[O-04] Geoparks in Japan

[O04-P02] Mt.Kurikoma Area geopark/Education of disaster prevention are promoted by against side reader of Disaster prevention!

*Rie Nakagawa¹ (1.At the foot of Mt.Kurikoma Geopark Promotion Conference)

Keywords:Geopark, Disaster prevention, Education

Mt.Kurikoma Area geopark which makes the Miyagi-ken Kurihara city whole field an area makes the catchword of the match Iwate-Miyagi earthquake in 2008. That stops weathering of a memory of an earthquake disaster, this experience, children in posterity, it can be utilized, it's for the purpose. But it's also fact that new resources were brought by this earthquake to an area. Kurikomayama located in the center of the Ou Mountains made with a volcanic activity in new time relatively is symbolic existence of Mt.Kurikoma Area geopark in the history of the Earth. It's because people's work in an area has been supported by the favor this Kurikomayama brings. But Kurikomayama made new time was rotted in the Kurikomayama foot of a mountain the part and fell in case of an inland earthquake because there was a feature which tends to collapse, and a mudslide such as landslides and avalanches of earth and rocks occurred by about 3000 points. "Aratozawa (offal and, ZAWA) landslide" in an interesting place in Mt.Kurikoma Area geopark also has value as the place where the activity that the earth is dynamic is felt from its size and the violent form at the inside. The Tsumetazawa (it's cooled, ZAWA) fall place" changed completely to the form which is completely different from earthquake before by a landslide, a collapse and occurrence of an avalanche of earth and rocks is the place where flood control afferestation construction was performed and is the place it's possible to see the form of the area that I live as well as nature where. Thus it was brought by an inland earthquake to the highlight Kurihara city where work in the new earth is felt relatively in the history of the Earth.
I'm utilizing such resources, am putting the emphasis on disaster prevention and gensai education and am promoting activity in Mt.Kurikoma Area geopark, and because it's geopark, I'm wrestling variously saying children can understand the accident special quality of the area through the interactive education which can be achieved.
After all every time I meet with a catastrophe in Japan where an earthquake, a typhoon, a flood and landslide disaster are located in an accident spot of frequent occurrence, various measure has been got as the lesson. For example the voice to which I'll advance earthquake-proof diagnosis in a building and aseismic reinforcement at all part taking this accident as an opportunity by the Hyogo prefecture south area Earthquake which occurred in 1995 is strengthened, and Building Standards Law is revised about a seismic criterion and, newscasting and the experience by which it's also the past that an urgent earthquake newsletter flows to a cellular phone, it's based, and. Kurihara city which promotes Mt.Kurikoma Area geopark would like also to put the emphasis on disaster prevention in this area.