Masahiro Sawada

In industrial clusters that are affected by earthquakes and tsunamis, advance countermeasures are necessary to ensure the continuity of business operations of companies. This article presents the results of a questionnaire survey of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, to determine the current status of disaster countermeasures, and a questionnaire survey of residents’ awareness of risks and their current countermeasures.

The following three points were identified as the impact of community revitalization support on the workers themselves. 1. 80% of the community revitalization supporters continue to live in his assigned area after retiring from their jobs after being involved in community revitalization support. 2. 90% of community revitalization supporters have changed professions after their involvement in community recovery as a professional, and have diversified into a variety of occupations. 3. 80% of the community revitalization supporters continue to be involved with their assigned regions even after quit the job, and the contents of their involvement are diversified.