Presentation 2016-08-20
Development and Evaluation of Tsunami Evacuation Training Mobile Application "Nige-Tore"
Takashi Sugiyama, Fuhsing Lee, Yingying Sun, Katsuya Yamori, Shingo Suzuki, Takahiro Nishino, Kenshin Urabe,
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Abstract(in English) After the Great East Japan Earthquake, the needs of Tsunami evacuation drill has been increasing and a mobile application "Nige-Tore" was developed. It simulates the damage of Tsunami in the route of evacuation to assess whether the evacuation was successful. This study analyzes the impacts of the application on participants through evaluating its usability in Tsunami evacuation drill in Sakai city, Osaka Japan. As a result, the participants evaluated overall positively about their experience using the application. Also, their evaluation was depending on the result of the assessment of their Tsunami evaluation route which was indicated by the application.
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Keyword(in English) Tsunami Evacuation / Disaster Prevention / Nige-tore / Usability Evaluation
Paper # HCS2016-51
Date of Issue 2016-08-12 (HCS)

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Committee HCS
Conference Date 2016/8/19(2days)
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Chair Yukiko Nakano(Seikei Univ.)
Vice Chair Nobuyuki Watanabe(Kanazawa Inst. of Tech.) / Tomoo Inoue(Univ. of Tsukuba)
Secretary Nobuyuki Watanabe(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Tomoo Inoue(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.)
Assistant Ryo Ishii(NTT) / Kazuki Takashima(Tohoku Univ.) / Ken Fujiwara(Osaka Univ. of Economic)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Human Communication Science
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Development and Evaluation of Tsunami Evacuation Training Mobile Application "Nige-Tore"
Sub Title (in English) A Case Study of Tsunami Evacuation Drill in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture
Keyword(1) Tsunami Evacuation
Keyword(2) Disaster Prevention
Keyword(3) Nige-tore
Keyword(4) Usability Evaluation
1st Author's Name Takashi Sugiyama
1st Author's Affiliation Kyoto University(Kyoto Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Fuhsing Lee
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyoto University(Kyoto Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Yingying Sun
3rd Author's Affiliation Kyoto University(Kyoto Univ.)
4th Author's Name Katsuya Yamori
4th Author's Affiliation Kyoto University(Kyoto Univ.)
5th Author's Name Shingo Suzuki
5th Author's Affiliation National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention(NIED)
6th Author's Name Takahiro Nishino
6th Author's Affiliation R2 Media Solution(R2 Media Solution)
7th Author's Name Kenshin Urabe
7th Author's Affiliation GK Kyoto(GK Kyoto)
Date 2016-08-20
Paper # HCS2016-51
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) HCS-185
Page pp.pp.115-120(HCS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2016-08-12 (HCS)