Hitoshi Nakamura received a doctoral degree in 2006 from the
University of Tokyo. He is professor of urban planning, Department of Architecture and Environment Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology. His current interests include planning for urb
...MoreHitoshi Nakamura received a doctoral degree in 2006 from the
University of Tokyo. He is professor of urban planning, Department of Architecture and Environment Systems, Shibaura Institute of Technology. His current interests include planning for urban and regional resilience. He is currently conducting various research projects in the Laboratory of Planning for Urban and Regional Resilience focusing on multidisciplinary studies across architectural, environmental, social and urban-engineering fields with an emphasis on how to build a safe, resilient, diverse and vibrant city - rather than disaster-protected but unlivable area. Ongoing main researches and projects are as follows: Land use planning and environmental design for adapting to the global climate change, Study on the flood risk management plan and its related measures. Reevaluations of the seismic resilience of the densely built-up areas using fire spread simulations. Supporting project to assist the community-based environmental improvement activities in the densely built-up areas, Study on community design and social systems for adapting to super-aged society, Supporting project to assist the community-based reconstruction process from the 3.11 earthquake disasters, Development of image training programs for post-disaster urban reconstruction.
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