商店街における災害時の住民への食料提供と空きスペースの避難所利用の可能性に関する調査研究 : 神戸市長田区の商店街を対象として

Abstract

This study points out that a shopping street with a disaster-proof building has potential for turning into a temporary evacuation shelter for local residents at the time of disaster. Targeting Taisho-Suji Shopping Street in Nagata Ward, Kobe, Japan, the study estimates the number of people for which retail stores and restaurants in the shopping street can potentially provide food and drink, using their inventory stock. The study also estimates the number of evacuees that the building can accommodate using its vacant spaces. While 5, 200 people are expected to evacuate at the time of disaster in the local community, our survey found that, in the case of power and water supply outage, the total amounts of available food and drink supplied by stores and restaurants would be approximately equivalent to 1, 200 and 1, 700 person-day, respectively. In another case, in which alternative facilities provide electricity and water, the amount of available food increases to about 2, 500 person-day. Moreover, it was found that the building could accommodate approximately 2, 300 persons. The study also suggests that, by building stockpiles of food and drink in the vacant spaces, the capacity of accommodating the local evacuees will be further enhanced.