STUDY ON MUTUAL AID OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AFTER THE 1995 HYOGOKEN-NANBU EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

2 SUMMARY In Japan, the emergency response of damaged local governments is based on self-reliant activities, while few coordinated activities are seen from other local governments or agencies. However, the self-reliant activities could not work effectively under the catastrophic situation of the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake. The earthquake has made it clear the importance of coordination among local governments. The object of this study is to clear the fact how mutual aids of local governments towards disaster areas were done. We collected data by questionnaire surveys against 47 prefecture offices, 212 local governments in Hokkaido, and other 3,168 local governments. In this paper we will report survey data obtained from 3,238 local governments which have commenced their urgent activities, for helping damaged areas in Hyogo prefecture, just after from Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake