Current Issues of Welfare Evacuation Shelter in Japan : From the 1995 Kobe Earthquake to the 2018 Floods

キンネン　ノ　フクシ　ヒナンジョ　ニ　カンスル　ドウコウ　ニ　ツイテ　ハンシン　アワジ　ダイシンサイ　カラ　ニシ　ニホン　ゴウウ　ニ　カケテ

ダイモン, ヒロアキ

Daimon, Hiroaki

サイガイ　ト　キョウセイ　ケンキュウカイ

要配慮者

研究動向

Welfare Evacuation Shelter

Vulnerable people

Research trend

In regard to post-disaster welfare evacuation shelters (WES) in Japan, most studies have been conducted and policies formulated from the perspective of facility operators, not vulnerable people. The vulnerable people likely to be housed in such shelters after a disaster include the elderly, the physically and mentally challenged, expectant mothers and small children. Official reports and academic research on WES dating from the 1995 Kobe earthquake to the 2018 floods have focused on nine areas: 1) WES admission issues, 2) facilities and resources, 3) staffing and shelter operations, 4) communications and public relations, 5) protection and management of personal information, 6) length of shelter operations and resumption of normal pre-disaster facility operations, 7) challenges in meeting the requirements of people with special needs, 8) overcrowding , and 9) management and resources in non-official shelters. This paper will advocate that careful attention be paid to the issues and desires of vulnerable people themselves, in advance of disaster, as to the use of these facilities including facilities that are not official WES. Further, each of the nine issues identified above should be re-evaluated and informed by these considerations.