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TANAKA Tomohiro

Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering/Assistant Professor
Field of Research:Civil Engineering/Hydrology


Graduate of the master’s and doctoral courses of the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering in Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Engineering. JSPS DC2 research fellow (April 2016), JSPS PD research fellow (October 2016). Assumed current post in March 2017. Research includes numerical modelling of flood-inundation during heavy rainfall and its quantitative flood risk assessment, as well as, recently, nation-scale impact assessment of climate change on extreme floods across Japan and economic model-based assessment of climate change adaptation measures. Received awards include Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Best Paper Award (2014), Japan Society of Civil Engineers Best Paper Award (2020), Japan Society of Civil Engineers Hydrology Young Author Excellent Paper Award (2020).

Activity Databased on Education and Research, Kyoto University:
https://kdb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/profile_private/en.26c331eb154f1056.html

Website:
https://hywr.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/tanaka/en/