129. Hospital Damages at the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Quake

The Long-term Impact of the 1995 Hanshin-awaji Earthquake on Wage Distribution

This paper explores the effects of the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on the wages of people in the area of the earthquake over the 17 years after its occurrence and identified which part of the wage distribution has been most affected by this event by comparing the wage distributions of disaster victims and non-victims. To do this, we used three decomposition methods, developed by (i) Oaxaca (1...

Impacts of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on the Labor Market in the Disaster Areas

This paper examines the short-, mediumand long-term impacts of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which, like the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, inflicted devastating damage, on the labor market of the disaster-affected areas.This analysis might help us draw up a long-term vision of the reconstruction of the eastern Japan areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake. To sum up o...

How Do People Cope With Natural Disasters? Evidence from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

We investigate how people coped with unexpected losses caused by the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake by using an unusually rich household data. Several empirical findings emerged. We found that the coping means were specific to the nature of the loss caused by the earthquake. For example, borrowing was extensively used to recover the damages to housing, whereas dissavings were utilized to compens...

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster--evaluation of medical response performed.

Animation for Computer Integrated Construction Application to Elevated Highway Reconstruction after Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

Computer graphics animation systems provide the ability to integrate on-site engineers’ expertise into design systems as well as construction management processes. Computer graphics animation improves coordination and communication among engineering, construction and client organizations. The expedited communication leads to a substantial improvement of quality and productivity in the AEC indus...