1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on the Development for Low Global Environmental Burden from the View Point of Engineering and Socio-Science.
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09044140
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A).
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
環境保全
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| Research Institution | University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
YASUI Itaru IIS, U of Tokyo, Prof., 生産技術研究所, 教授 (20011207)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIBAZAKI Ryosuke IIS, U of Tokyo, Prof., 空間情報科学研究センター, 助教授 (70206126)
SADAKATA Masataka F of Eng., U of Tokyo, Prof., 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (30011175)
OHGAKI Shinichiro F of Eng., U of Tokyo, Prof., 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (20005549)
KUWAHARA Masao IIS, U of Tokyo, A Prof., 生産技術研究所, 助教授 (50183322)
MATSUO Tomonori F of Eng., U of Tokyo, Prof., 大学院・工学系研究科, 教授 (80010784)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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| Keywords | Evaluation of Sustainability / Local Climate Change / Management of City System / Traffic and Sustainability / Ecosystem Change / Global Warming |
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| Research Abstract |
It is impossible to solve global scale environmental problems, even if only one nation do its best towards the solution. It is necessary to have the concept of sustainability for this challenge. University of Tokyo currently have cooperative research project with MIT, ETH (Switzerland) under the title of "Alliance for Global Sustainability = AGS", and several joint works are under the operation. This research project is to enhance the activities of these joint works by supply the travel expenses for the exchange of researchers, because it seems quite important to have "face to face" meeting in order to exchange views on each problem. This year, the annual meeting was held in MIT, and more than 40 researchers attended and held general meeting to promote the spirits of AGS. In addition to the researchers from academic field, some members from industrial sector contributed greatly to the activity of AGS. As one of prominent topics, some description is made for "Tokyo Half Project = THP". THP aims to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide gas from Tokyo area into half without sacrificing the convenience and comfort of the city. It was discussed what kind of energy system is optimum from the view point of the reduction of carbon dioxide gas, or what kind of transportation can reduce the emission. It was also pointed out that our life style must be changed from the mass-production to sustainable type.
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