Workshop by NCDR and DPRI

The National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University will organize a workshop on 7 and 8 November at the Uji Campus, Kyoto University, Japan.

 

The programme is as follows:

 

November 7

 

10:00-10:10 Opening remarks from DPRI Director

10:10-10:15 Remarks by NCDR Director

10:15-12:20 Session 1 Meteorological Disaster (20 minutes presentation and 5 minutes discussion time.)

1. TAKEMI Tetsuya, Impacts of climate change on the severity of heavy rainfall due to fronts and typhoons
2. YU, Yi-Chiang, A meteorological research on typhoon and heavy rainfall for enhancing emergency response and operation
3. NAKAKITA, Eiichi (Or, SATO, Hiroto), Basic analyses of the arising and developing mechanism of rain-cells which cause Guerrilla-heavy rainfall
4. YAMAGUCHI, Kosei, LES simulation of cumulous clouds to understand storm genesis
5. WU, Yi-Chao, The study of the short term extreme rainfall event in Taipei

 

12:20-13:15 Lunch

 

13:15-14:30 Session 2 Earthquake Disaster

1. HASHIMOTO, Manabu, Preparing for possible gigantic earthquake along the Nankai trough
2. LIU, Sheu-Yien, Application of a Mesh-based Earthquake Impact Assessment Tool on Earthquake Disaster Preparedness and Policy Support
3. SAWADA, Sumio, A New Measure for Shake Map – An Application of Normalized Energy Density

14:45-16:00 Session 3 Land slide

1. WU, Ying-Hsin, Assessment of slopeland hazard considering landform evolution and climate change

 

2. SU, Yuan-Fong, Land Subsidence Monitoring using ALOS and ENVISAT Imagery in Southwest Taiwan
3. TAKEBAYASHI, Hiroshi, Cell phone application software for prediction of occurrence of surface landslide and debris flow

 

16:15-17:30 Session 4 hydrology

1. Kobayashi Kenichiro Overview of the Volta river SATREPS project, Ghana, Africa
2. CHANG, Chih-Hsin, Reviews on 2016 Major Typhoon Events in Taiwan
3. OIGAWA, Masanori, Data assimilation experiment of high resolution precipitable water vapor using a nested LETKF system
4. TANAKA, Shigenobu, Extreme Analysis of Catchment Averaged Precipitation in the Tone River Basin with the “d4PDF”

 

17:45- Social Gathering@ Fushimi Sake Brewery

 

November 8

 

9:00-10:15 Session 5 Coastal Disasters

1. ARIYOSHI, Nozomi, Long-term Assessment of Storm Surge Height base on Typhoon Maximum Potential Intensity
2. YAMAMOTO, Yosuke, Future Change Projections of Storm Surge Using MRI-AGCM3.2H Ensembles
3. MAKI, Norio, Challenge for Pre-disaster Recovery Planning in Japan

 

10:30-11:45 Session 6 Social and Information Issues

1. LIU, Chih-Hao, Applying Social Media for Disaster Risk Reduction
2. WU, Yu-Ping, Developing Disaster Management Strategy for Institutions with Special Needs People
3. SAMADDAR, Subhajyoti, A Community’s Perspective about Community Based　Disaster Management

 

11:45-12:00 Closing

 

You are invited to attend the workshop.