Organization

Disaster Humanities and Social Science Division
Spatial Design Strategies Lab
Associate Professor (Cross-Appointed)
Ph.D.(Engineering)

Research Subject(s)
Targeting areas affected by nuclear power plants, we aim to "build a design and management method for sustainable town development processes in cities and regions," while understanding the spatial reality and linking it with practice in the planning process and project implementation process.
Key Words
Area management / revitalization of the central city area / public-private partnership town development / reconstruction town development
Research Activities

The Sanriku coastal region is experiencing population decline and aging at a rate unprecedented in the world due to tsunami damage and nuclear power plant damage. Considering the nature of recent disasters and the status of infectious diseases, urban planning and community development in these areas is by no means unique, but rather a management tool that should be universal and should respond to situations with uncertainty (risk). It can be understood as. In this case, it is difficult to carry out spatial planning and urban development along a long-term time axis as has been done in the past, and it is difficult to carry out spatial planning and urban development along a long-term time axis as has been done in the past. It can be said that designing is required.

We will conduct research and practical activities in the field of Hamadori, Fukushima Prefecture, where residential restrictions are gradually being lifted. Utilizing my experience as a business manager for a town development company in the central urban area of ​​Ishinomaki City, I actively participate in town development activities while building teams with not only members involved in planning and project implementation, but also local residents and local government officials. We will participate and advance practical research.

Selected Works

Tomohiro KARIYA,Toru IZAWA,Haruka SASAKI,Michio UBAURA(2022) A study on Provincial Utilization Focusing on the Implementation Status of Events in Underused Land in Central Urban Area after the Great East Japan Earthquake - A Case Study on Temporary Commercial Facilities in the Center of Ishinomaki City, The City Planning Institute of Japan, Papers on City Planning, 57-3,pp1409-pp1416.(In Japanese)

Tomohiro KARIYA, Michio UBAURA(2013) A Study of the process of Community Participation in the Initial Stage of Reconstruction from Disaster - A case Study of Recovery Process from Tsunami Disaster in Ishinomaki City, The City Planning Institute of Japan, Papers on City Planning, 48-3, pp837-842.(In Japanese)

Tomohiro Kariya, Minori Ito, Michio Ubaura, Noriko Akita, Satoshi Miyake(2019) Study on Reconstruction Trend of Commercial Stores in Disaster Area by the Great East Japan Earthquake -A Case Study of Ishinomaki City
4th Disaster Risk Reduction Conference 2019, pp34-35.

Tomohiro, KARIYA, Michio, UBAURA(2014) A Study on Characteristics of Underutilized and Unutilized Land in City Center of Provincial City ―The Case Study in the City Center of Ishinomaki After the Disaster―
Proceedings of International Symposium on City Planning 2014, 4 pages.

Tomohiro, KARIYA, Michio, UBAURA(2012) A Study on the Role of in the Initial Stage of Reconstruction from Disaster -A case Study of Recovery Process from Tsunami Disaster in Ishinomaki City-, Journal of International City Planning, pp753-pp763.

Selected Memberships
  • The City Planning Institute of Japan
  • Architectural Institute of Japan