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Planning and Management Lab
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A lab that faces infrastructure and disasters head-on and pioneers a field-based approach to civil engineering planning.
AboutAbout the lab
Civil engineering planning rooted in the field.
The Planning and Management Lab studies infrastructure such as roads and ports, and the social systems involved in preparing for disasters.
Focusing on "infrastructure systems" and "disasters and crises," the lab aims to develop civil engineering planning as a science of practice rooted in the field.
Using methods from economics and mathematics, the lab analyzes investment in projects, infrastructure maintenance, and preparedness for disaster risk.
The lab is also known as the Onishi Lab. Its website lists the titles of bachelor's and master's theses, as well as a day and a year in the life of the lab.
Key terms
- Civil engineering planning
- The field that considers how infrastructure such as roads, ports, and rivers should be built, used, and protected for the benefit of society.
- PFI
- Private Finance Initiative, a way of carrying out projects in which public facilities are built and operated using private-sector funds and expertise.
- Game theory
- A mathematical method for analyzing how people with different positions and interests make decisions while considering how others will act.
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The lab focuses on the relationships between infrastructure and the government agencies, construction industry, and local residents around it, and studies how social systems should be structured. Moving back and forth between methods from economics and practice in the field, it works toward building disaster-resilient and sustainable local communities.
*Illustrative imageDesigning Disaster-Resilient Communities
Focusing on the relationships among government, the construction industry, and local residents, the lab studies social systems that reduce disaster risk and allow communities to endure. It examines crisis response systems in preparation for a large-scale eruption of Sakurajima, and the role of the construction industry in disaster response.
*Illustrative imageManagement and Governance of Infrastructure Projects
In infrastructure construction projects involving many stakeholders such as clients, contractors, and residents, the lab studies mechanisms that produce benefits commensurate with the money invested. Topics include public procurement, contract modification, and the financing of PFI projects.
*Illustrative imageTransportation Systems for Ports, Shipping, and Aviation
Viewing transportation as a system that combines institutions, technology, organizations, and information, the lab studies how it should be operated, from normal times to disasters. It also addresses the impact of volcanic ash fall on air networks and the resolution of overtourism at tourist destinations.
*Illustrative imageThinking About Infrastructure Management Through Economics
Using methods from public economics, new institutional economics, and game theory, the lab analyzes various management problems of infrastructure and local communities. Focusing on the decision-making and incentives of government, the private sector, and residents, it explores how to achieve both efficiency and sustainability.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMasamitsu Onishi
- Associate ProfessorSatoshi Nakao
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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: “RENFE Class 730 Viaducto Martin Gil” Kabelleger / David Gubler (http://www.bahnbilder.ch) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Designing Disaster-Resilient Communities: “Camp Zama community tackles disaster simulators for National Preparedness Month (9962249)” U.S. Army USAGJ by Noriko Kudo / Public domain (cropped)
- Management and Governance of Infrastructure Projects: “E16 roadworks Bjørum Sollih 2023 nr2” Erik den yngre / CC0 (cropped)
- Transportation Systems for Ports, Shipping, and Aviation: “Container-Terminal Bremerhaven 01” H. Zell / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Thinking About Infrastructure Management Through Economics: “Singlewell Infrastructure Maintenance Depot - geograph.org.uk - 4450373” Marathon / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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