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IFAS receives the 19th Infrastructure Technology Development Award 2017

On July 27, 2017, PWRI was awarded with the 19th Infrastructure Technology Development Award for the development of the Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan.

ICHARM researchers participated in the awarding ceremony, and were presented with an award certificate by Professor Hideo Nakamura, the chair of the selection committee.

The award is established to recognize excellent technologies that have recently developed and put into practice in relation to housing and social infrastructure or land management including a wide range of categories such as planning and design, construction, maintenance and management, materials and products, machinery, electronics and communications, and applications of traditional techniques.

IFAS receives the 19th Infrastructure Technology Development Award 2017

Awarded technology

Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS)

Developers: Morimasa Tsuda, Mamoru Miyamoto, Seishi Nabesaka (Japan Water Agency)

Outline of IFAS

Application of flood forecasting and analysis models to developing countries is often difficult for various reasons, including financial and technological constraints and lack of hydrological data (i.e., rainfall and river water level data).

To break through these limitations, ICHARM has developed IFAS jointly with the Infrastructure Development Institute-Japan (IDI) and nine other consulting firms as a concise flood-runoff analysis system for more effective and efficient flood forecasting in developing countries. After the initial joint activities, ICHARM has continued to improve its function and GUI system. IFAS is free software downloadable at the ICHARM website. The following are the main characteristics of IFAS:

  • ・IFAS has GIS and GUI (Graphical User Interface) functions that assist the user in creating hydrological models, performing parameterization and simulation, and displaying results, all of which usually require a good knowledge of hydrology and a large volume of data processing.
  • ・IFAS can easily import geographical and geological data for model creation and satellite-based rainfall information for simulation.

ICHARM has been promoting the use of IFAS in countries and regions without adequate hydrological observation systems. We provide IFAS training as part of JICA training courses, UNESCO projects and other programs. The latest version of IFAS equipped with user-friendly GUI is installed in flood forecasting systems established in some countries thorough UNESCO and ADB projects.

IFAS receives the 19th Infrastructure Technology Development Award 2017 IFAS receives the 19th Infrastructure Technology Development Award 2017