Visibility of Signs Functioning as Urban Disaster Prevention under the Jurisdiction of Administration-Field Survey on Higashiyama, Kyoto-

Abstract

観光客などの帰宅困難者にとって避難経路の把握に有効に機能する、行政管轄下の標識の視認性の実態について、京都市東山区を対象に調査を行った。その結果、避難場所を誘導する標識の配置が不十分であり、夜間や無灯時の視認性が(特に高齢者や外国人にとって)低いため、風化の影響を受けにくい文字寸法を重点的に標識のデザインを見直し、部局を超えた標識管理を行い、点でなく面での配置計画を実施する必要性を挙げた。

Based upon the field survey we conducted in Kyoto City, this paper examines thecurrent situation and problems of signs functioning as urban disaster prevention underthe jurisdiction of local government. Despite some important improvements, the signsare still poorly designed with regard to visibility, especially in the case of the leadingsigns to refuge. The signs do not have enough visibility especially in nighttime andelectricity outage situations, and for the vulnerable persons such as foreign stranger andthe aged. It is our proposal to review of signs' design, and to reorganize planning andmanagement system within local government.