Research Overview of Hydro-Environmental Informatics
The aim of the Department of Hydro-Environmental Informatics is to clarify the damage mechanisms of disasters such as waves, storm surges, tsunamis, and floods, to quantify disaster risks, and to develop efficient damage mitigation methods by using big data such as land, sea, and meteorological information. The future impact of climate change, such as sea level rise and changes in rainfall characteristics, on disasters is also a concern, and risk assessment and adaptation measures are considered to be particularly important issues. Sustainable development and management that takes into account the effects of demographic changes and other factors is required, and we aim to propose adaptation measures for the sustainable future.
The main research topics are:
- Projection of future sediment dynamics from mountain, river, to the sea and proposal of adaptation measures against climate change
- Development of sediment dynamics model from mountain to the sea due to heavy rainfall
- Development of coastal morphology change models due to waves
- Investigation of long-term deformation mechanisms of coastal dunes with natural levee functions
- Development of satellite image analysis methods for environmental change analysis
- Investigation of the mechanisms of water and sediment disasters in Asia and Africa
In order to build a foundation for people's safe and comfortable lives, we are engaged in research on the long-term water and sediment dynamics, and their impacts on people's lives.