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[International Research Institute of Disaster Science] Disaster Culture Archive Lab
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The lab collects records of disasters, preserves them for the future, and applies them to disaster mitigation.
AboutAbout the lab
From records of disasters to future disaster mitigation.
The lab researches how to collect and share memories and records of disasters so that they can help reduce disaster damage.
It runs "Michinoku Shinrokuden," an archive that collects memories, records, case studies, and knowledge related to the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Based on materials ranging from historical disasters to the Great East Japan Earthquake, the lab carries out cross-disciplinary research.
It combines lessons from the past, information from online society, and advanced sensing information to create information that supports disaster mitigation.
Key terms
- Earthquake disaster archive
- A collection of materials in which memories, records, case studies, and knowledge of an earthquake disaster are gathered and organized so that they can be traced later
- Advanced sensing information
- Information obtained from high-precision measurements such as earthquake and tsunami observation
- Disaster mitigation
- An approach that accepts disasters cannot be completely prevented and aims to keep damage as small as possible
ResearchResearch themes
The lab runs the archive project "Michinoku Shinrokuden," which collects all kinds of memories, records, case studies, and knowledge related to the Great East Japan Earthquake and shares them in Japan and abroad and with the future. It carries out cross-disciplinary research based on materials ranging from historical disasters to the Great East Japan Earthquake, and applies it to preparing for low-frequency, catastrophic disasters.
*Illustrative imageFrom Earthquake Archives to Natural Disaster Archives
Many records were collected after the Great East Japan Earthquake, but challenges remain in building archives for the wide variety of natural disasters. The lab works on establishing simple archiving technology and technology for searching across different disasters.
*Illustrative imageSupport Information for Disaster Mitigation
The lab studies support information that can be used in disaster mitigation response, by integrating lessons from past disasters, information circulating online during disasters, and advanced sensing information obtained from earthquake and tsunami observation.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorAkihiro Shibayama
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Sigmaringen 2010 004” Klaus Graf / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- From Earthquake Archives to Natural Disaster Archives: “US Navy 110315-N-5503T-282 An aerial view of damage to Wakuya, Japan after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated the area in” U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexander Tidd / Public domain (cropped)
- Support Information for Disaster Mitigation: “NOIRLab HQ Server Racks (6V6A0395-CC)” NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab ([International Research Institute of Disaster Science] Disaster Prevention Education and Practice Lab): “1933 Long Beach earthquake damage 1” W.L.Huber, USGS / Public domain (cropped)
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