Social Engineering for Disaster Reduction

Numbering Code U-ENG23 33270 LJ24
U-ENG23 33270 LJ73
Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Mon.2
Instructor name KAWASAKI MASASHI (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor)
TATANO HIROKAZU (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor)
HATAYAMA MICHINORI (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor)
YAMORI KATSUYA (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Professor)
OONISHI MASAMITSU (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Associate Professor)
FUJIMI TOSHIO (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This course provides various concepts, scientific methodologies, engineering technologies and plannings related to social policies for reducing the damage due to natural disasters.
Course Goals To understand damages and social impacts caused by various types of natural disaster so that students can propose reasonable policies for disaster risk reduction in reality. To comprehensively understand various concepts, scientific methodologies, engineering technologies and plannings related to social policies for reducing the damage due to natural disasters.
Schedule and Contents (1) Basics and overviews of social engineering for disaster reduction [4 weeks]
Features and variety of natural disasters, damages due to various kinds of disaster, Conceptual framework of disaster risk reduction

(2) Disaster prevention planning [3-4 weeks]
Based on specified hazard events such as earthquake, floods and so on, the process of disaster events and disaster prevention planning regarding engineering and social measures is provided.

(3) Disaster and information [3-4 weeks]
During a disaster event, various emergency measures must be undertaken including evacuation. The role of information in disaster and measures to link the information to action is discussed.

(4) Evaluation of disaster risk [3-4 weeks]

(5) Feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy The score is based on the evaluation of multiple report works including mini-reports after the classes.
Course Requirements None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Homework such as writing essays will be given as needed-basis.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Hand-out materials will be distributed.
Courses delivered by Instructors with Practical Work Experience 分類:

An omnibus course delivered by invited lecturers and guest speakers from different companies, etc.
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