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March 7, 2026
  • 新分担執筆・科学と災害の哲学 The latest book chapter by C. Gomez on the theory of disasters and sciences has been published by Taylor and Francis
  • 新論文Dr. Nomura, well done on publishing your paper on DEHP and non-phtalate plasticizers in Osaka Bay and in Rivers of Central Java (J. of Haz. Mat. Adv. – IF:9.34)
  • Miho Nomura – Cotutelle Student successfully passed PhD Defense on Feb. 5th 2026
  • 新英論文: C. Gomez. 2026. Airborne Lidar for Post-Disaster Recovery in Japan – Lessons from coseismic landslides and lifeline impacts in the aftermath of the January 1st 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. British Geological Survey Geohorizons
地形学と自然災害学

地形学と自然災害学

Exploring Sediment Hazards, Disaster Risk, and Environmental Science

  • Education
    • Glossary of terms SABO・砂防 (和英)Jp-Eng
    • Laboratory and PhD Classes
    • Undegraduate Education
  • Photos
    • Asakura Field work with French and Tokyo U. Researchers
    • Photos Hodaka Research Station
    • Photos of Niigata’s coastal dune (2025)
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • Research Presentations
  • Research Projects
    • NOTO PENINSULA EARTHQUAKE PROJECT   能登半島地震災害と防災プロジェクト(土砂災害と水害)
  • TOOLS & CODES
    • 1D Crank-Nicholson Implicit
    • Python Codes
  • The Team
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  • 新分担執筆・科学と災害の哲学 The latest book chapter by C. Gomez on the theory of disasters and sciences has been published by Taylor and Francis

    1 week ago1 week ago
  • 新論文Dr. Nomura, well done on publishing your paper on DEHP and non-phtalate plasticizers in Osaka Bay and in Rivers of Central Java (J. of Haz. Mat. Adv. – IF:9.34)

    1 week ago1 week ago
  • Miho Nomura – Cotutelle Student successfully passed PhD Defense on Feb. 5th 2026

    4 weeks ago
  • 新英論文: C. Gomez. 2026. Airborne Lidar for Post-Disaster Recovery in Japan – Lessons from coseismic landslides and lifeline impacts in the aftermath of the January 1st 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. British Geological Survey Geohorizons

    1 month ago1 month ago
  • Melody Dumont successfully defended her PhD at Paris University and Kobe University on January 30th 2026.

    1 month ago1 month ago
  • 新国際論文: Assessing Grain Production Eco-Efficiency under Rural Land Management Institutions: A Hybrid Analytical Framework (Socio-Economic Planning Sciences IF 6.82)

    1 month ago1 month ago
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The lab in 2022

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Students hard at work at the lab…. and a bit of fun.

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  • Field work

University of Tokyo Experimental Forest (ERI)

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Fieldwork for the laboratory students, experimenting and learning in the field (y2019).

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  • Field work
  • Landslide
  • Taiwan

Shaorin Landslide (Fieldwork in Taiwan)

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  • Field work
  • Landslide
  • Taiwan

Churin Landslide Area photos (Taiwan)

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  • International Collaboration

Dr. Saputra and Dardono from UMS visit the Lab.

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Looking to continue our collaboration on microplastics, geosciences and international education, two members and good friends of UMS visited Kobe University and the lab.

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  • Point Cloud
  • SfM

Pointcloud Lidar & SfM workshop

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The pointcloud technology data acquisition and processing short intensive course and workshop is up: PhD and Lab Classes and workshops

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  • Field work
  • Hokkaido

Atsuma-chou field-work (Hokkaido)

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In the aftermath of the 2018 Iburi earthquakes, thousands of mass movements ran downslopes, and sadly took many lives.

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  • Point Cloud
  • SfM

Prof. Gomez talks about Point-cloud Tech at Miyazaki University

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Prof. Gomez was the first to use SfM-MVS to measure trees while working in NZ, and he presented recent development on data processing to academics and the new generation of students and academic, hoping to increase the use of the method in the field of forestry and agricultural science.

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SABO is the science, engineering and art of sediment disaster risk reduction. It has no real equivalent in the Western part of the world, nor outside Asia. At the laboratory, and from this lense, we are finding solutions to natural hazards and disaster risk reduction, climate change and sustainability issues, concentrating on the island arcs of Japan and Indonesia mostly.

PI: Prof. Christopher Gomez

Come and work, learn, enjoy SABO, Geomorphology and climate change hazards and disaster risks with us. Let's work towards sustainable communities.

Publications

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