storm surge disaster in Japan and the ideal way of the system are examined referring to the United States. Moreover, the actual situation of resident's intention to evacuate at a storm surge disaster and relationship between the intention and its formation factors are clarified based on the result of the questionnaire survey. And appropriate way of education about disaster prevention for residents is considered.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/41185(417)55
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780784411858
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2011 ASCE
• Authors:
  • Kodama, Makoto
  • Katada, Toshitaka
• Conference:
  • The 2011 Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference
  • Location: Anchorage AK, United States
  • Date: 2011-6-26 to 2011-6-29
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coasts; Evacuation; Storm surges; Typhoons
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01367731
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 978-0-7844-1185-8
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Apr 11 2012 12:36PM