In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, *vy^=Yea
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the 9NF2a)&~
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to ~6 {iQZa1Y
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen ? ^Gi;d5
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe 8;PS>9<
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against OlU')0Y
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective /q| r!+
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as \c ')9g@
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for f^JiaU4 [
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes o<h2]TN
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
