PositionAssociate Professor

Research AreaSabo, Sediment disaster and prevention works, Natural environment

Research Topic
What do you image from natural disasters? In Japan, I guess many people will answer earthquake, flooding, tsunami or volcano. But due to steep mountainous landform and large rainfall, Japan also faces sediment disasters occurring approx. 1,000 places/ year. My study topic is focusing on preventing sediment disasters as Sabo.

Message
What is important for Sabo is to understand the mechanism of natural phenomena how sediment moves from mountains. However, it is also necessary to have viewpoints from psychology, society, law, and economy. You can study various subjects in the arts and sciences in IGS, so I hope that you will be able to work on Sabo from various viewpoint.