In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, NftR2
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the %~\I*v04
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to U 9XOs)^
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen xf;Tk
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe :cA8[!
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against _6`H `zept
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective Hv*+HUc(:
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as +.a->SZ 5"
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for u)~::2BXAn
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes b2^O$ l
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
