In earthquake disasters, most of deaths are attributed to collapse of vulnerable buildings, C _}]`[
particularly houses. Governments are forced to invest a huge amount of resources for aid of the o q
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evacuees, demolition of debris, construction of temporary houses and permanent houses, due to Cw3 a0u
collapse of houses. Vulnerable houses with adobe, stone, or brick, which are commonly seen X] TG<r
throughout the developing world, exist in a huge number and are being reproduced. The Kobe LYTdTP
Earthquake in 1995 revealed that the Japanese common wooden houses are also vulnerable against ,q`\\d
earthquakes. It is therefore indispensable to make existing houses safer by retrofitting for effective `,< BCu
earthquake disaster management. However, it is difficult to motivate people for retrofitting as UERLtSQ
people tend to choose future uncertain loss rather than the current loss, i.e. investment for z#wkiCRYm
retrofitting. This paper discusses how people can be motivated for retrofitting and then proposes 8b& /k8i:
new directions to be incorporated into earthquake disaster management
