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particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the q@&6#B
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to RpK@?[4s
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen Q@niNDaW2
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe *fdTpXa
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against gSgr6TH0
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective yr6V3],Tp
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as Kgv T"s.
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for (ZGbh MK
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes Nl/dX-I
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
