In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, ) OE!vA
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the U?e.)G
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to DlF6tcoI
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen HxnW M\ p
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe r"hogmFD;
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against *1b1phh0/
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective nsjrzO79L8
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as -R BH5+SS2
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for @\?QZX(H
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes 0ME.O +
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
