物理地形学と災害科学

Abstract

Outline of progress of studies on geomorphology in connection with natural disaster science isreviewed to introduce the works of the section of Applied Geomorphology during the recent 25 years.The demand for a new organization for modern geomorphology as a branch of geoscience hasan appearance recently in Japanese and international academic societies. We have developed ourstudies in cooperation with these new organizations.Our main subjects are the processes of weathering, erosion, debris transport and deposition whichcontrol rapid topographic changes and sometimes bring about serious hazards in Japan, and theresults of our studies have been applied effectively for prevention of natural disasters.