FACTOR ANALYSIS OF HUMAN ENTRAPMENT AND CASUALTY OCCURRENCE DUE TO DWELLING COLLAPSES IN THE 1995 HANSHIN-AWAJI EARTHQUAKE

摘要

In the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in Japan, approximately 5500 human lives were lost loss by destruction of dwellings and various structures. Authors conducted questionnaire survey in Higashinada ward of Kobe city to examine how human casualty and entrapment are affected by dwelling damage levels, environmental factors and personal attributes and responses. Ratio of injury are found to increase as dwelling damage reach from heavy damage to total collapse, and in case of location on the first floor, all furniture falling, and age over 70s. As for entrapment, total collapse of dwellings, serious or grave injury, location on the first floor, and all furniture falling seems to increase the risk.