Abstract
In urban rebuilding plans for the future of Kobe and neighboring cities, while disaster prevention facilities and infrastructure are to be improved by means of giving highest priorities, other objectives such as urban amenity betterment and harmonization with nature should be recognized as ones to be achieved simultanuously. After identifying problems in urban social systems which were observed in Hanshin Earthquake, the authors, first, show several criteria to estimate socio-economic appropriateness of urban development plan and indicators to determine urban standard for disaster prevention. Second, spatial patterns of infrastructure are compared in terms of reduced damages in urban disaster events, as well as urban management system to make physical infrastructures effective. Third, a three-layered urban safety management system with a functional center to serve in each community district which plays a significant role both in emergency and in daily conditions was proposed. Finally, authors examine implementation possibility of the system, based on the distribution survey of population and urban community facilities, as well as current disaster evacuaters in the eastern part of Kobe City.
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