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particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the nw-%!}Ot"
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to {ePtZ yo0
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen j Gp&P
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe Nu;?})tF
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against 5Q/jI$^h0Z
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective HcQ)XJPK
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as GIv l|
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for a@S{ A5j
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes KvH t`
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
