In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, Ew$-,KC[
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the &br_opNi
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to r6 :c<p [c
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen ?<h|Q~JH
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe M7.
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Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against D F N
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective "Wz74ble
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as i8 fUzg )
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for -5.~POO
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes NWt5)xl
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
