2020 Annual Report of NILIM

Message of Director-General

Let's Think Flexibly! -- In Order to Lead Changes in Society / Technology --

Opening report

River Engineering for Adaptation to Climate Change

Activities for Wide-Area Development of Technologies for Large-scale Sediment-related Disaster Countermeasures

Road Traffic Management Using Big Data

Development of next-generation technical standards enabling the utilization of various inspection / monitoring techniques and repair / reinforcement techniques

Development of design and construction technologies for mixed-structure buildings that use new wooden materials

Examination of the actual energy conservation performance of buildings using big data

Technology to improve the living environment and mobility environment in residential areas in the suburbs

Messages from Departments and Centers of NILIM

For Continuing to Product Research Results Responding to Social Demand

The Decade and Future of B-DASH Project

Research and Study Supporting Disaster Prevention / Reduction in the Water Field

Disaster Prevention / Mitigation for Devastating Sediment Disasters

Efforts of the Road Traffic Department for Road and Traffic Innovations

For Realization of New Road Vision

Construction standards and promulgation technologies that can respond to needs of the society

IoT, AI, and the disaster management of houses and buildings

To build sustainable cities and cities that create new value

Activities of Research Center for Infrastructure Management and Future Perspective

1. Reserch and development to support national resilience, safety, and security

Study on Life Extension of Offshore Breakwaters and Other Offshore Facilities --- Revision of the Coast Protection Facilities Maintenance Manual ---

Changes in River Plan Target Precipitation due to Climate Change

Development of Soundness Diagnosis / Monitoring Technologies for Supporting the Life Extension of Dams

For Elimination of Flood Risk Information Vacuum Areas in Small- and Medium-sized Rivers

"Techniques" for "Supporting" "Flood Prevention Activity" for Community to Take with a Unified Effort

Reproduction of Sediment / Flood Cases considering Fine Sediment Behaviors

Analysis of the Sites of Slope Collapse by Earthquake

Proposal of Effective Utilization Method for ETC2.0 Probe Information in Traffic Safety Measures

Development of technology to quickly evaluate the robustness of core facilities damaged by earthquake

Survey on Measures for Supporting / Promoting Activities for Winter Road Measures by Local Residents etc.

Flood Risk Assessment of Houses / Household Goods and Development of Method for Promoting Countermeasure Introduction

Report on Operation of the Technology for Real Time Collection, Summarization, and Sharing of Infrastructure Damage Information

2. Research to support strong, sustainable economic growth

Study on the Comprehensive Management for Sewer Pipelines

Development of suitable BIM model for public housing construction projects

A Study on Target Types of Work, Applicable Technologies, etc. for Works Using ICT

3. Research to support community development that serves as a foundation for the good life

Empirical Study and Guideline Formulation on the B-DASH Project concerning Energy Saving / Creation Technologies in Sewage Treatment / Sludge Treatment

Issues and Measures for Smooth Traveling of Autonomous Driving Cars in Hilly and Mountainous Area

Possibility of improving the comfort of already constructed houses while residents are living there

Research on the facade design method to improve energy conservation performance in buildings

Development of technology for analysis and evaluation of urban structures based on diversifying daily support functions

Development of technologies to measure the green coverage ratio using AI

4. Dispatch of experts to disaster sites and technical support activities

Emergent Survey on the Disasters by the 2019 Boso Peninsula Typhoon, East Japan Typhoon, etc.

Creation of the Guide to Interpretation of Sediment Disasters with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images

Development of technologies to renovate facilities to ensure the health and safety of evacuees at evacuation shelters

Development of Technology for Detecting Damage by Earthquake from CCTV Camera Images Using AI

A Study for Early Restoration of the Road Bridge Damaged by the Earthquake

5. Technical consultation and technical support

Research of pedestrian flow observation method using Wi-Fi packet sensor

Research on Systems for Promoting New Technology Introduction in Singapore

6. Collection, analysis, management of data, return to society

Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures in Sewerage

Introduction of Image Recognition Type Traffic Count using AI

Development of Strong Motion Monitoring System

Improvement of future population and household forecast tool by reflecting user needs and future outlook

7. Research Coordination

Technical cooperation

8. International Research Activities

International Research Activities