Shinshu University Profile 2015

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Institute of Mountain Science(IMS)Institute for Fiber Engineering, Shinshu University(IFES)Center for Energy and Environmental Science(X-Breed)Institute of Carbon Science and Technology (ICST)Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research(ICCER)Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBS)Exploring ways to merge human activities with the natural environment in mountainous areasThe institute aims to resolve urgent environmental issues in mountainous areas accompanying global climate change based on scientific research, and to explore ways of merging human activities with the natural environment in mountainous areas where regeneration, conservation and utilization of the natural environment and disaster prevention can be practiced.International Mountain Cooperation LaboratoryDepartment of Geomorphology, Geology and Disaster PreventionDepartment of Atmospheric Environment and Aquatic EcosystemDepartment of Terrestrial EcosystemsDepartment of Forest ResourcesWith observations and research in the Chubu Mountains at the core, the department is working to fulfill its role as an international mountain research base and to build an international research network by promoting joint studies and comparisons with observations of mountains in Asia and around the world.The formation-transition-disappearance process of mountainous regions and mountain environments in the Japan Alps and Himalayas is accurately grasped, and ways are proposed of conserving the environment and preventing disasters based on such understanding.The Department undertakes meteorological observations in mountainous areas in thereby identifying the changing environmental responses to global warming in the areas. It also aims to identify or predict the responses of aquatic ecosystems to environmental changes from the perspective of the aquatic environment concerned and material circulation in disseminating pertinent information. Long-term ecological study of wildlife in harsh habitats in cold, elevated mountain environments is undertaken and the population dynamics of land-based wildlife affected by global climate change and changes in the natural environment are grasped, the future predicted and information disseminated.Amid worldwide development of sensing technologies using three- dimensional measurements, research and development including appropriate forest maintenance, resource management and recycling of resources, such as grasping of forest biomass by satellite, aircraft and UAV data, is promoted.Introduction of DepartmentsInstitute of Mountain Science (IMS)Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER) ④14

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