The Relationship between Vacant House and the Increase in the Number of Migrants in Rural Return Phenomenon, Based on A Ten-Year Period Analysis in Depopulated Remote Islands in Seto Inland Sea of Japan. Department of Design, Graduate School of Design At the same time as the population declines in Japan, the outflow of population from rural areas to cities continues. On the other hand, the phenomenon of “rural return ” that peple goes b [...]
Development of a New GIS-based Assessment Model for Slope Hazard Mapping Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Data from 1945 to 2019 show that the average number of annual fatalities caused by landslides in Japan is estimated at 162.6 people. Landslides that occur in watersheds are frequently located in the u [...]
Nanocomposite Polymer-Based Technologies for Targeted Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Wastewater Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering Science, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences My research focuses on synthesizing a MoS₂-based nanocomposite intercalated with two custom-designed polymers: CY-NDI and BA-NDI. Developed in collaboration with the chemistry department at Kyushu Uni [...]
A study on Municipal Energy Companies（MECs）in Japan Department of Design, Graduate School of Design With the liberation of the energy market, over 700 new energy companies have been established, including over 50 Municipal energy companies（MEC, new energy companies invested by local government）. MEC [...]
Optimization of the sunspace envelope on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau based on the heating process Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies Sunspaces are proved to be an effective passive design method to improve comfort and reducing energy consumption. Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has a long heating period and extremely abundant solar radiation [...]
The Impact of Small Urban Green Spaces on Landscape Restorative Experience and Psychological Restoration: A Virtual Reality Approach Department of Design, Graduate School of Design Although many studies have explored the relationship between the natural environment and human health and well-being, the effects of different combinations of natural elements within small urban green [...]
Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Developing Countries in the face of Covid-19 Pandemic Department of Design, Graduate School of Design Cultural heritage represents the tangible and intangible inheritances from the past generations. Cultural properties are a unique symbol of each country’s culture which rooted in everyone’s heart is t [...]
Study on health benefits of the urban greening infrastructure Department of Urban Design, Planning and Disaster Management, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies It has become a multi-disciplinary topic that future metropolitan should enhance support for the health and well-being of residents, especially since the Covid-19 epidemic. Urban green space provides [...]
