1	Crisis Management Efforts ～The City of Kobe～ Sukechika Uchiyama Kobe City Government Crisis Management Officer
2	Contents I Preface (Background Information) II Establishment of the Crisis Management Officer Position III Approach to Various Crises IV Restoration Progress in Kobe
3	I Preface 1 Background Information Location Overview Geographic features Description of damage caused by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
4	Location of Kobe
5	Overview of Kobe Land area 550km² Population before the earthquake 1,520,365 Present population 1,505,628 (99% of the pre – earthquake population)
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7	The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Date/time: January 17, 1995, 5:46 a.m. Depth:16 km below the earth's surface Magnitude:7.3 on the Richter scale Ground motion: Simultaneous vertical 　　　　　　　 and horizontal shaking
8	Victims in Kobe Dead 4,571 (Total : over 6,400) Injured 14,678 - 58% of those who died were 60 years old or older. - Many people died from being crushed by collapsed houses. 　 (73% died from suffocation or being crushed) Destruction of property in Kobe 　Fully collapsed 67,241 　Partially collapsed 55,145 Total : around 130,000 　Completely burned 6,965 　Half burned 80 　Partially burned 270
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11	I Establishment of the Crisis Management Officer Position The City of Kobe established the Crisis Management Officer position in April 2002. -- Serves as an inter-departmental headquarters for all city departments (Functions as a control tower)
12	Position of Crisis Management Officer
13	III Approach to Various Crises
14	(1) Terrorism ・Kobe city established an anti–terrorism measures alert headquarters in October 2001. ・The contents are as follows. ･drawing up of emergency network ( telephone ) ･creating action program ･execution of simulation at accident sites etc.
15	Drill for terrorism by Kobe Fire Department
16	(2) Health Crisis ・Kobe City Government is creating “Kobe City Health Crisis Management Plan” covering food poisoning , infection , poisonous and dangerous substances.
17	(3) Radioactive Material Accident ・ Kobe City Government created “countermeasure for radioactive material 　accident ” in 2000. (as a part of Kobe City Regional Plan for Disaster Prevention) ・we plan to make a manual for this type of accident.
18	(4) Other Crises Kobe City Government maintains plans for other crises like railroad accidents ,traffic accidents. (as a part of Kobe City Regional Plan for Disaster Prevention) ・Kobe City Government is currently examining the need to create manuals for such accidents.
19	Event Management for the 2002 FIFA World Cup （Kobe's Incident Monitoring System） Hyogo Police Venue Head quarters
20	Establishment of ２００２FIFAWorldcup Kobe City Accident Alert Headquarters
21	IV Restoration Progress in Kobe 1. The Kobe City Restoration Plan 2. Restoration statistics 3. Restoration overview and examination
22	"1." 1. The Kobe City Restoration Plan (1) History Jan. 26, 1995 Earthquake Restoration Head Office is established. Jun. 30, 1995 Kobe City Restoration Plan is adopted and publicized. (2) Target date 2005 (3) Areas covered Kobe City (all areas) Focal points 　①Balance between urban conveniences and safety precautions 　②Awareness of both the benefits and hazards of nature 　③Person-to-person contact and interaction
23	Contents　of Kobe City Restoration Plan
24	Basic Themes of Restoration (1) (1) Get people's daily lives and the city's infrastructure back to normal as quickly as possible to facilitate fuller-scale restoration work. (2) Make full use of the lessons learned from the earthquake in building a disaster-prepared city. (3) Build a welfare-oriented society that ensures the security and comfort of all people. (4) Revitalize Kobe's culture with its characteristic diversity and open-mindedness. (5) Create a city that ensures environmentally-friendly, sustainable development. (6) Revive and rebuild a cosmopolitan city that leads the world in the 21st century.
25	Basic Themes of Restoration (2) (7) Rebuild the Port of Kobe quickly so that it can function as a "mother port" in Asia. (8) Build a society where information networks play an important role. (9) Work together to create dynamic communities. (10) Support volunteer activities and facilitate the Network of cooperation among volunteer groups scattered across a broad area. (11) Hand down to future generations the lessons learned from the natural disasters that have impacted Kobe and apply our know-how to support global disaster prevention efforts.
26	2. Kobe's Restoration Statistics (1) Port of Kobe May 1, 1997 Declaration of the Restoration of the Port of Kobe announces that all restoration work on port facilities is complete. (But container cargo volumes are still only at 64.1% of pre-quake volumes as of September 2002.［month-on-month comparison］) (2) Housing Supply rate (number of construction of homes/number of units planned) →　167% (120,107of 72,000) (3) Central Kobe land readjustment Disaster restoration land readjustment projects (temporary land substitution completion rate) →　88% (regarding 11areas)
27	Restoration of port
28	Restoration of Housing
29	Restoration of Housing (Sumiyoshigawa municipal housing)
30	"(4) Lifeline infrastructure" (4) Lifeline infrastructure Restoration complete (within 5 months of earthquake) Today we are continuing to reinforce our lifelines to better withstand disasters. 　・Water - Installation of large-capacity water pipes 　・Electricity - Electrical wires are being buried underground (5) Roads Restoration complete (within 20 months of earthquake) Restoration of the collapsed Hanshin Expressway was completed on September 30, 1996. (6) Railways Restoration complete (within 20 months of earthquake)
31	Restoration of Road (Hanshin Express Way)
32	Restoration of Railway (JR Line : Shin-Nagata Station)
33	3. Restoration Overview and 　Examination We are planning to conduct a restoration overview and examination to fully review the restoration process. This is scheduled for 10 years after the adoption of the Kobe City Restoration Plan, in 2006.
34	～Invitation to Hold Conference 　in Kobe～・We would like to host the 2005 US-Japan Workshop on Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction in Kobe