From past to future: Assessment of palaeodisasters and urban development risks in ancient and modern Turkey

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26560153
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Geography
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Hayakawa Yuichi 東京大学, 空間情報科学研究センター, 准教授 (70549443)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OBANAWA Hiroyuki 株式会社ビジョンテック, 主席研究員 (10422205) ; NARUHASHI Ryutaro 東京大学, 地震研究所, 研究員 (00649155) ; YOSHIDA Hidetsugu 明治大学, 文学部, 准教授 (90548116) ; ZAIKI Masumi 成蹊大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (50534054) ; OKUMURA Koji 広島大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (10291478)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 災害 / 古環境 / 考古遺跡 / 気候変動 / 活断層・古地震 / 岩屑なだれ堆積物 / 地理情報システム / 高精細地形情報

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Large-scale, low-frequency natural disasters, e.g., once per several thousand years, need to be evaluated from physical geographical and geological approaches. In this study, we investigate the long-term history of natural disasters in one area of Central Anatolia where large-scale environmental change has not reported despite a clear cultural disruption in the history several thousand years ago has been known from archeological evidence. We also examined the influence of such palaeodisasters and palaoenvironmental changes on the cultural transformation. In particular, the possibility of palaeodisasters triggered by the volcanic sector collapse and fault activities was clarified. This will be provided as basic information for future urban planning and disaster prevention/reduction strategies regarding potential natural disasters in the area.

Free Research Field

自然地理学