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Kenji Tanaka, Professor
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The Regional Water Environment Systems Lab studies integrated water resources management, which aims at the sustainable use of limited water resources. Water is a precious resource, but it is unevenly distributed, abundant in some times and places and scarce in others. The lab develops water resources management models that combine river flow, the exchange of water and heat between the land surface and the atmosphere, reservoir operation, and more. The lab belongs to the Water Resources Research Center of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, and its research also covers regions overseas, such as Kyrgyzstan and the Aral Sea.
Tomoharu Hori, Professor
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The Hydrological Cycle Engineering Lab studies how human social and economic activities interact with the movement of water at global and regional scales. To address water resource problems, the lab builds water resources models that incorporate social and economic activities. It also studies how to manage the risk of water-related disasters such as floods and droughts. The lab is part of the Water Resources Research Center at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, and is also called the Hori Lab.
Yoko Matsuda, Associate Professor
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The Disaster Risk Management Lab studies the dialogue and language exchanged among people in disaster prevention and civil engineering planning. Even hazard maps and evacuation information do not lead to actual action unless they are shared with citizens in words. The lab studies, as a science of practice, in what settings, by whom, and in what way dialogue should ideally take place. Starting from the view that everyone is a vulnerable being who lives supported by others, the lab also considers how disaster prevention and recovery should be approached.
Kentaro Taki, Professor
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The Natural and Social Environment Disaster Prevention Planning Lab studies how to manage river basins while balancing flood control, water use, and the environment. It analyzes how changes in the natural and social environment affect water resources, and develops techniques for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and for restoring nature along rivers. There are two lab seminars, and students choose one when they are assigned to a lab: the Taki-Kobayashi lab seminar, which is conducted in Japanese and mainly deals with river basins in Japan, and the Kantoush lab seminar, which is conducted in English and mainly deals with river basins overseas. The lab is part of the Water Resources Research Center at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, and is also called the Social and Ecological Environment Research Division (Taki Lab).
Akira Igarashi, Professor
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The Urban Water Resilience Lab studies technologies to predict compound urban disasters in which floods, earthquakes, and tsunamis occur together, and to reduce the damage they cause. Cities that have grown on low-lying land along coasts and rivers are constantly exposed to the risk of water-related disasters. The lab investigates phenomena in which structures and water flow affect each other, using experiments and numerical analysis. It also works on design methods for structures that can withstand extreme disasters, as well as performance evaluation and maintenance.
Hirokazu Tatano, Professor
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The Integrated Disaster Prevention Information Systems Lab studies how to design and implement comprehensive policies to reduce disaster risk. Drawing on informatics, planning, management, and economics, the lab clarifies how disasters relate to the workings of society and the economy. It also explores disaster prevention planning in which residents participate, and methods of communication for sharing disaster risk. The lab is Prof. Tatano's lab at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, and it accepts fourth-year undergraduates of the Undergraduate School of Global Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and graduate students of the Department of Social Informatics in the Graduate School of Informatics.
Katsuya Yamori, Professor
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The Catastrophic Disaster Information Systems Lab conducts research to reduce damage from catastrophic disasters, combining social science and natural science. The lab's research theme is "establishing integrated disaster mitigation systems and building a practical science of disaster prevention." From a social science perspective, the lab proposes how disaster information, disaster prevention education, and disaster culture should be shaped. In regions such as Kuroshio Town in Kochi Prefecture, Fukuchiyama City in Kyoto Prefecture, and Central America, the lab is carrying out a variety of projects on evacuation and disaster prevention.
Michinori Hatayama, Professor
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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.
Eiichi Fukuyama, Professor
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The Applied Geophysics Lab studies techniques for investigating the subsurface, as well as the properties of faults and rocks. Techniques for imaging the subsurface are essential for resource development, the use of underground space, and the conservation of the global environment. The lab develops geophysical exploration techniques that use elastic waves and electromagnetic waves to investigate the subsurface remotely without damaging it. It also studies fault friction, which is important for understanding the subsurface, through experiments and numerical computation.
Yoshitaka Nara, Associate Professor
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The Crustal Development Engineering Lab conducts research based on rock mechanics to support the development of energy resources and the safe use of underground space. The lab also pursues research on environmental protection, such as the safety of radioactive waste disposal and technologies for storing carbon dioxide underground. Its work is built on laboratory tests using rock samples and measurements in rock masses in the field, combined with theoretical calculations and chemical analysis. The faculty see themselves as "motivators" and place importance on students taking the lead in their own research.
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