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Department of Environment and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku Institute of Technology Professor Kazuhiro Yamada

Research on methods for the regeneration of reed colonies in the Kitakami River estuary utilizing steel scrap

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Project Description

In this project, a survey will be conducted on the state of reed growth, the soil environment, and wild birds in reed colonies in the Kitakami River estuary (Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) that have rapidly declined since the Great East Japan Earthquake in order to assess the current conditions of the reed colonies as an ecosystem. In addition, the project will conduct experiments indoors on reed growth under various conditions in order to validate observed causes (hypotheses), as well as experimentally verify the effects of ground height adjustments and nutrient provision using steel scrap in order to propose specific construction methods and conditions for the regeneration of reed colonies in the Kitakami River estuary.

Fields
Preservation of biodiversity and ecosystem
Grant year
FY2011 Research Grants
Grant term
2 years
April 2012 - March 2014
Grant amount
2,856,000 yen
Activity region
Kitakamicho Hashiura and Minowada in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Survey of reed colonies in the Miwata Region, Japan

Overview of the Organization

Professor Kazuhiro Yamada
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Professor Kazuhiro Yamada
Profile
Specialist field
Water environment management, water quality engineering, environmental and eco engineering
Affiliated academic societies
Japan Society Of Water Environment, The Society Of Eco-Engineering, The Japanese Society of Environmental Education.
Background
After graduating from the Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science program in 1989, he served with Tomin Kyosai (currently Coop Tokyo) and as a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer for a water quality inspection project in Morocco. After then serving at the School of Engineering, Tohoku University and the Faculty of Policy Studies, Iwate Prefectural University, he has since served at his current position since FY2010. He has a doctorate in engineering. He also serves as director of the Environment and Ecology Engineering Research Institute, member of the Sendai City Environmental Impact Assessment Examination Board, chairperson of the Iwate Prefecture Takizawa Village Water Management Council, and secretary of the Tohoku Branch of the Japan Society Of Water Environment.
WEB site
http://www.tohtech.ac.jp/
Joint researchers
Wild Bird Society of Japan
Research record
  • (1) Sho Tsujimori, Kazuhiro Yamada, Akira Hiratsuka: "Effect of aeration and return on the water quality purification function of planting waterways", The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering Collection of Papers, No. 273, pp.29-36, 2011
  • (2) Kazuhiro Yamada, Masayuki Toyoshima: "Research on improvements in strongly acidic sold using fisheries waste materials", Environmental Information Science Collection of Papers Vo. 22, No.22, pp.481-486, 2008
  • (3) Haruko Kunieda, Li Xiangning, Kazuhiro Yamada, Nobuo Chiba, Munehiro Nomura, Kazunori Nakano, Osamu Nishimura, Takaichi Sudo; "Impact of planting foundations in artificial reed wetlands on nutrient salt elimination in sewage treatment water", Japan Society of Water Treatment Biology Journal, Vol. 41 (2), pp.93-101, 2005
  • (4) Kazuhiro Yamada, Hiroaki Mishina, Takaichi Sudo: "Relationship between Kitakami River estuary salinity distribution characteristics and Corbicula japonica", Environmental Information Science Collection of Papers Vo. 14, No.14, pp.231-236, 2000