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Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI), an independent administrative institution, aims at improving technology development relating to effective and efficient development of port and airport by achieving investigation, research and technology development on port and airport development.
PARI has been pursuing both innovative basic research and practical application research. We have been studying comprehensive countermeasures for liquefaction in coastal areas, strategic maintenance and management methods for port facilities, integrated management of coastal zone including tidal flat, and Blue Carbon ( CO2 mitigation by coastal systems). We have also established the Asia-Pacific Center for Coastal Disaster Research to conduct comprehensive studies on earthquakes, tsunamis, storm surges and storm waves and to enhance international research cooperation. We have recently constructed large-scale experimental facilities, an integrated wave basin for coastal disaster research to reproduce storm waves and currents, and a centrifuge facility for earthquake and tsunami experiments. PARI has been promoting research collaboration with 18 research institutes based on MOU and we have signed a MOU with the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) for common use of the major research facilities of PARI and 14 U.S. universities and institutes.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.