Increasing Disaster Prevention Awarenesswith “OKAGESAMA”

SGHN087 Takatsuki Senior High School

Outline

Outline12345672• Research Motivation• Current Issues• Research Theme• Previous Studies• Consideration• Research Outlook• References

Research Motivation

Research Motivation
1. The Great East Japan Earthquake• My fear and shock as in kindergarten• Liquefaction

2. Differences in perception between
regions and generations• Feeling of strangeness when I came to Osaka.
• “People of my generation and younger people
will barely remember the terrible disaster”

3. Increasing damage from natural disasters• Developing prevention technology vs Damage

It is necessary to increase awareness of disaster prevention.
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Current Issues

Self-help

BeforeCheck evacuation bag→ Self-help

Protect myself
・Prepare an Emergency
evacuation bag
・Fixing furniture

Disaster happens!!

Disaster Prevention
and Reduction
MutualPublicAssistance
Assistance

Immediately after

Cooperate with others
・Community safety
inspections
・Conduct disasterdrills
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By public agencies
・Evacuation shelters
・Public insurance

Rescuing people buried
under the rubble etc.
→ Mutual Assistance

After
Support for Evacuation Life,Restoration Work, etc.
→ Public AssistanceCurrent Issues

Current Issues
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, 2016

「Survey on Awareness and Activities Concerning Disaster Prevention in Daily Life」

Q. What do you do in daily life to prepare for disasters? (Multiple answers)
1st： Always have a radio, flashlight, medical supplies, etc.
2nd：Storing food and drinking water.
3 rd： Confirming evacuation areas and evacuation routes.
⁝13 th： Actively participating in disaster drills.
14 th： Talking to neighbors and friends about helping each otherin case of disaster

Disaster prevention
you can do yourself
5(Self-help)＞

Disaster prevention
related to other people(Mutual Assistance)

Research Theme

Research Theme

What is needed to expand Japanese people's

disaster prevention activities
from "self-help“ to the next stage?

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Previous Research – Mutual Assistance“Inclusive Disaster Prevention in the Third Generation”
Prof. Tomohide Atsumi (Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences)｜2020

The First Generation : “Disaster Prevention that people call it Disaster Prevention”→ Local disaster prevention activities have been carried out based on the knowledge of experts.

The Second Generation : "Disaster prevention without saying Disaster prevention”→ Disaster prevention means have been developed (disaster prevention workshops, etc.)
Problems:(1) Burden on local communities,(2) Relying too much on disaster management experts,(3) Are all people able to participate proactively?
The Third Generation："Disaster Prevention Integrated into City Planning"Weaving disaster prevention into the activities
that residents are already engaged in on their own initiative7

Previous Research – Public Assistance

Examples in other countries (Public Assistance)
Italy

Cuba024

Evacuation Advisory
Targets, 3.8million6VoluntaryEvacuation
2.7million

Actual number of evacuees,
6.5million

Reference

What We Learn from Italy's Earthquake
Reconstruction.
Kemmei Shiozaki (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Special Feature: Disaster Prevention Learning fromOverseas
Center for Integrated Disaster Information Research(CIDIR)

Yasushi Oikawa (Faculty of Science and Technology,Toyo University)

Enhancement of Evacuation shelters：
Spreads awareness of "let's get away"
8→ Increasing awareness of disaster prevention

Will the independent efforts of“Self-help, Mutual assistance, Public assistance“
really lead to a fundamental change
in the awareness of disaster prevention?

We did everything
we could.
There is no problem!
Individual(Self-help)
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Consideration

Disaster preventions activities in a community are to create
a community where all people can say, "Oh, thank goodness!”“Inclusive Disaster Prevention in the Third Generation”“Special Feature: Disaster Prevention Learning from Overseas”• In Cuba, the government and the people are doing the best
they can together, and a sense of unity exists between them,backed by a strong sense of trust.
• The question of where the responsibility for disasterprevention lies seems to be a hollow one.
“By whom" and “For whom" are not the issues in disaster prevention activities→ Disaster prevention systems that transcend the boundaries of“Self-help, Mutual Assistance, and Public Assistance" are needed.
10Consideration

Myselfmore
comprehensive system
Neighbors

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National andlocalgovernments

Image reference：https://pixabay.com/ja/vectors/

Consideration“OKAGESAMA”
MyselfA word greeting to express gratitude for someone's kindness.

more
comprehensive system(For example, it is used to tell someone that "Thanks to you“even when you succeeded on yourself.)→ A word that suits the new disaster prevention awareness
Nationalorandthat does not pursue “By whom"“For whom".
local
Neighbors
governments

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Image reference：https://pixabay.com/ja/vectors/

Consideration

Myselfmore
comprehensive system
Neighbors

13

National andlocal
governments

Image reference：https://pixabay.com/ja/vectors/

Consideration“OKAGESAMA”
MyselfA word greeting to express gratitude for someone's kindness.

more
comprehensive system(For example, it is used to tell someone that "Thanks to you“even when you succeeded on yourself.)→ A word that suits the new disaster prevention awareness
Nationalorandthat does not pursue “By whom"“For whom".
local
Neighbors
governments

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Image reference：https://pixabay.com/ja/vectors/

Consideration“OKAGESAMA”
MyselfA word greeting to express gratitude for someone's kindness.

more
comprehensive system(For example, it is used to tell someone that "Thanks to you“even when you succeeded on yourself.)→ A word that suits the new disaster prevention awareness
Nationalorandthat does not pursue “By whom"“For whom".
local
Neighbors
governments

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Image reference：https://pixabay.com/ja/vectors/Research Outlook

Research Outlook
1. Palau Fieldwork (School Program)• Learning about Palau's remaining local communities.
• Surveying disaster prevention awareness through questionnaire.

2. Questionnaire in my school• Disaster prevention awareness survey among generations who may or
may not remember the earthquake.
• Comparison with questionnaire in Palau FW and Cabinet Office.

3. Visit to disaster-affected areas• Learn about the current situation of reconstruction and disasterprevention in Japan.
• Communicate with students from other schools and people in theaffected areas.
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References• Survey on Awareness and Activities Concerning Disaster Prevention in Daily Life
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, May 2016
https://www.bousai.go.jp/kohou/oshirase/pdf/20160531_02kisya.pdf• Inclusive Disaster Prevention for the Third Generation

Prof. Tomohide Atsumi (Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences)｜2020
https://www.hus.osaka-u.ac.jp/mirai-kyoso/sites/default/files/downloads/mirai-kyoso-journal_2020_vol7_05_atsumi.pdf• What We Learn from Italy's Earthquake Reconstruction.

Kemmei Shiozaki (Kwansei Gakuin University)｜December 15th, 20158
https://kwansei.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=27592&item_no=1&attribute_id=22&file_no=1• Special Feature: Disaster Prevention Learning from Abroad

Center for Integrated Disaster Information Research(CIDIR)
Yasushi Oikawa (Faculty of Science and Technology, Toyo University)｜June 1st, 2018
http://cidir.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/report/nl40-01/• PALAU DISASTER MANAGEMENT REFERENCE HANDBOOK 2020

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance｜January 2020
https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/palau-disaster-management-reference-handbook-2020• Palau Fieldwork Pre-Learning Seminar (1st and 2nd)

Professor Takashi Mita, Faculty of International Relations, Kyoto Sangyo University｜2022/6/7,9/617