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Crisis Management Information Systems Lab
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The lab supports disaster response with map information and ICT.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward new disaster prevention with ICT.
The Crisis Management Information Systems Lab studies information systems that support disaster response.
Centered on geographic information systems that can efficiently handle location information that changes over time, the lab conducts fundamental research on the information systems needed for disaster prevention and mitigation.
Assuming use by government agencies, private companies, people responsible for community disaster prevention, and volunteer organizations, the lab studies how to build such systems and how to evaluate them.
The lab is a cooperating chair of the Civil Engineering Course in the Faculty of Engineering's School of Global Engineering and the Department of Social Informatics in the Graduate School of Informatics, and it accepts lab visits.
Key terms
- Geographic information system
- A system (GIS) that layers, manages, and analyzes various kinds of information on a map, such as buildings, roads, and the movement of people
- Spatiotemporal database
- A database that stores location information together with how it has changed over time
- Hazard map
- A map showing where and how much damage is likely to occur when a disaster such as a flood strikes
ResearchResearch themes
Centered on geographic information systems, the lab studies the information systems required for comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation frameworks. It also addresses the use of ICT and robotics to collect information, the modeling of geospatial information needed for disaster response, and the development of organizational structures to operate the systems.
*Illustrative imageGeographic Information Systems Linking Normal Times and Disasters
The lab studies geographic information systems that represent not only buildings and terrain but also the movement of people and vehicles as map information, so that changes can be tracked continuously from before to after a disaster. It designs disaster response workflows that help reduce damage and support recovery and reconstruction.
*Illustrative imageA Mechanism for Continuously Updating Flood Hazard Maps
So that local governments can produce flood inundation area maps themselves, the lab studies methods for building and managing spatiotemporal databases. Together with municipal staff, it is building a management system that consolidates survey data and registers for all river basins in Shiga Prefecture.
*Illustrative imageBuilding Information Systems Useful for Disaster Response
The lab treats evacuation, safety confirmation, assessment of damage conditions, delivery of relief supplies, and waste disposal as problems of information sharing and flows of people and goods. It proposes new disaster countermeasures using advanced information technology, incorporating input from practitioners.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Crisis Management Information Systems Lab consist of faculty members and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.
- ProfessorMichinori Hatayama
- Associate ProfessorKei Hiroi
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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: “Locals using Geographic Information System ( )” USAID Indonesia / Public domain (cropped)
- Geographic Information Systems Linking Normal Times and Disasters: “Vandenberg sets up the Emergency Operations Center (200331-F-IZ563-1030)” Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie / Public domain (cropped)
- A Mechanism for Continuously Updating Flood Hazard Maps: “Lancaster New City Cavite Northern Barangay Navarro Flood Hazard map” Ervin Malicdem / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Building Information Systems Useful for Disaster Response: “Vandenberg sets up the Emergency Operations Center (200331-F-IZ563-1030)” Airman 1st Class Hanah Abercrombie / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Integrated Disaster Prevention Information Systems Lab): “FEMA - 36456 - Aerial of a partially flooded town in Missouri” Jocelyn Augustino / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Transportation Information Engineering Lab): “HAVI Logistics truck at the Warsaw West Station – railway station, Poland” WrS.tm.pl / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Environmentally Harmonious Industry Lab): “McMillan Reservoir Park, Washington, D.C. ( )” USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Geoinformatics Lab): “Minsk city (Belarus), Sentinel-2 satellite image” European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0 igo (cropped)
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