Case Studies Harmonizing Disaster Management and Environment Conservation
| Numbering Code | G-ENG01 6F103 LE73 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
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| Language | English | Day/Period | Mon.4 | |
| Instructor name |
NAKAKITA EIICHI (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor) MORI NOBUHITO (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor) KAWAIKE KENJI (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor) SAYAMA TAKAHIRO (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Associate Professor) YAMAGUCHI KOSEI (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Associate Professor) SHIMURA TOMOYA (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Associate Professor) LAHOURNAT，Florence (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Senior Lecturer) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Environmental impacts by infrastructure for disaster prevention and mitigation are discussed. Introducing various examples of natural disasters, degradation of the environment, and harmonizing disaster management and environmental conservation in the world, this classroom carries on a dialogue about effective measures for reducing negative environmental impacts and serious disasters. | |||
| Course Goals | Conservation of the environment and prevention/mitigation of natural disasters, which are very important for human's survivability, often conflict with each other. This course introduces various examples. Students will learn many examples harmonizing these two issues, and shall consider technical and social countermeasures fitting to the regional characteristics. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Hajime Nakagawa / River environment and disaster Eiichi Nakakita / Heavy rainfall -using radar nowcasts and climate change- Nobuhito Mori / Climate change and impact assessment on coastal environment Takahiro Sayama / Hydrological processes and water disaster predictions Kosei YAMAGUCHI/ Heavy rainfall -prediction of severe storm Florence LAHOURNAT/ Traditional narratives of disaster: adaptation, meaning making, |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Considering both the number of attendances and the score of final test at the end of the semester. | |||
| Course Requirements | No special knowledge and techniques are necessary, but requires reading, writing and discussing in English in the class. | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | No specific requirement for independent study. Collect information broadly regarding environment and disaster related topics. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References |
No particular textbook for this course. Necessary documents and literature introduction are provided in the class room from time to time. |
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| References, etc. | Some literature would be introduced by professors. | |||
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