Inclusive Flood Disaster Risk Reduction for Rapid Urbanization in Myanmar

Main Objectives:

For strengthening Myanmar’s disaster risk reduction to contribute to Myanmar’s steady economic growth with safe cities formation:

• Establishment of flood early warning system with tidal effect

• Assistance of river basin development plan including land-useand infrastructure plan considering climate change

• Capacity and human resource development

Dr. Akiyuki KawasakiRiver Environment Mgt.

UTokyo

Dr. Win Win ZinWater Resources Mgt.

YTU

Dr. Yoshimitsu Tajima Coastal Engineering

UTokyo

Dr. Takenori ShimozonoCoastal Engineering

UTokyo

Dr. Zin Marlar Tin San IWRMYTU

Dr. Toshio Koike River Engineering

UTokyo

Cross-section Survey Flood Inundation Climate Change Analysis

Observation Installation

Stakeholders Workshop for Designing Water-related Disaster Management System

Investigating the relationship between flood

and poor livelihood

Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development

Rainfall analysis and simulation

Summer Program Asian Water Cycle Symposium 2016 UTokyo – YTU Exchange Program

Tidal Effects

modelingobservation

Dr. Ralph Allen AciertoRiver Engineering

UTokyo

Water-related Disaster Group

東京大学大学院工学系研究科 Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Telephone Number: +81-(0)3-5841-6108, Email Address:kawasaki@hydra.t.u-tokyo.ac.jpCONTACT

Investigation on disaster response framework

Dr. Naohiko KohtakeSystem Design and Mgt.

Keio University

Dr. Daisuke KomoriHydrology

Tohoku University

Capacity Development

Hazard

CommunityGovernance

Disaster response

Early warning

Climate change adaptation

Poverty

Flood Disaster

Risk Reduction

SimulatedObserved (ALOS PALSAR) Win, W.Z., Kawasaki, A., Win, S.: River Flood Inundation Mapping in the Bago River Basin, Myanmar, Hydrological Research Letter, 9 (4), 97-102, 2015.Design of flood early

warning system