By Ken Y-N ( April 9, 2011 at 00:20)
· Filed under Polls, Society
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iShare’s latest look at disaster-related topics was related to walking home, specifically in the case of a major earthquake that knocked the trains out, could people get back home from work or school under their own steam.
Demographics
On the 29th and 30th of March 2011 1,697 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.3% of the sample were male, 3.6% in their twenties, 47.0% in their thirties, and 49.4% in their forties.
I’l quite surprised at the number who said they could make their own way home, given that the average commute time for Japanese is about an hour each way, most of which is in a train. I roughly know how to get home from work, but if I took a “follow the railway line” one I’d have to go through the centre of Osaka which is liable to be flooded by any tsunami that would follow a major Nankai earthquake. The other railway line to follow home is a raised monorail, so following it would also be difficult, and given that it’s about 30 kilometres home as the crow flies, I’d commandeer a bicycle…
Research results
Q1: Are you currently employed, a student? (Sample size=1,697)
| |
All |
Male
N=871 |
Female
N=826 |
| Employed, student outside the home (to SQ) |
60.3% |
66.8% |
53.4% |
| Employed, student at home |
21.0% |
23.9% |
18.0% |
| Unemployed (including housewife) |
18.7% |
9.3% |
28.6% |
Q1SQ: If there was to be a disaster, etc and you had to walk home, are you aware of a route whereby you can safely walk home? (Sample size=1,023)
| |
All |
Male
N=582 |
Female
N=441 |
| Completely aware |
40.5% |
44.8% |
34.7% |
| Mostly aware |
44.2% |
41.8% |
47.8% |
| Not aware at all |
15.3% |
13.4% |
17.9% |
Q2: Do you know that in 27 prefectures there are convenience stores, fast food restaurants, family restaurants, petrol stations, etc that are “Disaster Time Home Return Support Stations”? These “Dister Time Home Return Support Stations” will offer drinking water, toilets, television and radio, and information on walking routes. (Sample size=1,697)
| |
All |
Male
N=871 |
Female
N=826 |
| Yes |
40.8% |
39.4% |
42.3% |
| No |
59.2% |
60.6% |
57.7% |
Q3: Would you like to participate in a walking home drill? (Sample size=1,697)
| |
All |
Male
N=871 |
Female
N=826 |
| Definitely would |
4.2% |
3.3% |
5.1% |
| Perhaps would |
45.7% |
38.1% |
53.8% |
| Would not |
50.1% |
58.6% |
41.2% |
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I suspect the number may be a bit higher now for those in Northern Japan than it would have been a few months ago…
On March 11th, hundreds of thousands of people walked home (if not more) from Tokyo.
I’ve met a lot of people who had to walk more than 20km to Chiba.
I luckily only had to walk 8km home.
I was glad to have a smartphone so it was easy to navigate using smartphone maps or smartphone navigation (for example Google Navigation for Android)
BUT, I don’t think people always need to know the exact route home since the road signage in major cities is pretty adequate.
I’m sure it would be easier to get around Osaka than Tokyo for me personally
but as long as you know place names and their relative geography, that is likely sufficient to get you to your home station (and people should be able to get home from there)