The Transdisciplinary Approach to Developing an Integrated Water-Related Disaster Information System for Municipalities

Although the transdisciplinary approach (TDA) is be-coming popular during the implementation of disaster management facilities in recent years, there are few examples of the research and development phase of disaster management technology. The Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP) Phase 2, financed by the Government of Japan, emphasizes the need for industry-academia-government cooperation, and is undertaking the research and development of a disaster information pro-vision system. As part of this program, since 2018, Kyushu University, as an academic participant, and Foundation of River & Basin Integrated Communi-cations (FRICS), as a practitioner, are developing the “Integrated-System of Disaster Reduction for Munici-palities” (IDR4M) in collaboration with municipalities across Japan. This article introduces IDR4M’s development process, especially the collaboration between academia and municipalities, who are the system’s actual users.