Regional Planning and Applications

Transportation System Relying on Seasonal Natural Conditions:

There are transportation systems relying on the seasonally changing natural conditions; Navigations in Amazon Basin in Rainy season, Winter road on frozen rivers in East Siberia, and so on. In order to assure the system under the coming climate changes, We are studying on middle term expectation of the temperature and flow/ice conditions, seasonal transport planning method, as well as remote-sensing technique for the waterway/ice depth assessment.

Transportation Network in the Aging Society Affected by ICT:

The demand for interregional transportation is considered to shrink, due to the aging and population decreases, and to the substitution by electronic information exchanges. It is important to strengthen the accessbility and reliability of transport system, even though the amount of resources and energies are decreased for transportation. Therefore, we are studying about the passenger's behavior affected by ICT technology, a network planning model considering the multi-modal transfers linking the cities without direct service, and so on.

Stocking, Pricing and Locational Behaviors of Recycling Companies :

To build a sustainable society, recycling industry is well organized to cope with traditional manufacturing and retail industries. We propose economic models to describe the stocking, pricing and locational behavior of a representative company in recycling industries.

Graduation Theses (last 3 years)

2006

Effect of Flight Schedule on Inter-city modal Split   (KIMURA, Yusuke)

Longitudinal Stability of Accessibility for Local Public Facilities   (HIRIUCHI, Satoshi)

 

2007

An analysis on coalition structure in the case of Caspian oil pipeline construction   (SASAKI, Kazuhiro)

Model analysis on branch office location of business service firm with stochastic demand   (TAKADA, Naoki)

 

2008

Analysis of inter-city business traffic flow considering development of telecommunication technology   (ISHIYAMA, Sho)

A calculation method for the compact city structure having high convenience of transportation   (SHIGIHARA, Ryosuke)

 

Master Theses (last 3 years)

2008

Statistical analysis of original demand for transportation service based on partly realized traffic data   (KATO, Hiromichi)

A research of available travel routes and route choice behavior of inter-city passengers   (KIMURA, Yusuke)

Location planning for local public facilities considering the flexible use during commuting trips   (HORIUCHI, Satoshi)

Evaluation of local transportation planning based on the change of trip behavior and satisfaction   (WATANDO, Shunsuke)