Evaluation of Measures to Raise Disaster Preparedness Awareness Utilizing Disaster Prevention Administrative Radio Broadcasting in Nishigo Village, Fukushima Prefecture

Abstract

In this study, we conducted an action research in Nishigo Village, Fukushima Prefecture, one of the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, to see if there was any positive change in the residents\u27 awareness of disaster risk reduction by providing them with disaster preparedness information every week for one year utilizing the disaster prevention administrative radio broadcasting equipment. As a result, it was found that this local media had the potentiality to raise the awareness of the residents, although the contact rate of the residents to the information was low.本研究は、科学研究費助成事業(学術研究助成基金助成金)基盤研究(C)、研究課題名「地域防災活動を推進するローカルメディアの創発」(課題番号17K00471)の助成を受けています

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