Kogakuin University, which has a campus at the west exit of Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, is conducting area disaster prevention research by making use of its expertise in each field, and this year marks the 10th year of a disaster prevention drill project jointly conducted with the Shinjuku West Exit area.This month, in November 2017, events such as "Disaster Prevention WEEK 11" will be held at Kogakuin University.
Kogakuin University is implementing various initiatives aimed at realizing a "city that does not need to escape", centered on the technologies of the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Informatics, in order to embody the "disaster prevention unique to Shinjuku" that Shinjuku Ward advocates.In addition, based on the experience of the Great East Japan Earthquake, many students are actively participating in disaster prevention drills in order to develop human resources who can carry out emergency activities without confusion in the event of a disaster.
Research and development utilizing the expertise of Kogakuin University includes demonstration experiments to realize evacuation guidance using drones, kits for opening evacuation shelters, and the self-sustaining mobile disaster support unit "D-ZEV". There is.It is expected that disaster prevention measures unique to the Shinjuku West Exit area, where such high-rise and deep-rise buildings are advancing, will be widely utilized and applied in large cities around the world.
The disaster prevention event will be held at "Disaster Prevention WEEK 2017" at Kogakuin University Shinjuku Campus from November 11th (Monday) to 6nd (Wednesday), 22.We are planning a lecture "Social trends related to long-period ground motion" by Professor Yoshiaki Hisada of the Faculty of Architecture, and an event to introduce disaster prevention communication tools. "West Exit Regional Earthquake Disaster Prevention Drill" will be held at West Exit Event Plaza and Kogakuin University on November 2017th (Wednesday), and "Gakuen Comprehensive Disaster Prevention Drill" will be held at Kogakuin University on November 11th (Tuesday). Will be.
