災害図上訓練（DIG）を行ったＡ市高校生の防災意識と訓練の効果についての一考察

High school students’involvement in a disaster imagination game and investigation of their awareness of disaster prevention and training effectiveness

要約

【研究目的】

　防災セミナーに参加した高校生の防災意識と災害図上訓練（Disaster Imagination Game：DIG、以下DIGとする）の効果、若年層の防災意識・地域防災力の向上への手がかりを明らかにすることを目的とした。

【研究方法】

　平成22年10月〜11月にＡ市内高校生向けに防災セミナーを開催し、参加した51名を対象とした。防災の知識と防災意識を問い、単純集計と質的に分類した。

【結果および考察】

　防災への興味は半数以上が持っているが、セミナーに半数以上は他者からの勧めで参加していた。防災の知識を約半数は持っておらず、備えをしていない割合が8割以上であった。DIGを行った事を9割以上が肯定的に考えていた。DIGによる考えの変化は、「防災意識の必要性の認識」「災害についての興味関心」「新たな知識の獲得」「共助の必要性の認識」のカテゴリーに分類された。参加者が災害の恐怖や危険性を体験することで正しい知識・防災への認識を高め、行動に移せるようなプログラムを実践していく。

Abstract

Objective

　This study was performed to assess the awareness of disaster prevention and the effectiveness of a disaster imagination game(DIG)among high school students attending a disaster prevention seminar. The ultimate aim was to clarify measures that should be taken to improve young people’s awareness of disaster prevention and disaster prevention capacity in local communities.

Methods

　Fifty-one high school students attending a disaster prevention seminar in City A between October and November 2010 filled out a questionnaire designed to assess their knowledge and awareness of disaster prevention. The responses were evaluated based on simple tabulation and qualitative categorization.

Results and discussion

　More than half of all respondents were interested in disaster prevention but had attended the seminar in response to a recommendation. Nearly half previously had no knowledge of disaster prevention,and more than 80 percent had not engaged in disaster preparation efforts. More than 90 percent of respondents had a positive view of their participation in the DIG. Changes in respondents’attitudes to disaster prevention after playing the DIG were categorized as“recognition of the need for awareness of disaster prevention,”“interest in disasters,”“acquisition of new knowledge”and“recognition of the need for mutual assistance.” We plan to develop a disaster prevention program to encourage participants

to gain accurate knowledge,increase their awareness of disaster prevention and support the implementation of appropriate action through simulated experience highlighting the horror of disasters and vulnerability to them.