Improvement Practice and Planning Assessment of Tsunami Evacuation Plan at Community Level-Case Studies of Municipalities with Coastline in Chubu Region

Abstract

This study investigated the practice of plan formulation for Tsunami evacuation. This planning assessment is carried out based on questionnaire while collecting necessary planning materials from municipalities with coastline in Chubu region. From the planning materials including planning documents and drawings, we classify methods of plan-making in the municipalities. As a result, there are differences in crisis recognition between the municipalities located in the coastal zone of the Sea of Japan and those in the coastal zone of Pacific Ocean, which have great impacts on plan formulation. According to the questionnaire, there are more public participation activities where crisis recognition is high. From the view of methods of plan-making, the planning can be classified into three types as Planner type, Public Hearing type, and Public Participation type.