# Town-Watching Workshop Using Disaster Information Tweeting and Mapping System +
## 3 Town-Watching Workshop
### Questionnaire Survey
#### 3.3.2 Post-Survey  
A post-survey was conducted after the workshop, and the survey results are presented below. Questions Q.2-1 to Q.2-6 are related to town watching and group discussion. Figure 12a shows the results for Q.2-1 and Q.2-2. Tables 3 and 4 show the answer distribution of the questions by the participant characteristics. * Q.2-1: Did you identify some new findings or notable information for disaster prevention via town watching? Please select one appropriate choice. * Q.2-2: Did you identify new findings or notable information for disaster prevention via discussion after town watching? Please select one appropriate choice. Answer choices for Q.2-1 and Q.2-2: (1) Strongly disagree (2) Disagree (3) Agree (4) Strongly agree
* There are many trees in this town. Based on the town's features, trees are likely to be dangerous during earthquakes or typhoons because they can fall on people. - Many evacuation sites could be identified. - Old buildings and big trees should be sufficiently protected. - Many objects were identified, which could easily fall during a disaster. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multirow{2}{*}{**Total**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Gender**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Age Groups**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Groups of Smartphone**} \\  & & & & **Females** & **(Around** & **60s and** & **Owners** & **Non-Owners** \\  & & & & **Working Ages** & **)** & **70s** & **Owners** & **Non-Owners** \\ \hline (5) Strongly Agree & 7 & 5 & 2 & 5 & 2 & 6 & 1 \\ (4) Agree & 8 & 4 & 4 & 2 & 6 & 5 & 3 \\ (3) Neutral & 3 & 1 & 2 & 1 & 2 & 2 & 1 \\ (2) Disagree & 3 & 3 & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 0 \\ (1) Strongly disagree & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ \hline Total of respondents No answer & 21 & 13 & 8 & 9 & 12 & 16 & 5 \\ \hline Average score in respondents & 3.90 & 3.85 & 4.00 & 4.22 & 3.67 & 3.88 & 4.00 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 2: Answer distribution of Q.1-3 by the participant characteristics. Figure 11: Preliminary results survey: (**a**) Q.1-1; (**b**) Q.1-2; (**c**) Q.1-3; (**d**) Q.1-4. In other areas, evacuation methods were displayed and they should also be introduced in this town. - There were obstacles and dangerous points at some evacuation places, which were difficult to handle because of the lack of experience related to evacuation procedures. - Very important to have daily evacuation drills as there are many dangerous locations in the town. * Q.2-4: Have you ever experienced town watching before today's workshop? Answer choices: Yes / No (first) Result: Yes: 9 (40.9%), No: 12 (54.5%), No answer: 1 (4.54%)
* The system can be used for other purposes apart from an emergency. - The address of the current location is automatically obtained as it is not required to input the address as compared with the other systems. The post of other users can be seen. - The places where the pictures were taken could be easily tracked through the online map. - Concern about battery consumption. * Tablets are used to obtain the address of our current location automatically, which is very useful. - The system is easy to use. - Inputting characters is troublesome. Questions Q.3-1 to Q.3-4 are with regard to DITS/DIMS. Figure 12b shows the results of Q.3-1 to Q.3-3. Tables 5-7 show the answer distribution of the questions by the participant characteristics. * Q.3-1: Do you think that the DITS/DIMS systems are user-friendly? Please select one appropriate choice. * Q.3-2: Would you think of using the system in the future? Please select one appropriate choice. * Q.3-3: Do you think the system is useful in disaster situations? Please select one appropriate choice. Answer choices for Q.3-1 to Q.3-3: (1) Strongly disagree (2) Disagree (3) Agree (4) Strongly agree
* Elderly people cannot use this system, and the navigation text on the screen should be more user-friendly. - Tweets posted in this application and other applications should be displayed on an online map. - At the start of the workshop, the system was not useful for identifying necessary information.