{"id":23809,"date":"2025-05-15T08:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T01:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=23809"},"modified":"2025-05-15T08:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T01:44:34","slug":"toho-leo-begins-joint-experiments-with-the-university-of-the-philippines-to-address-urban-environmental-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=23809","title":{"rendered":"Toho Leo Begins Joint Experiments with the University of the Philippines to Address Urban Environmental Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 Verifying the environmental value of urban parks and flood mitigation effects of water-retentive infrastructure in Metr<span>o Manila \u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">TOKYO<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">May 15, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; TOHO LEO CO. (Head Office: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; President: Minoru Yoshikawa) has commenced joint experiments with the School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines, to improve the urban environment in Metro Manila through green infrastructure initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative focuses on:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li> <span>Verifying <\/span>the flood mitigation effects of permeable pavement and water-retentive foundations on public roads, and developing flood simulation models<\/li>\n<li> <span>Visualiz<\/span>ing and quantifying the environmental value of green spaces in urban parks, including CO2 absorption and air pollution control, along with surveying public awareness on environmental issues<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Through these studies, we aim to develop scientific and practical solutions to enhance urban resilience. In selecting the research sites, we are collaborating with local government units (LGUs) to establish a multi-sectoral partnership among academia, government, and industry.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li> <b>Significance and Future Outlook<\/b> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In recent years, Metro Manila has been facing serious environmental challenges, including the rapid decline of green spaces due to accelerated urbanization and increased urban flooding caused by extreme weather events.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative aims to leverage Toho Leo&#8217;s expertise in green infrastructure to demonstrate regionally tailored solutions and propose a vision for urban development that harmonizes with nature.<\/p>\n<p>By incorporating nature-based solutions that also encompass traditional grey infrastructure functions into urban policy, we aim to contribute to the realization of sustainable city development.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Verifying the environmental value of urban parks and flood mitigation effects of water-retentive infrastructure in Metr<span>o Manila \u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">TOKYO<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">May 15, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; TOHO LEO CO. (Head Office: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; President: Minoru Yoshikawa) has commenced joint experiments with the School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Philippines, to improve the urban environment in Metro Manila through green infrastructure initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative focuses on:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li> <span>Verifying <\/span>the flood mitigation effects of permeable pavement and water-retentive foundations on public roads, and developing flood simulation models<\/li>\n<li> <span>Visualiz<\/span>ing and quantifying the environmental value of green spaces in urban parks, including CO2 absorption and air pollution control, along with surveying public awareness on environmental issues<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Through these studies, we aim to develop scientific and practical solutions to enhance urban resilience. In selecting the research sites, we are collaborating with local government units (LGUs) to establish a multi-sectoral partnership among academia, government, and industry.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li> <b>Significance and Future Outlook<\/b> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In recent years, Metro Manila has been facing serious environmental challenges, including the rapid decline of green spaces due to accelerated urbanization and increased urban flooding caused by extreme weather events.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative aims to leverage Toho Leo&#8217;s expertise in green infrastructure to demonstrate regionally tailored solutions and propose a vision for urban development that harmonizes with nature.<\/p>\n<p>By incorporating nature-based solutions that also encompass traditional grey infrastructure functions into urban policy, we aim to contribute to the realization of sustainable city development.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}