Evacuation Assistance for People with Special Needs in Time of Disasters during the 2009 Hyogo-Ken Sayo Flooding Disaster
평성 21 년 태풍 9 호 사요우쵸 수해에 있어서의 요 원호자 대응 -민생위원 앙케이트.인터뷰 조사를 통해서-
- Ohnishi, Kaazuyoshi (Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University) ;
- Takeba, Katsushige (Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University)
- Published : 2011.02.24
Abstract
This study aims to clarify how commissioned welfare volunteers could play a role of evacuation assistance for people with special needs in case of flood disaster which occurred in Sayo-cho, Hyogo prefecture by Typhoon 9th in August, 2009. Both questionnaire research and interview was conducted to commissioned welfare volunteers. As a result we found that the delay of official evacuation council caused some confusion. As commissioned welfare volunteers had not got enough information on evacuation assistance from local government it was difficult to decide and initiate early evacuation against flood disaster. Development of collaboration with community manpower is inevitable for effective evacuation assistance on elderly and disabled people.
Keywords
- Commissioned community welfare volunteers;
- People with special needs;
- Typhoon 9th in August, 2009;
- Questionnaire and interview research