Disaster Prevention&Recovery Management

Numbering Code P-MGT75 60177 LE44
P-MGT75 60177 LE24
P-MGT75 60177 LE73
Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language English Day/Period Fri.5
Instructor name ICHIKAWA YUTAKA (Graduate School of Engineering Professor)
YAMAMOTO TAKASHI (Graduate School of Management Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course The purpose of this lecture is to provide systematic knowledge for disaster prevention and recovery management, covering techniques of the software and hardware, with some practical case studies. And it also provides the basic concept of BCP and crisis management of corporations.
Lectures, discussions and student presentations will be combined.
Course Goals Through this course, students can obtain the basic knowledge of disaster prevention and recovery management. They also can learn various natural disasters all over the world. Each student has an assignment of oral presentation and report writing individually. Students can deepen the understanding of a specific topic through their presentation.
Schedule and Contents 1. Introduction : Purpose and outline of the lecture
2. Disaster prevention 1 : Categories of disasters
3. Disaster prevention 2 : Role of government and local government
4. Disaster prevention 3 : Total disaster prevention management
5. Disaster prevention 4 : Hazard map and risk communications
6. Case study 1 : Tsunami
7. Case Study 2 : Flood and water related problems (1)
8. Case Study 3 : Flood and water related problems (2)
9. Disaster recovery 1 : Correspondence just after disaster
10. Disaster recovery 2 : Recovering technologies for infrastructure
11. Disaster recovery 3 : Role of local governments and communities
12. Presentation by students 1
13. Presentation by students 2
14. Presentation by students 3
15.Feedback: Review and comments by professors
Evaluation Methods and Policy Class participation: 50%, Presentation and reports: 50%
Course Requirements Basic knowledge of statistics.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) In a class, related material and paper are distributed. After the class, students should review the contents of class well.
Textbooks Textbooks/References No specific textbooks are used. Copies of reading assignments will be distributed.
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