Environmental Emergency Management Research(PG3)

We take action research approach aimed at preparing for future disasters through applying the results of research to date on a trial basis to our response to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake and other disasters, and through supporting the day-to-day disaster preparedness efforts of local authorities and other organizations. We are also reviewing approaches to environmental risk management, methods and organization for when disasters and accidents occur.

The outcomes of our research on disaster waste have been applied by both national and local authorities to the treatment of tsunami debris and its utilization in reconstruction materials, and to the formulation of measures for managing disaster waste. We also conducted emergency environmental field research and participated in disaster waste treatment response when the Kanto and Tohoku regions suffered flood damage after heavy rainfall in 2015.