Urban Transition with Wood for Enhanced Resilience of Cities and Forests
Program Theme
Global warming caused by greenhouse gases, resulting climate change, and the frequency and severity of disasters such as torrential rains are accelerating across the globe. At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP), global–scale issues have been set, and Japan has set a goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 and is making various efforts to achieve it.
The main theme of this program is to realize “resilient future cities and forests brought about by the transformation of society with trees,” The seminar and workshop will be held to exchange views with researchers of wood, building and environmental sciences from several regions (Europe, Oceania, and Asia) who have been seeking solutions to common problems from different backgrounds. Furthermore, with the cooperation of Okayama University, we aim to foster knowledge to solve current issues from both local and global perspectives through collaborative cooperation with people involved in the construction and timber industries in this region, and at the same time, to identify deeper issues and submit them as proposals.
Events
Workshop on Locality: Based on the advanced case study of Maniwa City, Okayama Prefecture
(November 17, 2024 – November 18, 2024 at Maniwa City & Meiken Lamwood Corporation)
The 3rd Global Seminar: ON SUSTAINABLE & EARTHQUAKE RESILIENT STRUCTURES
(November 19, 2024 at Okayama Visionary Commons, Okayama University)
Workshop on Resilience: Learning from the Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction
(November 20, 2024 – November 21, 2024 at Sendai 3/11Memorial Community Center)
Public Seminar: Facts, Challenges and Future Prospects of Forestry and Wood Construction in the World
(November 21, 2024 at TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity, Tohoku University)
Global WS: Urban Transition with Wood for Enhanced Resilience of Cities and Forests
(November 22, 2024 at TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity, Tohoku University)
Organizers
Masaki Maeda
(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Naoyuki Matsumoto
(Assistant professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Yutaka Goto
(Researcher, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology)
Robert Jockwer
(Professor, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Dresden)
Lisa Ottenhaus
(Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, The University of Queensland)
Yasuteru Karube
(President and CEO , SYNEGIC co., ltd.)
Poster
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