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Kotani Lab
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A lab that studies how to build a disaster-resilient, sustainable society by looking at the connections between people.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward a disaster-resilient, sustainable society.
The Kotani Lab conducts research to build a disaster-resilient and sustainable society.
It takes an interdisciplinary approach to relationships within communities and society, examining how we coexist with others and with hard and soft infrastructure.
Its core interests are disaster risk reduction, social networks, and communities.
Grounded in civil engineering planning, the lab's research spans disaster social science and sustainability science.
Key terms
- Resilient
- Able to recover from a disaster and keep daily life and essential functions going
- Social network
- The way people and organizations are connected; the structure of who is connected to whom
- Civil engineering planning
- A field that considers, from a planning perspective, how to build and use social infrastructure such as transportation and urban development
NewsLab news
A paper by Associate Professor Kotani and colleagues was published in Natural Hazards
A paper by Associate Professor Kotani and colleagues was published in Journal of Disaster Research
A paper by Associate Professor Kotani and colleagues was published in Weather, Climate, and Society
ResearchResearch themes
To build a disaster-resilient and sustainable society, the lab studies relationships within communities and society from an interdisciplinary perspective. It asks how we coexist, and how we should coexist, with others and with hard and soft infrastructure.
*Illustrative imageMosques and Muslim communities in disasters
For Muslims, mosques can also serve as hubs of mutual support during disasters. The lab examines how mosques responded in events such as the Noto Peninsula Earthquake and what disaster hazards mosques are particularly exposed to, aiming for disaster risk reduction that leaves no one behind.
*Illustrative imageHousehold electricity during power outages
To help people keep living their daily lives through power outages caused by earthquakes and typhoons, the lab analyzes how homes with solar panels and home batteries coped. It also investigates how people choose among options for supplying power from electric vehicles to the home.
*Illustrative imageWarnings that didn't pan out and how people prepare
When heavy rain or flood warnings are issued but nothing happens, a so-called "false alarm," how do people perceive warnings, and how do they act the next time? Using surveys conducted after events such as typhoons, the lab analyzes how repeated false alarms affect evacuation and preparedness.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorHitomu KotaniPublications ↗
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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: “Tsunami evacuation route sign on the road, Kamakura, 2016” DimiTalen / CC0 (cropped)
- Mosques and Muslim communities in disasters: “Kobe mosque01 2816” 663highland / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Household electricity during power outages: “Nullenergiehaus ArM” Ludwig Gebauer / CC BY-SA 2.0 de (cropped)
- Warnings that didn't pan out and how people prepare: “Evacuations after Typhoon Choi-wan” United States Navy / Public domain (cropped)
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