Online Symposium Scheduled Feb. 17th (Wed.) 2021 English / Japanese (by simultaneous interpreting)

GRIPS & BRI Co-organized Symposium

Coping with the Flood Damage of Buildings
In recent years, countermeasures against flood disasters of buildings have become important in Japan, by theincrease of severe flood disasters. For example, in Typhoon 19 (Hagibis) in 2019, due to flooding of a super highrise condominium's power receiving and transforming facilities, its elevators and water supply facilities became
unusable, and in July 2020, extensive flooding inundation of facilities for the elderly and urban areas caused
extensive human and building damage. In this symposium, we will exchange information on domestic andinternational efforts and technological trends, and consider issues that need to be addressed in the future.

ProgramFacilitator: Masaru Sugahara Prof. (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

13:30 - Introduction:

Yorinobu Eda (Building Research Institute)

13:40 - Lectures and Panel Discussion

Moderator: Nozomu Kiuchi Dr. (Building Research Institute)◇ Keynote Lecture (13:40 -)Edward Barsley (The Environmental Design Studio)
Retrofitting for Flood Resilience◇ Lectures (14:20 -) Flood Resistant Buildings; Japanese Circumstances, Necessities and Possibilities
Nozomu Kiuchi Dr. (Building Research Institute) Recent Flood Damages to Buildings and Challenges for Flood Resistant Buildings
Kazuo Tamura Dr. (Aseismic Urban Building Institute)
 Challenges for Post-disaster Measures of Wooden Detached Housings at Actual
Flood Disaster Sites
Jun’ichi Hasegawa (Architectural Restoration Support Network (ARSN)) Flood Countermeasures and Issues in Buildings from the Perspective of BusinessContinuity Plan and Life Continuity Plan
Toshihiro Sankai (Nat. Inst. for Land & Infrastructure Management) Expectations for Building Measures in the River Basin Management Policy
Kentaro Taki Dr. (The University of Shiga Prefecture) Recent Challenges to Reduce the Flood Damage in the Field of Building andHousing
Takashi Imamura (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism)◇ Panel Discussion (16:00 -)Steps towards Flood Resistant Building Measures◇ Closing (17:00 -)Supported by (to be confirmed);

National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, MLIT
Urban Renaissance Agency
Japan Housing Finance Agency
Japan Federation of Architects & Building Engineers Association
The Japan Institute of Architects
Japan Association of Architectural Firms
Japan Structural Consultants Association
Japan Federation of Construction Contractors
Condominium Management Companies Association

Japan Federation of Housing Organizations
Architectural Institute of JapanThe Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association, Japan
Center for Better Living
Council for Quick Inspection of Earthquake Damaged Buildings
Consortium for Building Research & Development
Japan Academic Network of Disaster Reduction
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)Profile of Moderator and Lecturers
Edward Barsley
Founder and Director, The Environmental Design Studio
A specialist in environmental design in architecture, with a particular interest in developing strategies to improve the resilience ofcommunities and the built environment. He speaks regularly at flood conferences and events worldwide, and in 2018 ran the RIBA’s(Royal Institute of British Architects) nationwide core CPD lecture series on flooding, with the seminar ‘Designing for Flood Resilience’.
Alongside his practice, he has been involved with a number of Research Council-funded studies, including the PhD, he has beenworking at the University of Cambridge on flood-resilient architecture and the communication of risk. Over the past four years hehas been writing a book, published this year entitled; ‘Retrofitting for Flood Resilience: A Guide to Building and Community Design’Nozomu Kiuchi Dr.
Research Fellow, Dept. of Housing & Urban Planning, Building Research InstituteAs a specialist in urban land-use planning, he belonged mainly at Building Research Institute and National Institute for Land andInfrastructure Management. His recent research mainly concentrates on flood risk evaluation and mitigation through urban planning.
Some of such research is included in NILIM Technical Note No.1080 ‘Study on a Strategy for Risk Reduction of Flood Disaster in
Urban Areas to Cope with Climate Change’. Member of MLIT ‘Study Group on Ideal Approaches to Measures against FloodDisasters at Electricity Facilities in Buildings’, ‘Panel on Co-ordination of Flood Damage Countermeasures and Urban Planning’, etc..
Kazuo Tamura Dr.
Seismic Design Laboratory, Former Professor of Chiba Institute of Technology
A specialist in structural engineering of building structures. Worked for Shimizu Corporation and Ohsaki Research Institute, mainly
engaged in research and development of new structural systems such as seismic isolation and vibration control systems. He visited
various damaged places by recent floods, and studies on flood damage countermeasures. He was a member of the special
investigative committee of climate disasters in AIJ which submitted a proposal on efforts of measures against flood damages. He is acooperation member of Science Council of Japan, and a Managing Director of Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction.

Jun’ichi Hasegawa

President of the Sumai-Kuukan Kenkyusho Institute, Representative of Architectural Restoration Support Network
He has served as a volunteer housing counselor for the areas which has been affected by the 2015 Kanto-Tohoku Torrential Rains,the 2019 Typhoon Hagibis, and the 2020 July Torrential Rains through conducting workshops of relief measure and restoration ofpost-disaster architectures. He has conducted more than 100 on-site surveys of water-damaged houses, and consulted and advisedon post-disaster restoration. He has also been dispatched as a member of a mission commissioned to support restoration of damaged
World Cultural Heritage Architecture (2011-16, UNESCO). A member of the Niigata Architects & Building Engineers Associations.

Toshihiro Sankai Dr.

Senior Fellow, National Institute for Land & Infrastructure Management, MLIT
He is engaged in research and studies on technologies to improve the resilience of buildings, of mainly building equipment. He
published the results of his research on disaster countermeasures for building equipment in the ‘Guidelines Building Design of DisasterPrevention Centers (Draft)’ (NILIM) and also participated as a specialist in building equipment to the ‘Investigative Committee forGuidelines for Function Continuity of Existing Buildings as Disaster Prevention Centers, etc.’ and the ‘Study Group on Ideal
Approaches to Measures against Flood Disasters at Electricity Facilities in Buildings’ (Housing Bureau, MLIT).

Kentaro Taki Dr.

Associate Professor, The University of Shiga Prefecture
After completing a graduate school at Kyoto University, he worked for a private company before joining the Shiga PrefecturalGovernment (for 18 years). He was in charge of the river planning and river basin flood control for many years. Through various
encounters with many rivers and people, he is fascinated by rivers and also believes that the river that is loved by the community is
the “good river”. Focusing on the interaction between watershed water circulation and social systems, he is currently conducting
research on policies and plans for a sustainable watershed society towards systematizing this area academic study.

Takashi Imamura

Director of Building Disaster Prevention Office, Housing Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism
After joining the Ministry of Construction in 1992, he worked in the Building Guidance Division and Housing Production Division of theHousing Bureau, the Urban Redevelopment Division and Urban Planning Division of the City Bureau, as well as the Secretariat for
Regional Development Promotion, Cabinet Office, and the Office for the Promotion of the Inscription of Industrial Heritage on theWorld Heritage List, Cabinet Secretariat. During this time, he was seconded to Takarazuka City Hall as Director of the Urban
Development Department and as a Program Specialist (in charge of disaster management) in the UNESCO.

How to Register to ParticipateThis symposium will be held online via ZOOM (webinar) and can be viewed on PCs, tablets and smartphones (please install theZOOM application in advance).
If you would like to view the webinar, please register by February 16, 2021 via the form below or the QR code.

Application to: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_D4pYx8PlRdur2r4fMn-bZg

Free of charge
Please note that applications will be closed when capacity is reached.
Contact: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (e-mail: grips.dms@gmail.com)
Subject to JSCA building structural engineer renewal evaluation points※ Source of pictures on the front page: The 5th and 6th from the top right-hand are of Park Hills Musashikosugi SFC Condominium Management Association, and the seventh
is from "Retrofitting for Flood Resilience". Background picture at the bottom is “Oblique Aerial Photo” by Geospatial Information Authority. All modified.