In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, ]B,tCBt
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the V*b/N
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to Cu8mN B{H
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen T4] 2R
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe ekvs3a^
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against B^/MwD>%
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective fr/EkL1Dl
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as ?4%H(k5A
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for [(@K;6o
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes R>O_2`c
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
