Designing disaster risk reduction through quantitative assessment of human casualties and building damage
I am an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University. My research focuses on the quantitative assessment of human casualties and building damage caused by earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and disasters in snowy and cold regions.
My work examines how damage to buildings and urban spaces leads to human injury, evacuation difficulty, rescue demand, recovery processes, and urban policy challenges. I am particularly interested in linking engineering-based damage assessment with disaster risk reduction, community preparedness, and urban planning.
A central theme of my research is the assessment of human casualties during earthquakes. I have studied casualty risks related to wooden house collapse, indoor damage, entrapment, rescue activities, tsunami evacuation, aging populations, and cold exposure after disasters. Recent studies also address hypothermia risk in cold-region disasters and the development of disaster risk reduction strategies for local communities.
My research has also expanded to post-disaster damage information systems. I use AI, image analysis, vehicle-mounted camera videos, RTK positioning, and 3D urban models to support rapid assessment, visualization, and sharing of building damage information after disasters.
Research Areas
- Human casualty assessment in earthquakes and tsunamis
- Building damage, collapse, entrapment, and rescue demand
- Disaster risk in snowy and cold regions
- Hypothermia risk after earthquake and tsunami disasters
- Disaster recovery, housing reconstruction, and demographic change
- Disaster risk reduction, urban planning, and community-based preparedness
- AI, image analysis, and 3D urban models for building damage assessment
Selected Research Topics
- Human casualty modeling based on building damage
- Earthquake and tsunami compound disaster risk
- Rescue demand and community-based rescue training
- Cold exposure and hypothermia risk after disasters
- AI-based building damage mapping using vehicle-mounted camera videos
- Building damage information systems using 3D urban models
For full academic achievements, please see my researchmap profile.
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Affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University
Contact: nakashima [at] eng.hokudai.ac.jp
Profile: researchmap / Hokkaido University researcher profile