In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, XdCP!iq*8
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the :cWU, V
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to r
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collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen (FApkvy
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe >P~*@>e
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against \]f+{d- &
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective ?#
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earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as 4h|* r !
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for ~k"b"+2
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes p4f9v:b[
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
