In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, fGw^:,B
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the 6An9S%:_
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to +j(d | L\
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen JoRT&rkd
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe I8+~ &V}
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against t <T[h2Wd
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective e%4:)
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earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as ?+g`HTY u
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for 9R ;/*$
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes P&j (,7
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
