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Town-Watching Workshop Using Disaster Information Tweeting and Mapping System

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  • Keisuke Utsu

    (Department of Communication and Network Engineering, School of Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Tokai University, Minato City, Tokyo 108-8619, Japan)

  • Shun Ueta

    (Department of Community Development, School of International Cultural Relations, Tokai University, Minami Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido 005-8601, Japan)

  • Sachi Tajima

    (Center for Liberal Arts, Tokai University, Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan)

  • Yoshitaka Kajita

    (Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan)

  • Yuji Murakami

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Industrial and Welfare Engineering, Tokai University, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 862-8652, Japan)

  • Osamu Uchida

    (Department of Human and Information Science, School of Information Science and Technology, Tokai University, Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan)

Abstract

Self- and mutual-help by citizens are important as well as social-help from the local governments, for disaster prevention and mitigation. Then, town watching and disaster prevention map-making workshops are held to review the town and promote self- and mutual-help by citizens. On the other hand, the use of social media for information sharing during and after disasters has been gaining attention. To facilitate information sharing in disasters, we developed a web system, Disaster Information Tweeting and Mapping System (DITS/DIMS). From the above background, we organized a town-watching workshop using DITS/DIMS in October 2018 in Minami Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan; affected area of the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake in September 2018. In this paper, we explain the workshop procedure, outcome, questionnaire survey results, and post-meeting. The questionnaire survey result shows that the workshop educated the participants about posting useful information on social media during a disaster. In addition, at the post-meeting, the participants recognized that they had reviewed the town only from the perspective of “daily life” convenience before the earthquake, and they had not evaluated the “emergency viewpoint.” Therefore, the workshop was a meaningful opportunity for the participants to review the town in terms of disaster prevention and mitigation.

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  • Keisuke Utsu & Shun Ueta & Sachi Tajima & Yoshitaka Kajita & Yuji Murakami & Osamu Uchida, 2019. "Town-Watching Workshop Using Disaster Information Tweeting and Mapping System," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-17, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:11:y:2019:i:7:p:150-:d:246406
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