In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, j2dptM3t{
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the Wjf,AjL\
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to 4 C7z6VWg
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen Y: ;]qoF
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe LN!e_b
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against r:xbs0
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earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective hv4om+
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as 6 +2M$3_U
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for 8l< 4O goK
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes eG &3E`[
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
