2015 International Workshop on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Technology for Large-Scale Landslides kicks off at NCKU - CNA
International Workshop on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Technology for Large-Scale Landslides kicked off on December 5 at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan, where scholars and experts from Japan, Austria, the United States, and Taiwan gathered to share strategies and solutions to disasters.
At the opening ceremony, NCKU President Huey-Jen Jenny Su extended her warm welcome to all the guests and said, “We will be happy and we will look forward to the opportunity in the future to facilitate in various directions across disciplines not only within the country but from the world.”
Deputy Minister Chih-Ching Chen of Council of Agriculture and Director General Chen-Yang Lee of Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, also attended the opening ceremony.
This workshop is organized by the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau and the Disaster Prevention Research Center (DPRC) at NCKU, according to Prof. Chjeng-Lun Shieh from the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, who is also the head of DPRC.
Prof. Shieh said, “In this workshop, all the presentation is talking about the mitigation work from USA, Austria, Japan and Taiwan.”
A total of 10 scholars and experts in the field of disaster prevention technology from four countries give presentation at the seminar, he added.
A 10-year plan is proposed to reduce and prevent large-scale landslide while considering the influence of climate change, which will form the basis for new disaster reduction and prevention policies in Taiwan, according to Prof. Shieh.
Prof. Masaharu Fujita from Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, gave a talk on warning and evacuation system for large sediment-related disasters.
NCKU and Kyoto University have been cooperating in the research of disaster prevention for over 20 years and the study on sediment is very distinguished in NCKU, according to Prof. Fujita.
“In terms of landslide, flood, typhoon, the situation in Taiwan is very similar to what we have in Japan,” he added.
Director Christian Weber from Agency Upper Inn Valley, Austrian Service for Torrent-, Avalanche- and Erosion Control said, “The long lasting friendship between NCKU and Austria started from 1991.”
“NCKU has been the center of activities of expert exchange and knowledge exchange among Japan, Taiwan, and Austria,” Weber said.
He also said, “We found that even though we have different situations in geography but the solutions sometimes are the same.”
The great benefit for all of us is to exchange knowledge, give out information and share experience, noted Weber.
At the opening ceremony, NCKU President Huey-Jen Jenny Su extended her warm welcome to all the guests and said, “We will be happy and we will look forward to the opportunity in the future to facilitate in various directions across disciplines not only within the country but from the world.”
Deputy Minister Chih-Ching Chen of Council of Agriculture and Director General Chen-Yang Lee of Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, also attended the opening ceremony.
This workshop is organized by the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau and the Disaster Prevention Research Center (DPRC) at NCKU, according to Prof. Chjeng-Lun Shieh from the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, who is also the head of DPRC.
Prof. Shieh said, “In this workshop, all the presentation is talking about the mitigation work from USA, Austria, Japan and Taiwan.”
A total of 10 scholars and experts in the field of disaster prevention technology from four countries give presentation at the seminar, he added.
A 10-year plan is proposed to reduce and prevent large-scale landslide while considering the influence of climate change, which will form the basis for new disaster reduction and prevention policies in Taiwan, according to Prof. Shieh.
Prof. Masaharu Fujita from Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, gave a talk on warning and evacuation system for large sediment-related disasters.
NCKU and Kyoto University have been cooperating in the research of disaster prevention for over 20 years and the study on sediment is very distinguished in NCKU, according to Prof. Fujita.
“In terms of landslide, flood, typhoon, the situation in Taiwan is very similar to what we have in Japan,” he added.
Director Christian Weber from Agency Upper Inn Valley, Austrian Service for Torrent-, Avalanche- and Erosion Control said, “The long lasting friendship between NCKU and Austria started from 1991.”
“NCKU has been the center of activities of expert exchange and knowledge exchange among Japan, Taiwan, and Austria,” Weber said.
He also said, “We found that even though we have different situations in geography but the solutions sometimes are the same.”
The great benefit for all of us is to exchange knowledge, give out information and share experience, noted Weber.
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