Immediate responses:

residents searched for survivors, joined by emergency services when access was available
hospitals struggled to cope with amount of injured; had to treat and operate in the corridors
major retailers provided services (7-Eleven provided essentials, Motorola maintained telephone connections for free)
aid provided

Long-term responses:

railways 80% operational within a month
roads mostly operational by July
Hanshin Expressway fully opened by September 1996
80% of port operational by 1997 (but much of container shipping business lost)
building practices and codes revised and new changes made
new buildings built further apart - to prevent domino effect
high rise buildings have flexible steel frames or concrete frames reinforced with steel (not wood)
rubber blocks placed under bridges to absorb shocks

	Created by Jia CHEONG almost 8 years ago

Summarised case study of Kobe earthquake, 1995 *note to self: add more details from folder*

Earthquake Case Studies