About DPMG

Mission

We aims to solve problems such as disaster prevention measures, medical and long-term care problems and infectious disease measures in local cities where the birthrate is declining and the population is aging.. Using Ube City as a model, we will consider from various fields such as engineering, medicine, health science, science, pedagogy and sociology, and propose a sustainable urban society model "New Ube Method".

Local cities such as Ube are facing disaster prevention measures, medical and long-term care problems, and new risks of COVID-19, as social infrastructure is becoming weaker and the birthrate is declining and the population is aging at the same time. On the other hand, the low population density and rich natural environment can be a great advantage in the society with COVID-19.

Therefore, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Group, Research Center for Local Resilience has set up six research divisions namely Division of Natural Disaster, Division of Hygiene and Medical Care, Division of Risk Management, Division of Education for Environment and Disaster Prevention Division of International Disaster Prevention, and Division of Oceanology and Meteorology, and we will tackle the following six issues in order to realize safety and security.

1. Support for formulating flood damage timelines for medical and care facilities;
2. Understanding the historical transition of disaster potential;
3. Development of disaster prevention and healthcare network system utilizing 5G/IoT;
4. Development of air quality and weather monitoring system using Yamato Transport delivery vehicle;
5. Development of embankment and slope risk assessment system considering deterioration, collapse and runoff mechanism; and
6. Development of the epidemic monitoring and risk management method of virus.

Protecting people from natural disasters while dealing with unknown infectious diseases such as COVID-10 is an urgent issue, and there are no research institutes nationwide to deal with it. We would like to develop as a new institution that responds to the society with COVID-19.

Introduction poster in Japanese　Click HERE for the PDF file.