著者
田中 和子
出版者
福井大学地域環境研究教育センター
雑誌
福井大学地域環境研究教育センター研究紀要 「日本海地域の自然と環境」 (ISSN:1343084X)
巻号頁・発行日
no.3, pp.71-89, 1996-11-01

The 1948 Great Fukui Earthquake Disaster and the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster are the most destructive two earthquake disasters in the post-World War II in Japan. These disasters, half-century separated in age, gave us similar experiences and lessons on the post-earthquake recovery. This indicates that we could not keep our important and valuable lessons obtained through the rescue and recovering processes in the Great Fukui Earthquake Disaster, when the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred. The Fukui Earthquake took place close to a medium-sized prefectural city (Fukui City , its population in 1948 was about 82 thousand) and its environs. Official and informal reports and documents commonly remark that the rescue of the toll and the revival from the miserable situation were successfully done in a relatively short period. As known in this example, the Great Fukui Earthquake Disaster gives us many of important lessons which seem to be still useful to minimize damages due to inland earthquakes whose epicenters locate close to urban areas. This paper focuses on how serious the social and economical damages caused by the Great Fukui Earthquake were and how successful its relief and restoration activities were. Examina- tion of the reports and documents reveals following characteristics pertaining to the Great Fukui Earthquake Disaster. 1) Localized damaged area and restricted information network: A. Localization: The damaged area was not so wide because the earthquake was a typical inland earthquake with a shallow seismic focus. The earthquake took place three years later of the end of World War II , when information networks were not so developed as we have today. The detailed and precise information of how damaged the areas were and what kinds of relief goods were required was transmitted neither so quickly nor frequently to all over Japan and the world. B. Toughness of Fukui residents: They underwent and bore two terrible hardships in several years: one was by the war devastation and the other by the earthquake disaster. Neverthe- less they successfully finished the reconstruction by themselves without sufficient financial support from the Government. 2) Lessons for rescue activities: Many lessons were pointed out through the rescue and reconstruction processes in the Great Fukui Earthquake Disaster. Some requested governmental preparation in advance of earth- quake disasters. For example, A. Necessity of unified command systems controlling disaster relief teams. B. Improvement of emergency communication and information networks. C. Establishment of the mutual rescue operation system among neighboring municipalities. D. To avoid fatal damages, repeat of disaster-education by schools, communities and local governments. These lessons appeared again after the Great Hansin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster. 3)Volunteer activities: The Red Cross Society, religious groups, student organizations, youth associations, and so on devotedly offered medical, welfare and labor services. Bath-giving service and milk distribu- tion for babies and infants were also greatly appreciated. It was stressed that volunteers had to come to damaged areas with their foods and beds. 4) Disaster prevention programs: A. Realization of urban planning to minimize disaster damages. B. Repeated evacuating practices. C. Education of seismological characteristics of earthquakes and geography of the neighbor- hood.
著者
田中 和子/服部 勇
出版者
福井大学地域環境研究教育センター
雑誌
福井大学地域環境研究教育センター研究紀要 「日本海地域の自然と環境」 (ISSN:1343084X)
巻号頁・発行日
no.4, pp.77-90, 1997-11-01

After the 1948 Great Fukui Earthquake Disaster, Fukui Prefectural Government and municipalities in the damaged area established and managed many long-term projects for regional reconstruction. The projects involved were urban planning, construction of straight and wide roads, reclamation of agricultural land by drainage improvement, and prevention of disasters. The fundamental structure of the today's Fukui Region has been originated from the programs. This paper examines these long-term programs and their function to today's society. Re-evaluated and discussed here are the important lessons which we can get in the reconstruction programs from the Great Fukui Earthquake Disaster. Some of the lessons are as follows: 1) assuming cases of the worst situation, legal preparation and supplement in advance of disasters are necessary. 2) disaster relief teams should be active under the control of a unified command system. 3) the supreme commander should legally do precise and timely decision making. 4) a positive catchphrase may be effective to encourage residents' rebuilding activities. 5) long-term reconstruction programs should be based on attractive master policies for the damaged region 6) integrated relief organizations should be established among municipalities and prefectures in the vicinity before terrible disasters. 7) multiple systems of transportation and communication should be constructed. 8) prevention programs of disasters would be renewed to meet the current needs. 9) the prior distribution of budget to key projects is indispensable for the quick and attractive reconstruction. 10 ) urgent measures should be limited in a short term, and long-term reconstruction activities would be tackled as soon as possible . 11 ) a disaster-prevention system should be established by taking regional characteristics such as geological, geographical, social, cultural conditions into consideration.