ADRC Annual Report No.5 (2002)

5. Training and Raising Public Awareness5. Training and Raising Public Awareness
5-1. Training Programs by ADRC
5-1-1. JICA Seminar on Disaster Management
ADRC conducts a Seminar on Disaster Management every year based on a request by JICA
and with its full support since the fiscal year 2000.
1) Course Overview
Course Name: Seminar on Disaster Management
Course Period: January 19 – March 1, 2003
Implementing Organizations: JICA Hyogo International Center, ADRC
Applicants: 16 officials from 15 countries
Countries: Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, El Salvador, Fiji, Haiti, Hungary,
Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Mozanbique, Pakistan, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, and Venezuela2) Objectives
To improve disaster management and reduce damage caused by natural disasters, through theseminar using Japan’s disaster management system as a model. Also, having trainees
themselves understand the current situation, problems, tasks, and solutions for disastermanagement in their countries and surrounding regions through the exchange of experiences
and opinions of other countries, and reviewing the course of actions for improvement.
3) Background
Japan is located in an area frequently hit by typhoons. As seen by the recent Tokai torrential
rains, every year the country suffers disasters such as torrential rains and floods. Japan is also
located in the pacific earthquake and volcanic belt where earthquakes and volcanoes are active.
Particularly after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, seismic activities such as the Tottori
Seibu Earthquake, and volcanic activities such as Mt. Usu in Hokkaido and Miyakejima havebeen noted. Historically, there have also been numerous tsunami disasters, making Japan one of
the few disaster-prone countries both meteorologically and geologically.
As a result of the country’s efforts to improve disaster management based on experience andlessons learned from damage caused by numerous natural disasters in the past, Japan is one of
the top advanced countries in disaster management in the world today.
On the other hand, natural disasters continue to increase in the international community, andmany developing countries suffer massive human and property losses which impedes theirefforts for social and economic development.
The sharing of knowledge and experience with these countries to improve disastermanagement is the most important and essential duty of countries like Japan, which has
extensive experience with disasters and is equipped with a consistent disaster management
system. This is also in line with the efforts of various countries on various levels such as with
the UN, which has been promoting international disaster reduction cooperation since the 1990s.
The reinforcement of such efforts needs to be continued in the 21st century, which is expected
to see increased vulnerability to disasters in many countries due to climate change on a global
scale and rapid urbanization. As part of Japan’s international disaster reduction cooperation,
this program is aimed at the sharing of knowledge and experience, with disaster management
officials from various countries to promote the reduction of damage and loss of life incurred bynatural disasters and contribute to the international community.
4) Trainees
JICA screened 16 trainees from 15 countries this year.

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5. Training and Raising Public Awareness5) Training program(1) Module 1: Basic Concept of Disaster Management■Programs (Implementing organizations)□□□

Country Report Presentation (Prof. Shiono, Nagaoka College of Technology)
Administrative System and Disaster Management System in Japan (ADRC)Country Development and Disaster Management (Prof. Kaji, Keio University)■Outline

To begin the training, each trainee presented
the status of disasters and disaster management
in country under the coordination of Professor
Shiono, and a Q&A session followed eachcountry report. There were many questions
during the Q&A session and Professor Shiono at
the end of the training distributed the disastermanagement keyword list.
Conducting the country report sessions at theinitial stages of the training program provides anopportunity for the trainees to deepen theirunderstanding about the countries themselves
and the disaster situations of these other Fig. 5-1-1-1 Country Report Presentation
countries.
Executive Director of ADRC explained the introductory geography and administration
system of Japan for disaster management including the roles of central government, local
government, the police, the self-defense force, etc. which differ in their countries.
Professor Kaji instructed to incorporate the disaster reduction into their countries’ national
development plans at the last seminar of the training. At Professor Kaji’s lecture, the trainees
summarized the key points after visiting a variety of organizations, which is very useful forthinking of their country’s future.
(2) Module 2: Disaster Management of the Japanese Government■Programs (Implementing organizations)
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Outline of disaster management inJapan(Japanese Cabinet Office)Response to disaster(Japanese Cabinet Office)Earthquake Disaster Reduction
Information System(Japanese Cabinet Office)Countermeasure for flood(Ministry of Land, Infrastructure andTransportation)
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Seismic observation, earthquake information, tidal wave (Tsunami) warning, earthquake
forecast and observation of volcanic activities (Meteorological Agency)
Activities of Meteorological Agency for disaster prevention and reduction(Meteorological Agency)
Tachikawa Disaster Management Headquarters
Fire Rescue Team
Disaster Medical Center■Outline

Lectures by officials from ministries, agencies, andorganizations on disaster management by the Japanese
government, and visits to disaster reduction related
facilities.
At the Cabinet Office, the trainees learned about thedisaster reduction policy of Japan through lectures on the
Basic Disaster Management Plan, coordination with otherministries and agencies, powers and coordination between
national and municipal governments, budgeting fordisaster reduction measures, and issues relating to Fig. 5-1-1-3 Visiting the Fire
condemnation of the land.
Rescue TeamAt the Meteorological Agency, lectures were provided on earthquake/tsunami informationcollections, procedures for issuing an alert or warning, volcanic activity information, andafterwards the trainees toured the rooms where various equipment and monitors were located.
At Tachikawa Disaster Management Headquarters, the trainees toured the secretary office,water reservation facility, pressroom, meeting room for ministers including the prime minister,and the satellite communication antenna facility.
At the Fire Rescue Base, trainees toured various training facilities such as the 22m-deepwater tank for training in flood disaster situations, a building for firefighting training,equipment for rescues at elevated locations, and fire engines equipped with long-distancelarge-volume water supply capabilities. There were trainees who commented that they would
like to have similar training facilities in their home countries in the future.
At the Disaster Medical Center, a tour was conducted to see the heliport and the facilities forprivate power generation and storage of spare beds for emergencies. Trainees asked manyquestions not only about natural disasters, but also about accidents in nuclear power plants,
indicating that they were very interested in these topics.
This module was very significant as the trainees were able to learn Japan’s disastermanagement and visit the Tachikawa Disaster Management Facility, which functions when theTokyo metropolitan area is affected by a disaster.
(3) Module 3:Disaster Management of Japanese Local Government■Programs (Implementing organizations)□□□□Hyogo Prefecture Disaster Management Center, “Disaster Management by Hyogo
Prefecture”(Hyogo Prefecture)
Flood prevention works and afforestation (Hyogo Prefecture)
Disaster management by Municipal Government (Kobe City)
Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, “The Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake”

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5. Training and Raising Public AwarenessTour of a 3D full-sclae shaking table (National Research Institute for Earth Science andDisaster Prevention)■Outline

As examples of disaster management bylocal governments, trainees visited the
Hyogo Prefecutual Government and Kobe
Municipal Government, which experienced
the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
In Kobe City Government, lectures weredelivered by the Planning and Arrangement
Bureau, Industrial Development Bureau,
Fire Defense Agency, Urban Planning
Bureau, etc. in Kobe City under the Crisis
Management Office as a liaison office.
The Hyogo Erosion Control Division Fig. 5-1-1-4 Training at Hyogo Prefecture
provided a lecture on flood control andDisaster Management Center
afforestation of Mt. Rokko, and the trainees
visited an erosion-control dam for Mt.
Rokko.
The
traineeslearnedaboutcountermeasures taken by Hyogo Prefecture
and Kobe City, such as emergency measures,
restoration and the rehabilitation activities
after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
In Kobe City, trainees had an opportunity toacquire the comprehensive measures usedby the entire City of Kobe as well as theDisaster Reduction Authority, which gained
valuable lessons from the massive
earthquake.
Taking into consideration that trainees’
countries often encounter flood damages, at
Mt. Rokko, a briefing was conducted onflood control and afforestation measures. Mt.
Rokko is where people can learn about thedetails concerning a landslide disaster,which is common in many countries.

Fig. 5-1-1-5 Visiting the full scale 3D
shaking table facility(4) Module 4: Roles of Private Sectors and Mass Media■Programs (Implementing organizations)
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Resident-driven city planning (Kobe Nagata T.M.O.)
Community-based disaster reduction teams (Municipal Office of Hokudan-cho)
Roles of newspapers (Kobe News Paper)Roles of radio and improvements of disaster awareness in peacetime (MBS)Kobe Machizukuri Institute
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5. Training and Raising Public Awareness■Outline

Kobe Nagata T.M.O. is the incorporated foundation formed by the residents with owners of
the shopping street south of Nagata station as the center. After touring the area, trainees learned
about temporary shops and restoration projects of the traditional shopping street from the leaderof the residents’ association.
The Kobe Machizukuri Institute conducted a lecture on the role of NPO based on its
experience as a coordinating body between the residents and the local government toreconstruct the City of Kobe.
Co-op Kobe also lectured on its own measurers based on its activities such as supplying
commodities immediately after the earthquake and measures taken to help those who were mostvulnerable to disaster such as the elderly living-alone. The officer of the municipal office of
Hokudan-cho presented experiences concerning the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake andexplained that it was the neighbors that rescued many of the residents that had been trapped
under the collapsed houses, and emphasized the importance of the community pulling together
in a disaster.
At NHK, technical efforts for rapid and efficient information transmission were explained.
The broadcasting center is equipped with 11 earthquake-monitoring machines and tsunami
information; it was very impressive to the trainees. The trainees recognized the importance of
employing state-of-the-art technologies in disaster reduction.
Kobe News Paper, MBS Radio and NHK lectured on the roles of mass media in disaster
reduction not only in times of a disaster but also during normal conditions.
In the action plan, many trainees
commented that “In times of large-scaledisasters such as the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake, the private sector such as
NGO/NPO and mass media play major roles
as well as administration roles”, whichindicates that the objectives of the training
were well understood among the trainees.
MBS lectured on the role of media in termsof information dissemination and awarenessof disaster reduction during normal times,
which was meaningful for trainees because
these kinds of activities by the private sectors
and mass media have not been carried out intrainee countries.

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Visiting NHK(5) Module 5: International Cooperation■Programs
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Activities of Japan Disaster Relief Team, JICA
Activities of Japanese Red Cross Society
Efforts of UNCRD
Efforts of UN OCHA Kobe
Efforts of ADRC
Participation in the international workshop organized by UNCRD

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5. Training and Raising Public Awareness■Outline

ADRC explained outlines of its activities including the latest disaster information providing
service on the homepage, the geographical information system such as, GIS, cooperative
projects with member countries, and visiting researcher program, etc.
UN OCHA lectured on disaster support adjustment functions and ReliefWeb, and UNCRD
conducted briefings on various projects. The trainees participated in the UNCRD project report
workshop.
Through lectures by UN OCHA, UNCRD, ADRC, trainees were introduced to andexperienced actual activities taken by the international organizations for disaster reduction.
JICA explained various scenarios other than emergency support. The trainees are expected toplay an important role in their respective home countries as the core of international
cooperation for disaster reduction. ADRC will continue to provide follow-up support.
(6) Module 6: Thematic disaster management exercises① School education for disaster reduction (Uchidehama Elementary School and Maiko HighSchool)Based on the successful results of last year,
lecture on school education on disaster
reduction was conducted again this year withthe support of Hyogo Pref. Board of
Education. The Maiko High School has
Environment & Disaster Mitigation Course
and is actively exchanging disaster-related
information with a high school in Nepal
through an international friendship exchange.
The trainees were very impressed by thedisaster reduction awareness activities of thestudents, and many commented that theywould like to apply it for school education in
Fig. 5-1-1-7 Discussion at Maiko High School
their countries.
② Industrial recovery in the stricken area (Nojima Active-fault Preservation Museum in
Hokudan-cho)Trainees visited Nojima Dislocation Memorial Hall in Hokudan-cho to experience theexample first hand, which utilized commemoration of the earthquake to restore industry andboost employment.
③“ DIG ” Citizens Participating
Dissemination and Education for Disaster
Reduction (Fujitokoha University)
Conducted by Mr. Komura, an instructor of
Fujitokoha University, the trainees toured therecovered Nagata area and learned a Disaster
Imagination Game (DIG) by making hazard
maps.
Since
this
citizens
participating
dissemination and education program can beeasily developed at the citizen level and at alower cost, it is expected that the trainees will
promote this program among citizens in theirrespective home countries.

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5. Training and Raising Public Awareness④ Disaster Reduction and Risk Management by Corporations
With an aim to learn risk management by corporations, Dr. Yashiro, a senior researcher of
ADRC, provided the lecture. Also a tour at the P&G Far East Headquarter was conducted.
Since it is an American company, the briefing provided not only the details on its
countermeasures of the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake, but also on their risk management
manual in times of emergency and reflected on the terrorist attack in the United States.
⑤ Disaster reduction for cultural assets
The trainees visited Kyoto City Disaster
Reduction Center run by the Kyoto Fire Dept.
and Sennyuji temple guided by the Cultural
Asset Preservation Section of the Kyoto
Education Agency, through which the trainees
learned the efforts being made to preserve
historical buildings.
⑥ A tour to Hiroshima Peace Memorial
MuseumThe tour of Hiroshima, which was damagedby the atomic bomb, was conducted in Fig. 5-1-1-9 Experiencing Earthquake at
response to strong requests from the trainees. the Kyoto City Disaster Reduction Center
The trainees also have strong concerns on
disasters other than natural disasters.
⑦ Volcanic disaster case study (Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall)
As a training theme of natural disasters other than earthquakes, volcanic disaster, anothermajor natural disaster in Japan, was selected. Conducted by an instructor invited from Erosion
Control Dept. of the Hyogo Prefectual Government, the trainees observed countermeasurestaken against the landslides of sand and stone in areas around the volcano.
Disaster-related education at schools and Citizens Participating Dissemination and
Education for Disaster Reduction were highly evaluated because of its feasibility. Self-disaster
reduction organizations and town development based on the residents’ initiative attracted thetrainees’ attention due to the very same reasons. On the other hand, some of the requests voiced
dealt with the introduction of triage for emergency medical treatment and emergency risk
assessment of buildings immediately after a disaster.
6) Future Tasks① Training curriculum
Based on the review results of the training program last year, more lectures and tours to learn
disasters other than earthquakes were included in the program this year. However, requests formore modules for disasters other than earthquakes are still found in the questionnaire. As forthe visit to Hiroshima, some trainees wanted to have lectures instead of only visiting themuseum. In addition, there are requests for training for subway disaster reduction, taking into
consideration the significance of the “subway sarin gas incident” in Japan and the subway firein South Korea. Furthermore, the trainees are also expecting training concerning forest fires anddroughts. Although these disasters are not frequent in Japan, ADRC would like to make efforts
to find organizations that can provide training that meets their needs.

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5. Training and Raising Public Awareness② Schedule
Travel to distant areas took place on the weekends last year; this made the whole training
course very tight and with very little spare time. To attain a less rigid schedule, training this year
was implemented in a 6-week period by increasing the training by 1 week.
However, the additional week was actually filled with modules for disasters other thanearthquakes (requested from many trainees last year). As a result, the schedule this year waseven tighter than last year. In the training schedule next year, traveling to distant areas on
weekends should be avoided.
③ Observers
Same as last year, two visiting researchers of ADRC (one from Nepal, another from
Mongolia) also participated in this program, which is expected to continue.
7) Others
Although the training course this year consisted of a 6-week schedule, a week longer thanlast year, there were trainees who wanted to have 2 to 3 months of training. Using this as anindication, there are still many themes that this program could not cover. After 6 weeks oftraining, however, many trainees were impressed by the Japanese disaster management system.
This includes not only the national government aspects, but also the wide range oforganizations and institutes, that are making efforts for disaster reduction. Many trainees felt it
wise to build a solid disaster reduction system in their respective home countries using theJapanese system as a model. The training here in Japan will be helpful in reducing damage andsufferings in disasters in their respective countries.
This year was the third training program organized by ADRC, and efforts will be made to
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5-2. Lectures by ADRCADRC offers lectures to personnel in various fields, such as disaster management staff andfire-fighting staff of local and national governments, disaster reduction experts and students.
Many of them are participants of JICA training programs on disaster management. The
following is a list of visiters from abroad who received a lecture.
Table. 5-2-1
Date
April 11, 2002
May 28, 2002

June 17, 2002

June 28, 2002

Lectures by ADRCCountry
Malaysia
Bangladesh, Kenya,
Nicaragua, Pakistan,
TurkeyUSA

July 1, 2002

Armenia, El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Sri Lanka,
Thailand, Zambia
Bangladesh

July 15, 2002

China

August 29, 2002

Bangladesh, Indonesia,
Pakistan, Panama,
Philippines, Thailand,
Tunisia
September 6, 2002 Turkey

September 9, 2002 China, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand
September 11,
Bangladesh, Madagascar,
2002
Papua New Guinea,
Philippines, South Korea,
Surinam, Tunisia,
Zimbabwe
September 24,
Iran
2002
September 26,
USA
2002
October 1, 2002
Fiji

October 9, 2002

Chile

October 10, 2002

USA

October 22, 2002

China

November 13,
2002

China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, Vietnam

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Affiliation/Number
JICA Country-Specific Training Course
for Malaysia - group of 25
JICA Training Course for Medical
Treatment at Emergency - group of 6
Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)
Group of 2 including the
Director-General
JICA Training course for Disaster
Mitigation and Restoration for
Infrastructure - group of 8
JICA Bangladesh
Dhaka Metropolitan Area Mapping
Information Project Training Course 1 participant
JICA China
Water Utilization Human Resource
Development Project 1 participant
JICA
Maritime Search and Rescue Operation
Course - group of 7
JICA Turkey
Training on Disaster Disaster
Management and Post-Disaster
Reconstruction - group of 8
JICA Training on Regional Biosystem
Monitoring Techniques - group of 4
JICA Firefighting Techniques Traininggroup of 9

Research Institute of Natural Disastersof Iran group of 2
US AID Counselor - group of 3
South Pacific Applied Geoscience
Commission (SOPAC）Program
manager
JICA Chile Urban System Development
Training Course - group of 8
Asia Pacific Area Network (APAN)
Project manager
Shanghai Seismological Bureau – groupof 5
JICA Training Course on Global
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December 18,
2002
February 4, 2003

Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Panama
Bolivia, China, Kenya,
Laos, Mali, Myanmar,
SenegalIran

JICA Central America Disaster
Prevention Training Course - group of
13
JICA Training Course on Planning andManagement of National Mapping &Surveying - group of 8
Iran Red Crescent Society – group of 24

Romania

February 4, 2003

Afghanistan

February 4, 2003

March 18, 2003

China, Bangladesh, Egypt,
El Salvador, Ghana, India,
Kazakhstan, Nepal, Turkey,
Uganda, Uzbekistan, Chile,
Mongolia, Pakistan, Peru,
Romania, Thailand
New Zealand

JICA Romania Earthquake Disaster
Reduction Administration Training
Course - group of 3
Office of Disaster Preparedness, Gov. of
Afghanistan including president - groupof 9
JICA Group Training Course on
Disaster Managment - group of 22

March 24, 2003

Barbados

March 26, 2003

South Korea

December 9, 2002

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Dr. Thomas of Victoria University andcompany – group of 3
Caribbean Disaster Emergency
Response Agency IT specialists - groupof 3South Korea Disaster Prevention
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5. Training and Raising Public Awareness

5-3. Evacuation Plan in a Tsunami DisasterA project to develop a model plan for evacuation in a tsunami disaster was conducted. The
objectives and outline of the project are as below.

1) BackgroundA questionnaire survey was conducted in 2001 on the measures taken against tsunami
disasters in the municipal bodies of towns and communities which have coastlines. Based on
the questionnaires, preparedness of tsunami evacuation plans and issues that should be taken
into account in the planning phase were assessed.
Based on the assessment, the following proposals were made.
□ Each municipal government should develop “Guidelines for the preparation of a tsunami
disaster evacuation plan at the local level”.
□ Each local body should develop a “Tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the local level”.
The local body should provide assistance in the preparation of a “Tsunami disasterevacuation plan at the community level”.
□ Each community, in collaboration with the local residents, should develop a “Tsunami
disaster evacuation plan at the community level”.
In order to develop a reference for the preparation of tsunami disaster evacuation plans, “Amanual for the development of tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the local level” and “A
manual for the development of a tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the community level”
were published. This encouraged the local bodies and communities to prepare an evacuation
plan that would meet their specific situations.
On the other hand, the results of the questionnaire survey indicates that the lack of tsunami
hazard maps, lack of dissemination of information to the local residents, lack of expertise of
the local government officials are impeding the development of evacuation plans.
In order to put the survey results into practice this year, model regions were identified.
They implemented a series of tasks such as the development of “Guidelines for the
preparation of a tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the local level” by the prefectural bodyand the development of “Tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the community level” by thecommunity residents. It was also decided to publish a handbook which includes opinions of
the residents, problems faced and solutions attained during the preparation of the evacuation
plan at the community level. Thus the completed handbook will be distributed to local
communities which have coastlines to encourage the development of tsunami disasterevacuation plans in other local bodies.

2) Selection of model regions
5 cities from 3 prefectures, which include Owase-shi in Mie Prefecture, Yuasa-cho,Hirokawa-cho and Taichi-cho in Wakayama Prefecture and Kochi-shi in Kochi Prefecture wereselected as model cities. The selection criteria are noted below.
a. There is a concern that Tonankai and Nankai great earthquakes may occur in the first half of
this century. In case these earthquakes occur, prefectures such as Mie, Wakayama andKochi would suffer from tsunami disasters at a scale that they have never experienced.
b. It is anticipated that a tsunami disaster would strike Mie Prefecture if a Tonankai
earthquake occurs. In particular, Owase-shi, which is designated as the reinforced region
against a Tokai earthquake, would be hit severely.
c. In Wakayama Prefecture, a tsunami disaster is anticipated if Tonankai and Nankai greatearthquakes occur. Taichi-cho may be stricken by a tsunami if a Tonankai earthquake
occurs, and Yuasa-cho and Hirokawa-cho, which share the same bay, may also be hit.
d. Kochi-shi in Kochi Prefecture may also be affected by a tsunami if a Nankai earthquake
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5. Training and Raising Public Awareness3) Project Outline
The outline of the project is noted below.
(1) Development of “Guidelines for the preparation of a tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the
local level”
Officers from the prefectural government, model city bodies, and experts in tsunami disaster
reduction held two discussion sessions. Based on the discussion results, each prefecturecompleted the “Guidelines for the preparation of a tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the local
level”.
(2) Presentation meeting of the project
After completing the “Guidelines for the preparation of a tsunami disaster evacuation plan at
the local level”, each prefecture held meetings by inviting local bodies of towns andcommunities which have coastlines to explain the project. At this meeting, the guidelines
prepared by the prefecture were introduced, and in addition, lectures on general knowledge
about tsunami disasters and understanding on workshop approaches, were provided by experts,
aiming at the promotion of the project.

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Explanation of the project in Wakayama (Lecture by expert)(3) Preparation of a “Tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the local level”
In accordance with the guidelines prepared by the prefecture, each model city or town
prepared an evacuation plan that reflects the information on flood maps, timetables of expectedtsunami strikes, and other actual situations of the communities. To each model city or town,
advice on preparation procedures was given through the meeting held specially for them.
(4) Preparation of a “Tsunami disaster evacuation plan at the community level”
After completing the evacuation plan, each model city held workshops inviting the residents.
In the workshops, the guest speakers from the academic sector provided lectures on the dangerof tsunami disasters. These experts toured the actual evacuation routes, and gave advice for theidentification of the evacuation route to the residents. Thus the evacuation plan at thecommunity level was completed.

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5. Training and Raising Public AwarenessFig. 5-3-2 Workshop in Owase-shi－Speaking about his experience of theearthquake

Fig. 5-3-3 Landmarks on theevacuation route map of Kochi-shi
checking the actual routeFig. 5-3-4 Workshop in Hirokawa-cho－Route map prepared by the residents

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Fig. 5-3-5 Workshop in Yuasa-cho－Route map prepared by the residents

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5. Training and Raising Public AwarenessExperts participated in the project (alphabetical order):Kawata, Yoshiaki
Director, Research Center for Disaster Reduction System, Kyoto University
Imamura, Fumihiko
Professor, Disaster Control Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Koike, Nobuaki
Associate Professor, Wakayama National College of Technology
Shigekawa, Kishie
Associate Professor, Department of Environment and Disaster Reduction, Fuji Tokoha University
Honda, Hiroshi
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Science, Mie University

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