Signing of An Agreement of Cooperation with Hazama Ando Corporation
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The Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI-KU) signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with Hazama Ando Corporation headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo with the aim of developing disaster prevention and mitigation technologies and using them in the field. The Agreement was signed by Mr. Kazuhiko Kuniya, Representative Director and President on 25 December 2024.
In light of changes in the social environment, such as population decline and the shift to a decarbonized society, the collaboration under this agreement aims to promote the development of technologies to deal with natural disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, and fires, and to contribute to sustainable national resilience and regional revitalization by ensuring that these technologies are effectively utilized in local and on-site areas.
The following research and development projects are planned.
– “Development of methods to prevent flooding of river embankments” and “Research on the sophistication of multi-hazard risk assessment methods”
– Research on highly accurate evaluation of the safety of social infrastructure in consideration of climate change, including the use of the latest weather radar “XRAIN” (a service of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism that provides near real-time radar rainfall information nationwide with high accuracy, high resolution, and high frequency).
The institute will strongly promote its efforts to contribute to society through joint research with Hazama Ando Corporation and the establishment of a strong cooperative relationship through personnel exchange.
Agreement signing ceremony (L: Kazuhiko Kuniya, President and CEO of Hazama Ando Corporation, R: Prof. Tomoharu Hori, Director, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University)
The signing ceremony