Proposal of the Relief Supplies Support System at the Time of Large-Scale Natural Disaster

The Great East Japan Earthquake caused catastrophic damage to Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, and Fukushima Prefecture. A lot of relief supplies were sent to these stricken areas from all over the country in case of the Great East Japan Earthquake. However, since the relief supplies accumulation hub got confused by management and sorting work of relief supplies, "the relief supplies shortage and overage problem" arose for every evacuation center. Therefore, in this paper, we propose the "Relief Supplies Support System" for supporting relief supplies management of the disaster countermeasures headquarters at the time of large-scale natural disaster. Distribution of the exact quantity of relief supplies to each evacuation center is realized by this system. Furthermore, visualization of a relief supplies distribution status is realized by utilizing Web-GIS.