Development of a Community-based Hazard Information Sharing System for Traditional Towns with Local Heritage

Abstract

This paper describes development of a community-based hazard information sharing system by local residents in their daily life. We designed and developed an unique ICT-based hazard information system which contributes to community based disaster prevention and reduction. The continuous resident participation and posting design are core concept for our sustainable community-based approach. Our system continues to support making a hazard map by integrating the community-based hazard information. Local residents register information about the spot that can be dangerous in case of disaster. In addition, this system enables information sharing through a Web server. We expect that this information sharing effects usefulness of our system by utilizing collected local hazard information of each district.