Table 2.

Seven types of disaster prevention parks in Japan.

Types	Main function	Scale
Disaster-prevention stronghold for large areas	Hold rescue activities and provide recovery assistance	Large-scale parks Larger than 50 ha
Disaster-prevention stronghold for districts	Hold rescue activities and relief distribution	Central parks Larger than 10 ha
Emergency shelter	Relocate nearby residents from disasters	Central parks Larger than 10 ha
Temporary shelter	Provide temporary shelters and transit residents to larger shelters	Neighboring parks Larger than 1 ha
Green avenue	Act as an evacuating road	Green avenue with the width at least 10 m
Green buffer belt	Protecting neighboring cities from radiation/fire
Service station	Help residents to return home safely when the bus is stopped	Community parks Larger than 500 m2