HABITATION STRUCTURE AFTER THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HANSHIN-AWAJI GREAT EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AREA

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...

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...

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

The Medical and Public Health Response to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in Japan: A Case Study in Disaster Planning

health consequences and the response to the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake, which struck on January 17,1995, at 5:46 a.m., at an epicenter about 15 km to the south west of Kobe city in western Japan (Figure 1). Since Japan lies on the intersection of four tectonic plates, it has been hit by a number of earthquakes throughout its history (Table 1). The Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake -of m...

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...