Community Impact in Action

SDGs

Research to promote proactive measures against volcanic disasters by residents.

Although Mt. Fuji is an active volcano, it is difficult to activate communicating risk concerning volcanic disasters because its frequency of eruptions is not high. Furthermore, there is a shortage of people who can take on the responsibility of regional disaster management due to the aging population and the increase in two-earner households. Therefore, online training tools using a disaster imagination game were developed for developing next generation leaders in voluntary disaster reduction groups against volcanic disasters. The effectiveness of these tools was verified through feedback obtained from workshops, which were held on November 28, 2020 and January 13, 15, and 17, 2021 with participants of the citizens of Fujiyoshida City and students at the Yamanashi Prefecture Yoshida Senior High School, respectively.

Applicable regions

Yamanashi Prefecture, Fujiyoshida City

Implementation period

April 01, 2020 - March 31, 2021

Community and Regional Affairs category

• Regional collaboration as research targets and implementation sites/research that aims to popularize region-specific issues
• Education of students/human resource development for the next generation

Related websites

・Yuzo Konno, Honoka Takashima, Masayuki Kohiyama, Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Tomohiro Kubo: Training Tool for Overcoming Cognitive Bias in Volcanic Disaster Management, Journal of Social Safety Science, No. 39, pp. 233-243, 2021.11

Related agreements, etc.

Agreement

Cooperating institutions, etc.

Mount Fuji Research Institute, Yamanashi Prefectural Government
https://www.mfri.pref.yamanashi.jp/

Campus

Yagami

Person in charge

Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Masayuki Kohiyama

Inquiries

kohiyama@sd.keio.ac.jp

Other partnerships and collaborations