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particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the `qy6qKl
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evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to Ny&Fjzl
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen \$0
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throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe u{dN>}{
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against 2ucsTh@
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective z ]4g`K+
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as mk3e^,[A
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for 'V*M_o(\
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes "Z1&z-
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management