In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, w-~u[c
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the Q _p!;3
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to bj6-0`
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen h@nNm30i
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe Ie 3
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Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against w h4WII
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective Z< 7FF}i
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as EBF608nWfW
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for -w8c;5X
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes ;Dl< GW3<
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
