国総研ニューズレター
NILIM News Letter

No.47

Winter 2014

■ Overview of Budget for Priority Researches in Fiscal 2014
Planning and Research Administration Department, Planning Division
The NILIM will conduct 18 Priority Researches in fiscal 2014
including 7 new researches such as Disaster Prevention and Reduction
Countermeasures concerning tsunami and large-scale earthquakes,
etc., Aging Social Infrastructure Countermeasures concerning risk
management and enhancement of technologies of checkups andrepair, etc., and Formation of National Land with Sustainabilityand Vitality concerning dwelling life satisfaction and conversion tointensive urban structure, etc.. The Priority Researches are conductedwith by independently requesting budgets, and its total cost is 234
million yen in fiscal 2014.
【New Priority Researches】○Research to ensure safety and comfort• Research on the use of nature and community based infrastructure
for regional development in tsunami disaster regions• Research on earthquake damage mitigation technologies for medium
and low rise buildings subjected to large-scale earthquakes• Research on the evaluation of vulnerable urban areas against seismic

urban fires and of effectiveness of disaster mitigation countermeasures• Research on methods of improving sustainability of infrastructure
management incorporating the perspective of risk assessment• Research to advance airport pavement inspection and repair
technologies○Research on the formation of national land and regions withsustainability and vitality and revitalization of economies• Research on methods of effectively implementing housing policies
based on the evaluation structure of the dwelling life satisfaction• Development of Urban Asset Management Method and Location
Suitability Assessment Method for New Industries for Well-planned
Shrinking or Restructuring of Cities
In addition to the above, as a research institute of the Ministry of Land,Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), the NILIM receives budget from
MLIT and conducts surveys and researches on the provision and improvement ofhousing and social infrastructure.

Details * NILIM web site (press releases)
http://www.nilim.go.jp/lab/bcg/kisya/journal/kisya20131225.pdf■ Technical support of NILIM after a debris flow disaster caused by Typhoon Wipha (T1326) in

Izu-Oshima Island

Research Center for Disaster Management, SABO (Erosion and Sediment Control) Division
NILIM officials implemented technical support for the Tokyo
Metropolitan government and Oshima town office after a debris flow
disaster caused by Typhoon Wipha in Izu-Oshima Island to prevent a
secondary disaster and to implement emergency recovery activities.
On October 16th, 2013, Typhoon Wipha brought precipitation
exceeding 800m in 24 hours to Izu-Oshima Island, Tokyo. As a result,simultaneous debris flows occurred on hillsides of the volcano, Mt.
Mihara, resulting in 36 deaths and 3 missing (as of 15th Jan, 2014).
After the debris flows, a weather forecast predicted that Typhoon
Francisco (T1327) would arrive 10 days later, creating a risk ofsecondary disasters in the disaster area.
The SABO (Erosion and Sediment Control) Division, ResearchCenter for Disaster Risk Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
Research Group of the Public Works Research Institute implemented
technical support for the Tokyo Metropolitan government and Oshima
town office after the debris flow disaster to prevent secondary disasters
and to implement emergency recovery activities as TEC-FORCE(Technical Emergency Control Force) from October 16th to November
2nd by dispatching personnel equal to 48 officer-days in total.
The types of technical support NILIM provided are as follows.
• Emergency ground survey to clarify damage to prevent secondary
disasters (see Picture).
• Providing technical advice to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
to prevent secondary disasters and to implement emergency
recovery activities.

• Providing technicaladvice to clarify the target
area and precipitation
criteria regarding issuing
evacuation advisories,
orders and cancelation by
the mayor of Oshima• Providing technicalinstruction to ensure safety
during rescue activities

Emergency ground survey

Moreover, NILIM provided advice concerning the organizationof results of emergency inspections of locations at risk of sedimentdisasters performed by the MLIT Regional Office TEC-FORCE
immediately after the disaster .
The Director of the Research center for Disaster Risk Management
participated in “the Izu-Oshima sediment-related disastercountermeasure planning committee of the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government” as an administrative committee member to establish
a master countermeasure plan. The NILIM is continuing to provide
technical support for Izu-Oshima Islandʼs recovery.

Details * SABO (Erosion and Sediment Control) Division web site
“Saigai-joho (disaster information)” (in Japanese)
http://www.nilim.go.jp/lab/rbg/saigai_info.htm

1■ Technical support for recovery from damage by Typhoon Haiyan (T1330) in the Republic ofthe Philippines

River Department, Research Center for Disaster ManagementTyphoon Haiyan caused furious winds that reached the maximum
wind speed of 90m/s, and caused severe storm surge damage in thePhilippines as waves with height of approximately 5m combinedwith an approximately 5m rise of the tide level. To clarify the stateof the damage, the NILIM participated in a field survey as a Japan
Disaster Relief Team, a team specializing in early recovery efforts.
The following is an overview of the damage. The storm surge
damage increased inside San Pedro Bay, which is a shallow bay thatnarrows from the outer sea.
Samar IslandSan Antonio
TaclobanPalo

San Pedro BayLeyte Island
Location Map (from global map data)

In villages at the back of the bay, the impact of the storm surge wasdominant, and the damage was severe. In the San Antonia district,almost all houses located along the shoreline were totally destroyed.
The damage was also extremely serious on the eastern part of Leyte
Island, where population and assets are concentrated. And outside thebay, storm surge damage was light although the land was inundated.
Not only gusts toppled wooden homes, but they caused otherdamage, for example blowing the roofs off important public facilities.
In districts traversed by the typhoon, a great deal of damage wascaused to electric power lines at every home. At Tacloban Airport,
the passenger terminal and control tower suffered a great deal ofdamage as the strong wind and storm surges washed away machineryand material. This situation restricted the airportʼs control capability,
causing many flight cancellations when the weather worsened.
A storm surge also inundated the District Office of the Departmentof Public Works and Highways (equivalent to a Regional Development
Bureau of the MLIT) in the Palo District on Leyte Island. These
functions are not restored, therefore it has been delaying post-disastermeasures. Based on these surveys, the NILIM clarified the storm
surge damage mechanism and gave technical advice concerning theenactment of basic policies for the planning of restoration of low
frequency large-scale damage.

■ How to enhance the effect of public works on town planning and community development- A guidebook for improving the quality of public works -Road Department, Landscape and Ecology Division
A technical document explaining the effects on regional town
planning and community development of landscape creation in
public works projects and methods of manifesting these effects has
been prepared.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
has expanded measures for formation of good landscapes since itannounced the Outline of Policy for a Beautiful Country in 2003, butin occasional cases, landscape creation in public works projects donot necessarily contribute to the landscape of the surrounding area.
In order to successfully achieve, “Improving the Quality of Life”,
which is the essential goal of public works projects, it is necessary totake innovative actions to create a landscape aware of its effects onregional town planning and community development. But, information
which field technologists executing public works projects can use, forexample answers to the questions, “what kinds of effects can creatinglandscapes in public works projects have on regional town planningand community development?” and “what innovative measures will
manifest these effects?”, is not available.
So, How to Enhance the Effect of Public Works on Town Planningand Community Development was prepared to clearly show the effects
on regional town planning and community development of creatinglandscapes in public works projects, from the perspective of regions,2

which are the end users, and to summarize concepts and methodsof realizing these effects from many perspectives. This document
explains 25 effects and 12 innovative points based on the analysis of
20 sample cases of advanced creation of landscapes. The division isanticipating that this document will be used to carry out beautiful town
planning and community development linking landscape creation in
public works projects and formation of regional landscapes.

Details * Landscape and Ecology Division web site
http://www.nilim.go.jp/lab/ddg/seika/

Changes theflow of tourists

Autonomous landscape creation
is carried out

Photo: Example of Effects on Town Planning andCommunity Development(Yumekyobashi Castle Road (Shiga Prefecture, Hikone City))■ Development of building evaluation/design technologies to lower dependence on electric power
Building DepartmentBy introducing innovative building equipment systems and body
constructions and special building materials to integrate various
basic technologies and verifying that these lower and shift the peaksof power consumption by buildings, the department is promoting
demand side peak countermeasures.
As a result of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Plant in March 2011, reducing Japanʼs dependency on electric power inthe supply and demand for energy has become an urgent challenge. This
research is intended to develop technologies which will contribute tolowering electric power consumption on the demand side (buildings).
The targets of electric power consumption peak countermeasuresare equipment such as air-conditioning systems and lighting which
Electric power
demandPeak shift using insulation
Peak cut using photovoltaic,
material, phase change material,
solar heat, and geothermal heat water retention cooling

Peak
Peak shift using
electric powerfrom storage
batteries

Storing electric power in storage
batteries at night when electric
power consumption is low.
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Peak Countermeasure Image

consume electric power and building bodies which impact airconditioning load, to develop comprehensive design and evaluation
systems to reduce electric power dependency of buildings.
Specifically, focusing on the fact that even when special materials
called phase change materials are heated, they change phase but theirtemperature remains the same, simulations and numerical analysis of
their effects when used to make building panels were carried out.
This verified the effects on electric power of combinations of
natural energy equipment (photovoltaic power, solar heat etc.) andenergy storage devices (storage batteries, heat storage tanks), which
are considered to be effective as peak countermeasures, to tackle thechallenge of building new electric power systems never used before
in buildings. This is called a low voltage storage network which, until
now, has minimized voltage transformation loss by bundling voltage
transformation adapters which are attached to each device within abuilding, and has provided them all with electric storage functions toachieve peak shift.
And we plan to evaluate and verify the effects of peak shift of electric
power consumption in buildings in cases where these newly developed
technologies are applied to various buildings uses and construction
regions, and to optimize and systematize electric power conservation
design technologies and prepare a summary of our research results inFY2015.

Details * NILIM web site (Project research)
http://www.nilim.go.jp/lab/bbg/project/ppdf/pro-h25_2.pdf■ Installation of Port-EDI in Myanmar
Coastal, Marine and Disaster Prevention Department, Disaster and Emergency Management Division
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has
been introducing Port-EDI in the ASEAN countries, and began
operating a provisional system in Myanmar in January 2014.
In countries where port related procedures have not been simplified,
it is necessary to submit documents to many administrative bodies.
Application forms to be submitted to each body differ, but many of theitems such as ship name, call sign, date-time of arrival / departure, andso on are duplicated.
Myanmar is now expanding facilities in its ports in anticipation ofJapan and other countries beginning to conduct business in the country,
but it has not yet simplified and computerized port related procedures.
To prepare for port logistics, which will expand in the future, theGovernment of Myanmar has adopted a policy of simplifying andcomputerizing export and import procedures.
The Government of Japan is helping Myanmar undertake thisinitiative, with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism supporting the task of computerizing port related procedures.
As part of this, it is introducing Port-Electronic Data Interchange (PortEDI) into Myanmar.

Photo Meeting Held to Explain the Operation ofPort EDI in Myanmar

It began to operate a provisional Port-EDI system in Myanmar inJanuary 2014. It is continuing this effort with the date set for the fullscale system introduction as the end of 2015.

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● Schedule of Principal Events
Scheduled Dates
March 19

Event Name
Disaster Prevention and Disaster Mitigation Research Results Briefing– Three Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake –http://www.nilim.go.jp/lab/bbg/saigai/h23tohoku/index.html● Publication (research achievements) < November, 2013-January, 2014>
Download from here * http://www.nilim.go.jp/lab/bcg/siryou/index.htm

TECHNICAL NOTE of NILIM
No.

Title of Paper

Names of Divisions

736 B-DASH Project No.1
Guideline for introducing an energy management system using intensive solid-liquid
eparation technology

Wastewater and Sludge
Management Division

737 B-DASH Project No.2
Guideline for introducing an Innovative Biogas Production SystemWastewater and Sludge
Management Division

745 A Manual on Performance Evaluation, Construction and Maintenance for Sand Dune
Coast Division
Scarp Control Works– A Report on NILIM Public-Private Joint Research “Research on Performance Evaluationof Sand Pack Structure for Coastal Protection Works” –750 Study on the omen phenomenon discovery technique using the MMS of cave-in caused Wastewater System Divisionby sewer system– Joint research of a new efficient technique for the inspection of sewer pipe lines –751 Practical Guide on the Technical Standards concerning Measures to Prevent the Fall ofCeilings in Buildings

Building Department,
Research Center for Land andConstruction Management752 Sediment conditions and eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Miyako Bay, October 2012

Marine Environment Division

753 Spatial distribution of shallow water habitats in canals in Tokyo Port

Marine Environment Division

754 An Examination on the Actual Harborage Behavior in Major Bay Areas, Focusing onLarge Bulk Carriers (Analysis by NILIM-AIS)Port Planning Division

755 Analysis on World Container Ship Movement and Containerized Cargo Flow (2013)

Port Planning Division

756 A Study on Method of Quantitative Risk Analysis of Airport

Research Coordinator for
Advanced Airport Technology

757 An Analysis on the Low-cost Carriers (LCCs)ʼ Entry/Withdrawal of International flights in
Asian Civil Aviation Market

Airport Planning Division

758 Survey on the flood disaster caused by the torrential rains in the Northern Kyusyu, inJuly 2012

Flood Disaster Prevention
Division

759 Report of the Lecture Meeting of NILIM (2013)

Planning Division● We provide you with research information.
・2013 Annual Report of NILIM
This web site introduces NILIM activities throughout the year, including research activities and achievements,future initiatives, etc.
Go to this web site: * http://www.nilim.go.jp/english/annual/annual2013/ar2013e.html

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Winter 2014
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