Sophia University will conduct a research study on the heavy rains in Kyushu that caused enormous damage to the southern part of Kyushu in July 2020. To dispatch.
The "Sophia University Kyushu Flood Research Team" consists of faculty members from the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Faculty of Letters, Department of Newspapers, Faculty of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Department of Nursing, and Faculty of International Liberal Arts.As an academically integrated project that transcends the boundaries of specialized fields, we will investigate the causes of flood damage and their impact from multiple perspectives, and work to solve problems.
The main activity plans and survey contents are river engineering surveys, evacuation system and overall plan planning, regional disaster prevention administration research, mental health and care of disaster victims, verification of flood reports, and energy supply in the event of a disaster.
At Sophia University, "Academic-integrated international joint research modeled on'river areas' aiming at the development of sustainable local communities" was adopted for the 2016 private university research branding project, and the elucidation of flood damage mechanism and proposals for countermeasures are As part of this project, we are working to return the research results to society.Flood damage is a problem that extends not only to the natural sciences but also to the social sciences and humanities such as economy, culture, and administration. can.
As a practical application of this research activity, in 2019, under the leadership of President Yoshiaki Terumichi, the "Sophia University Flood Research Team *" was established to conduct research activities in the event of a large-scale flood disaster in Japan.The Kyushu Flood Survey Team was also formed on July 2020, 7 as part of this effort.
* From November 2019 to February 11, the Sophia University Flood Survey Team conducted a flood survey in the Chikuma River basin in Nagano Prefecture, where a large-scale river flood occurred due to typhoon No. 2020 of the same year.Engineering field surveys and interviews with residents regarding investigation of the cause of the levee breach, the impact of the media on evacuation behavior, mental health care of the victims, verification of flood control measures at the Shinkansen General Rolling Stock Center that was devastated, etc. Conducted hearings with Nagano City Hall, Chikuma City Hall, and NPO groups, and proposed problem elucidation and countermeasures from an integrated perspective.In the future, we plan to hold a research report meeting in Nagano City.
