Dr. Yujiro Ogawa
Professor, Fuji-Tokoha-University

Fields:
Civil Engineering, Urban Planning, Urban Disaster Prevention

Educational Background:
   Bachelor of Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University
   Master of Engineering, Graduate Course of Tokyo Metropolitan University
   Master of Science in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles
   Tokyo University Doctor (Engineering)

Appointments

  • 1973.4 to 1974.3, Research Assistant, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • 1979.4 to 1994.3, Research Director, Urban Safety Research Institutie
  • 1994.4 to 1998.3, Disaster Planning Expert, United Nations Centre for Regional Development
  • 1998.4 to 2002.3, Executive Director, Asian Disaster Reduction Center
  • 2002.4 to Now, Professor, Fuji Tokoha University

Other Overseas Experiences
  • As Expert of United Nations Centre for Regional Center, about 40 times to mainly Asian countries,
  • Also as Executive Director of Asian Disaster Center, about 40 times to mainly Asian countries

Notable essays, papers etc

  • Guideline on Disaster Prevention and Control in Archives, 1996.9, International Council of Archives, Committee on Disaster Prevention,
  • Comprehensive Study of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, 1995.12, United Nations Centre for Regional Development
  • TOWN WATCHING AS A TOOL FOR CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: APPLICATIONS IN DISASTER TRAINING, 2004-017, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS

Record of Institutional Membership

  • Institute for Social Safety Science
  • Japan Association of Civil Engineering
  • Japan Association of Architecture