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Touge Lab (Division 11, Social Implementation)
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A lab that approaches dryness-related hazards such as wildfires and dust storms through hydrology.
AboutAbout the lab
Taking on wildfires through the science of water.
Associate Professor Touge's lab studies disasters caused by dryness, such as wildfires, and water resource management, drawing on knowledge from hydrology.
In recent years, even Japan, with its humid climate, has seen large-scale wildfires under extreme dryness.
The lab investigates, under the name "fire hydrology," both the environmental factors that make fires start and grow large, and the secondary disasters that follow fires, such as those caused by heavy rain and fallen trees.
It advances understanding of these phenomena through field observation and numerical analysis, and aims to put the research to use in society by working together with diverse people such as government officials and citizens.
Key terms
- Hydrology
- The study of how water on Earth, such as rain, rivers, and groundwater, circulates and changes
- Fire Hydrology
- An approach that examines how likely wildfires are to occur and the secondary disasters after fires, using knowledge from hydrology. It was proposed by Associate Professor Touge
- Secondary Disaster
- Another disaster that occurs after a wildfire, caused by heavy rain or fallen trees in places where the vegetation and soil have changed
NewsLab news
Associate Professor Touge receives a "Letter of Appreciation" (Otsuchi Town)
A paper by Associate Professor Touge et al. is published in Scientific Reports
A paper by Associate Professor Touge et al. is published in Journal of Hydrology
A paper by Associate Professor Touge et al. is published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
A paper by Associate Professor Touge et al. is published in Fire Safety Journal
ResearchResearch themes
Based on hydrology, the lab studies dryness-related hazards such as wildfires, the shrinking of inland lakes, and dust storms, as well as water resource management issues such as drought. It aims to carry out everything consistently, from understanding phenomena and developing technologies to implementing them in society.
*Illustrative image"Fire Hydrology" of Wildfires
Using knowledge from hydrology, the lab investigates the environmental factors that make wildfires start and spread widely, and the secondary disasters caused by heavy rain and fallen trees after a fire has changed the vegetation and soil. It advances understanding of these phenomena through both field observation and numerical analysis.
*Illustrative imageDryness-Related Hazards and Water Resource Management
The lab works on dryness-related hazards such as wildfires, shrinking inland lakes, and dust storms, and on water resource management issues such as drought. This is a field that requires understanding phenomena through numerical analysis and field observation, and grasping wide areas through remote sensing.
*Illustrative imageSocial Implementation with Government and Citizens
The lab builds up survey records and publishes numerical analysis results to help support rational decisions about disasters. It also monitors wildfire-affected areas jointly with citizen groups, and provides technology to local early-career researchers in international joint projects.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorYoshiya Touge
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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.
- Top image: “Huge smoke rising from forest fire” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Public domain (cropped)
- "Fire Hydrology" of Wildfires: “Forest fire in uttarkhashi JEG8058” PJeganathan / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Dryness-Related Hazards and Water Resource Management: “Sandstorm in Al Asad, Iraq” Arya Barznji M. Baghdad, Iraqi National Republian Guard Corps. / Public domain (cropped)
- Social Implementation with Government and Citizens: “Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) work ( )” Forest Service - Northern Region / Public domain (cropped)
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