Tokushima University, Naruto University of Education, Kochi University, Kagawa University, and Ehime University, which are national universities in Shikoku, will conclude a comprehensive cooperation and cooperation agreement on disaster prevention, mitigation, and reconstruction with the Shikoku Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on the 30th.Shikoku is expected to cause great damage due to the Nankai Trough earthquake, which is expected to occur with high probability, so the five schools and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will form a scrum to conduct disaster prevention investigations and educational activities.
According to Tokushima University, the signing ceremony of the agreement will be held on the 30th at the Kagawa University Multipurpose Hall in Saiwaicho, Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, where the presidents of five schools and the director of the Shikoku Regional Development Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will sign the agreement.
What is implemented in the agreement
・ Human resource development and enlightenment related to disaster prevention, disaster mitigation, and reconstruction
・ Disaster prevention / mitigation / reconstruction research
・ Sophisticated and specialized survey of large-scale disasters that occurred in Shikoku
-Such.
The Nankai Trough earthquake occurred off Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture, off Enshu Nada, off Kumano Nada in Mie Prefecture, off Kii Peninsula in Wakayama Prefecture, off Tosa Bay in Kochi Prefecture, and off Hinata Nada in Miyazaki Prefecture, and occurred in the Pacific Ocean of Shikoku. A violent tremor with a seismic intensity of 6 to 7 and a tsunami far above 10 meters in height are expected on the shore.Since it has occurred every 100 to 150 years, the government expects it to occur with a high probability in the near future, and urgent measures are required.
Furthermore, with the progress of global warming, precipitation is increasing nationwide and typhoons are becoming larger, and the need to promote flood control measures is increasing in Shikoku, where large rivers such as the Yoshino and Shimanto rivers flow.