In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, 4^o^F-k'
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the nAlQ 7 '
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to .(k|wX[Fu~
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen K [zVa
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe ;
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Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against AH~ E )S
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective O0H.C0}
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as R.<g3"Lm>
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for z+X}HL
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes {E|$8)58i
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
