Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

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[U-08_2AM2] How JpGU will manage environment and hazard?

Fri. May 2, 2014 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM Main Hall (1F)

Convener:*Jun Matsumoto(Deaprtment of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University), Toshihiko Sugai(Department of Natural Environmental Studies, Institute of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo), Masahito Ishihara(Education unit for Adaptation to Extreme Weather Conditons and Resilient Society, Kyoto University), Mamoru Koarai(Geographic Information Analysis Research Division, Geography and Crustal Dynamics Research Center, Geographical Survey Institute), Chair:Masahito Ishihara(Education unit for Adaptation to Extreme Weather Conditons and Resilient Society, Kyoto University)

Since FY2008, JpGU organized the Environmental Hazard Countermeasure Committee and tried to manage verious environmental and hazardous issues. The 2011 Off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake clearly showed us real great damages caused by conbined effect of environment and hazard. In this session, we will review our past activities, and will discuss how JpGU will manage environment and hazard in future. All the presentations will be made by invited speakers in Japan.

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

★ [U08-11] Activities of JAGH relating to the earthquake disaster and disaster relief

*Kei NAKAGAWA1, Tomochika TOKUNAGA2, Fumi SUGITA3, Ichirow KAIHOTSU4, Jun SHIMADA5 (1.Graduate School of Fisheries Science and Environmental Studies, Nagasaki University, 2.Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3.Faculty of Commerce and Economics, Chiba University of Commerce, 4.Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 5.Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University)