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Kim Dowon

Department / Course College of Science and Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Title / Position Associate Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage
2.	Graduate School of Science and Engineering

Academic background
1.		│ Ritsumeikan University

Business career
1.	2008/01 ～ 2009/12	Researcher │ The Research Division of Architectural Heritage │ Korea National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage
2.	2007/09 ～ 2009/01	│ │ National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage(Korea)

Committee and society
1.	2019/04	Horizon2020 "Sustainable Historic Environments hoListic reconstruction through Technological Enhancement & community-based Resilience Advisory Board
2.	2015/01	ICOMOS-ICORP Expert

Research activities
1.		Japan Society of Civil Engineerings
2.		The City Planning Institute of Japan
3.		Architecture Institute of Japan

Subject of research
1.	Investigative Study on Risk and Fire Protection Measures in Case of Large-scale Disaster in Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Historic Buildings
2.	Plan of Using Cultural Heritages as Regional Disaster Protection Centers for Mutual Protection of Cultural Assets and Regions
3.	Project Study Based on History of Damages to Wooden Cultural Heritages and History of Fire Protection
4.	Project Study on Method to Continue Traditional Measures and Technology for Disaster Prevention
5.	Project Study on Revitalization of Environmental Disaster Prevention Water Supply and Utilization of It for Disaster Prevention
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Research summary
Resilient and sustainable city, area, community design and planning

Present specialized field
Cultural assets study and museology, Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science, Civil engineering project/ Traffic engineering, Architectural environment/ Equipment, Town planning/ Architectural planning (Keyword：Urban Community design, Disaster prevention for cultural heritage, Disaster mitigation for urban historical district, City planning, Design for urban cultural heritage, firefighting water supply system)

Books
1.	2023/06/27	Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage Practices of ITC Participants │ (Co-authored)
2.	2023/02	Proceedings of UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) on DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT of CULTURAL HERITAGE, Ritsumeikan University in collaboration with ICCROM 2022, 16th year ONLINE │ (Co-authored)
3.	2022/02	Proceedings of UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) on DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT of CULTURAL HERITAGE, Ritsumeikan University in collaboration with ICCROM 2021, 15th year 23rd of August to 7th of October 2021 ONLINE │ (Co-authored)
4.	2021/11	Borobudur Temple Compounds DRMP │ (Co-authored)
5.	2021/02	Proceedings of UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, Ritsumeikan University, Japan INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE (ITC) on DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT of CULTURAL HERITAGE, Webinar Series Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-COVID Times 27 June and 4 July, 2020 and Workshop on Good Practices for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 8 to 10 October, 2020 │ (Co-authored)
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Papers
1.	2023/05	Study for Improvement of Evacuation Safety of Cul-de-sacs Roads in Historic Streets - A Study on the Installation of Emergency Evacuation Doors in Kamigyo-ward, Kyoto Japan - │ WORLD HERITAGE and DWELLING ON EARTH │ ,pp.228-238 (Co-authored)
2.	2022/07	Research on Disaster Prevention Maintenance in Densely Populated Urban Areas Utilizing the Machinaka Commons Maintenance Project │ ,pp.183-190 (Co-authored)
3.	2022/07	Research on Possibility of Utilizing Traditional Facilities and School Facilities as a Disaster Base in Nepal -In case of Patan WH Site that Experienced the Gorkha Earthquake- │ (Co-authored)
4.	2022/07	A Research about Improved Functionality and Evaluation of the System of Immediate Sharing Fire Information -Through a Online Disaster Prevention Drill in Izushi- │ ,pp.169-176 (Co-authored)
5.	2022/07	Evaluation of Shelters’ function Using Marketing Method and Proposal of Maintenance Policy : Preparing for a Heavy-Rain Disaster in Historic Districts │ ,pp.113-120 (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2021/02	Capacity of World Heritage Temples for Using as Evacuation Places and Shelters against to the Tourism Hazard: A Case Study for Post-Earthquake Response in Kyoto, Japan (3rd Symposium on Seismic Rehabilitation of Urban and Architectural Heritage" by)
2.	2019/10/10	Capacity of the temples and shrines for using as evacuation places and shelters against the tsunami hazard: the case study for the coastal area of Muroto, Kochi-Prefecture in Japan (ATC19 Workshop for Heritage Geotechnical Engineering)
3.	2019/03/14	UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management International Training Course (ITC) on Ritsumeikan University: Integrated Protection of Movable and Immovable Cultural Heritage from Disasters (4th Global Summit of Research Institutes for Disaster Risk Reduction Kyoto, Japan)
4.	2019/01/28	UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNICATING RISK TO CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH A DISASTER IMAGINATION GAME (SEAMEO-SPAFA, Workshop for Brunei)
5.	2017/06/23	Introduction and the Challenge of Disaster Risk Management System on Cultural Heritage (2017文化遺産防災国際専門家会議、韓国文化財防災学会)
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Other research achievements
1.	2020/06	A main coordinator of Webinar Series, Capacity Building for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage: Challenges and Opportunities in Post-COVID Times

Works
1.	2023/11/13	Disaster Management and Resilience: Learning from Japanese Cities
2.	2023/10/16	Integrated Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage (Yogyakarta)
3.	2021/12	The Need for Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage in Historic Cities: The Case of Kyoto
4.	2021/10	A Study of Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage
5.	2021/07	UNESCO Chair Programme on Cultural Heritage and Risk Management, Online International Training Course (ITC) on Disaster Risk Management of Cultural Heritage 2021
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Winning science prize
1.	2021/08	special issue of the Quaderni dedicated to the XIX International Forum WORLD HERITAGE and DESIGN FOR HEALTH