Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

Presentation information

Oral

Symbol U (Union) » Union

[U-07] How JpGU will manage environment and disaster?

Thu. May 28, 2015 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM 103 (1F)

Convener:*Kenji Tanaka(Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Yuji Sakuno(Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University), Shintaro Goto(Department of Environmental Systems Faculty of GEO-Environmental Science Rissho University), Chair:Kenji Tanaka(Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Yuji Sakuno(Institute of Engineering, Hiroshima University), Shintaro Goto(Department of Environmental Systems)

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

[U07-10] Summary of the snow and ice disaster and effort of The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice

*Isao KAMIISI1, Katsuhisa KAWASHIMA2 (1.Snow and Ice Research Center, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, 2.Research Institute for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Niigata University)

Keywords:snow and ice disaster

Recently, the heavy snowfall events which appeared in three consecutive years from 2010/11 winter to 2012/13 winter are good examples, and consequently more than 160 people were killed each year. The Kanto Kousin heavy disaster caused by the heavy snow fall in 2014. The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice organized the research group with Japan Society Snow and Engineering and started field study. 2014-15 winter have heavy snow fall, it is becoming important for our society to study for heavy snow fall disaster in a few snow area not only heavy snow area.