Investor Presentaiton
HYOGO.
PREFECTURE
Recovery Efforts after
the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
12 January, 2011
Mitsutoshi Kimura
Superintendent of Emergency Management
Hyogo Prefectural Government
Recovery Efforts after the Great
Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
-Contents-
1. The Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake Overall
Summary of Damage
2.
Characteristics of the Great Hanshin Awaji
Earthquake
3. System Supporting Recovery and Reconstruction
Promotion of the Hyogo Phoenix Plan
4.
5.
6.
Recovery Issues and Measures by Phase
Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction Based on
Lessons Learned from the Earthquake
7. Sharing Lessons Learned from the Experience of
Disaster
8.
9.
Recovery Condition of the Disaster Affected Area
Addressing Remaining Issues
Hyogo Prefectural Government
The Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake
Occurred at 5:46 am on January 17, 1995
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1 (1) The Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake
Overall Summary of Damage
Hansin Expressway Kobe Route
Date: 5:46 am, 17th of January, 1995
Epicenter: Northern Awaji Island
(Southern part of Hyogo)
Scale: 7.3 on Richter Scale
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PREFECTURE
Seismic intensity: 7 on the Japanese Scale
(Highest recorded in history)
Called the Southern Hyogo Earthquake
Rokko and Awaji Island Faults
Damages
TOTAL MEDIA
TOHO E-B
Dead: 6,434 people
Missing: 3 people
Financial damage: about $ 100 billion
(about 50% of the Hyogo's GDP)
Houses destroyed (completely and partially
destroyed): 250,000 (460,000 households)
1 (2) Condition of Earthquake Stricken Area
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PREFECTURE
Hyogo
Hansin
Anaji
E 135
HYOGO
TOKYO
HIROSHIMA
KYOTO
N35
Population
Area
GDP
Municipalities
Hyogo
5.59 mil.
8,394km
1.96 trillion yen
Japan
127.58 mil.
377,911km
527.3 trillion yen
4.4%
2.2%
3.8%
41
1,829 2.3%
Nagata Ward, Kobe City
HYOGO
PREFECTURE
2 Characteristics of the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake
| Occurred in a Densely Inhabited Area
Population of disaster area - around 3.6 million
| Occurred in area where city functions
are concentrated
Governmental (central, prefectural, municipal),
information, transportation and physical
distribution function were concentrated
Occurred in area with an aging society
30.5% of residents of temporary housings
immediately after the earthquake and 46.9% of
residents of reconstructed public housing are
elderly people over 65 years old.
(the ratio of people 65 and older out of the total
population: 14.5% in 1995)
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