In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, a|t$l=|DD
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the 0zmE>/O+
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to IP xiV]c
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen *x@Onj
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe r!_-"~`7E
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against Hq:X{)"
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective w0rRSD4S8B
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as qr"3y
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for cQy2"vtU
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes `T@i. 'X
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
