The Direction of Japan's Disaster Prevention 4.0 and Local Government Disaster Prevention Policy: Focusing on Independent Disaster Prevention Organizations

Abstract

As the paradigm shifts from government-centered to community-centered disaster management, the importance of disaster management governance is highlighted. This paper analyzes the cases of disaster management governance in self-disaster organization in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and suggests implications for disaster management governance in Korea. The Japanese government proposed a disaster prevention 4.0 future project through the experience of the Hanshin Awaji earthquake and the Great East Japan earthquake, and suggested a direction shift from government-centered response to community-centered. The main goal is to recognize disaster response as their own work and to take responsibility for self-family and community safety, emphasizing the importance of self-disaster organization in the region, as well as roles, linkages and cooperation. In Korea, there are similar organizations such as volunteer fire brigade and local autonomous disaster prevention organization, but there are concerns about the role of actual disaster occurrence due to the aging of members and passive attitude. This study suggests the contents and roles of the self-disaster organization through case analysis of the self-disaster organization in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, the transition of disaster prevention awareness education from government-led to citizen-led, the linkage of educational facilities such as schools, and the participation of students in disaster activities.