In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, 4 z~ fn9g
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the EYc, "'
evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to _c}@Fi+E
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen FU-YI"
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe ,X Zo0 !
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against L4th 7#
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective ]fH U/%
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as 79:Wo>C3-
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for y=!"++T]B<
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes /rsr|`#
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
