FactSheet: FS2016-L-0004

Title:
An Overview of Functional Damage and Restoration Processes of Utility Lifelines in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, Japan

Authour: Nobuoto NOJIMA¹, Yoshihisa MARUYAMA²

1Member of JSCE, Professor, Dept. of Civil Eng., Gifu University
2Member of JSCE, Associate professor, Dept. of Urban Environment Systems, Chiba University

 Key Facts:
・Hazard Type: Earthquake
・Date of the disaster: April 14th and 16th, 2016
・Location of the survey: Kumamoto Prefecture
・Date of the field survey: April 15th through June 7, when needed.
・Survey tools: Documents published via press release or related websites, Interviews

 Key findings:
1) Functional damage and restorations of electric power supply, water supply and city gas supply systems were compiled for the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, Japan.
2) The number of customers or households without lifeline services were graphically illustrated.
3) Supplying ratios were graphically and geographycally illustrated.

Key Words:
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, utility lifelines, functional damage, initial outage, res-toration process

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