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Two lab members just finished their master thesis presentations today. Tigulo April Ann Demetrio “Slum relocation or in-situ redevelopment: What are the impacts of displacement?” Zusnita Meyrawati “GIS-based multi-criteria decision-making approach for site selection of cross-docking facility in a retail supply chain” They are the very first students of our lab, and did excellent job. […]

Dr. Arnab Jana (Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) introduced their study on “Application of Deep Learning techniques to study urban road scapes”. Thanks a lot!    

Seven members from our lab participated in the 8th Civil Engineering Conference in the Asian Region (CECAR8) held in Ikebukuro, Tokyo last April 16 to 19.  The said event had the theme “Resilient Infrastructures in Seamless Asia.” The CECAR was organized by The Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC) which was first held in 1998. […]

Welcome to HU-TSG! Hope we can foster more interesting researches with new members.

East Hokkaido offers postcard-worthy sceneries like this snow-capped mountains. This photo was taken along the Kushiro Shitsugen-Akan-Mashu Scenic Byway while the participants are aboard a rented vehicle. Towards the end of March 2019, JDS fellows under the supervision of Makoto Chikaraishi were fortunate enough to explore the lesser known side of Hokkaido prefecture. All throughout the […]

Welcome to HU-TSG group! Also, thank you very much for celebrating my birthday! A lot of pleasure!  

We had an opportunity to share about the new mobility services in rural areas in Japan and the time series analysis of land use change by Shinkansen development in Japan at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB). We also got to visit Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, which lies beside the prime district of Mumbai […]

We visited the affected areas of 2014 Hiroshima landslides. Urban planners have a lot of things to do for mitigating and adapting to disaster risks.

Chikaraishi, M., Jana, A., Bardhan, R., Varghese, V., and Fujiwara, A.: A framework to analyze capability and travel in formal and informal urban settings: A case from Mumbai, Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 65, No. Supplement C, pp. 101-110, 2017. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692316302538

We participated in a field experiment on autonomous vehicle at Akagi-Kogen (a road station located in Iinan-cho, Shimane), initiated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The details can be found here (in Japanese).