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Mission
Development of problem-solving techniques and methods, by modeling and analyzing the relationship between natural environment and human society, with the integration of various data and information from satellite and in-situ observation, statistics, and field survey.
Keyword:
Disaster Risk Reduction, Flood, River basin, Hydropower plant, Planning Poverty, GIS
Research and Educational System
FY2019
Articles highlighting Kawasaki lab research projects are published on the website of University of Tokyo Future Society Initiative (FSI), a framework that brings together ongoing research projects that contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Research topics in FY2016
Engineering approach (Numerical simulation, spatial analysis)
Inclusive Flood Disaster Risk Reduction
- Future land-use change modeling and its impact on flood inundation area
- Development of flood risk assessment method in flood-prone area
- Near real-time flood inundation and forecasting system PhD
- Seamless flood inundation modeling considering tidal effect
- Physics selection for WRF model in representing rainfall over Myanmar
- Correction of satellite data (GSMaP, GPM) using gauge-station data and topography correction factor over Myanmar and Bago River Basin
Target area: Bago River basin, Myanmar]
Collaborators: UTokyo Coastal Eng. Lab, Keio Univ. Yangon Technological Univ. Myanmar Gov.]
Fund: JICA / JST SATREPS: Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development]
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- Development of optimized dam operation algorism and decision support system considering effective hydropower generation and safe flood control Bachelor
Target area: Oi River basin and Sai River basin, Japan
Collaborators: ICARM, Nippon Koei, TEPCO Power Grid, Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.]
Fund: Data Integration and Analysis System Program by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
- Development of a GIS based hydropower site selection and evaluation framework Master
Target area: Kunhar River Basin, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan
- Game Theory analysis and development of decision-support system for transboundary cooperation in hydropower plant planning
Target area: 3S sub-basins in the Mekong River basin
Engineering approach + Social Science approach
(Questionnaire and interview survey, statistical analysis)
- Investigation of the relationship between flood and poverty Master PhD
Target area: Bago, Myanmar and Suphanburi, Thailand
- Numerical climate analysis to investigate the impact on poverty PhD
Target area: Sri Lanka
- Development of disaster information dissemination system in a rural mountainous area PhD
Target area: Loei Province, Thailand
Collaborators: Keio Univ., Loei Province
Media Coverage
The abstract of my current work is described at HarvardScience.
Title: Thinking globally and mapping locally
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/12/thinking-globally-and-mapping-locally/
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Environmental Risk Management
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