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[Symposium] Utilizing green infrastructure to revive the Kuma River basin


A symposium entitled "Utilizing Green Infrastructure for the Revitalization of the Kuma River Basin" will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 4:45 PM.

 
Let's utilize green infrastructure for reconstruction!

Green infrastructure refers to infrastructure that utilizes ecosystems (public facilities such as roads, rivers, parks, and sewers). Compared to traditional infrastructure, it is more environmentally friendly, creates beautiful landscapes, and functions sustainably, so it has begun to be introduced in Japan in recent years.

It is hoped that green infrastructure will be utilized in the reconstruction of Hitoyoshi and other areas. At this symposium, we will have lectures from Professor Morimoto, who advocates the rain garden, a representative method of green infrastructure, Chief Researcher Nakamura, who has been involved in green infrastructure policies at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Mr. Asada, who is promoting urban development using green infrastructure in collaboration with Moriya City Hall and companies in Ibaraki Prefecture, and students from Nanryo High School, and we will share basic information about green infrastructure and discuss how green infrastructure should be utilized in the reconstruction of the Hitoyoshi-Kuma region in the future.


Date and Time

Saturday, November 26, 2022 13:00-16:45


 

place

Hitoyoshi City Culture Palace Small Hall (1578-1 Shimoshiromachi, Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture)



 

program

12:00 Doors open, reception begins

13:00 Opening remarks Project leader Yukihiro Shimatani Prefectural University of Kumamoto


Part 1: Lecture

Keynote speech (ZOOM)

"Rain Garden Green Infrastructure as NbS - Learning from the past and creating something new"

  • Yukihiro Morimoto, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University / Chairman, Kyoto City Urban Greening Association

Lectures

"Green Infrastructure Initiatives and Government Actions"

  • Keigo Nakamura, Chief Researcher, Riverfront Institute, Public Interest Foundation

Lectures

"River development that can be achieved even during disaster recovery"

  • Yukihiro Shimatani, Professor, Green Watershed Management Laboratory, Prefectural University of Kumamoto

Lectures

"Moriya City Companies' Green Infrastructure Urban Development (Recorded)"

  • Hiroyoshi Asada Fukuyama Consultant Co., Ltd. Transportation and Environmental Management Division

Lectures

"Creating a rain garden at Nanryo High School"

  • Takeyuki Nishimura, Water, Soil and Forest Project, Kumamoto Prefectural Nanryo High School, Comprehensive Agriculture and Environmental Studies Course

Part 2: Panel Discussion

"How can we utilize green infrastructure?"

  • Coordinator: Tomoko Minagawa, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University


 

 
Contact Us

Kumamoto University Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Department of Social Infrastructure and Environmental Sciences

Tomoko Minagawa

TEL: 096-342-3578, 3531 (Civil Engineering Office)

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