Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2022Year School/Graduate School Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Program
Lecture Code WSQB0201 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 自然環境リスク論
Subject Name
(Katakana)
シゼンカンキョウリスクロン
Subject Name in
English
Risks and Sciences in Natural Environment
Instructor ONODERA SHINICHI,SAITO MITSUYO,YOKOYAMA TADASHI,ISHIDA TAKUYA,OZAWA HISASHI,HIRAYAMA YASUYUKI
Instructor
(Katakana)
オノデラ シンイチ,サイトウ ミツヨ,ヨコヤマ タダシ,イシダ タクヤ,オザワ ヒサシ,ヒラヤマ ヤスユキ
Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year,  Second Semester,  3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Fri1-4:Online
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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lecture, discussion, presentation by students, and field work 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 5 : Graduate Basic
Course Area(Area) 25 : Science and Technology
Course Area(Discipline) 03 : Natural Environment
Eligible Students graduate student
Keywords SDG_6, SDG_13, SDG_15, natural environment, risk, material cycles, earth surface,  pollution, disaster 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
There are various risks of natural environment in the earth, global environmental issues, natural disasters, pollution, resource depletion etc. This class aims to learn the various risk of natural environment in the earth.  
Class Schedule lesson1: Planetary boundaries and future earth in Anthropocene (Onodera,S, Ozawa,H., Hirayama,Y., Ishida,T., Saito,M., and Yokoyama,T.)
lesson2: Soil degradation risk (Onodera)
lesson3: Risk of temperature change: responses to radiation and convection 1 (Ozawa)
lesson4: Risk of temperature change: responses to radiation and convection 2 (Ozawa)
lesson5: Geological position and geological structure of the Japanese island and its relation to natural disaster risk 1 (Hirayama)
lesson6: Geological position and geological structure of the Japanese island and its relation to natural disaster risk 2 (Hirayama)
lesson7: Human impact on water and nutrient cycles and its relation to global environmental issues 1 (Ishida)
lesson8: Human impact on water and nutrient cycles and its relation to global environmental issues 2 (Ishida)
lesson9: Risk of Coastal environment 1 (Saito)
lesson10: Risk of Coastal environment 2 (Saito)
lesson11: Reaction and mass transport in geological media (behavior of various elements including heavy metal) 1 (Yokoyama)
lesson12: Reaction and mass transport in geological media (behavior of various elements including heavy metal) 2 (Yokoyama)
lesson13: Risk of land resource depletion (Onodera)
lesson14: Presentation by students (all)
lesson15: Presentation by students (all)

some reports and presentation 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
1) Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet, W. Steffen et al, Science, Vol 347, Issue 6223, 13 Feb 2015.
2) Future Earth, http://www.futureearth.org/, (30 Jan, 2019).
3) Anthropocene, http://www.anthropocene.info/index.php, (30 Jan, 2019) 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
 
(More Details) PPT projecter 
Learning techniques to be incorporated  
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
pre-reading of literatures cited, preparation of some presentations and reports 
Requirements  
Grading Method Reports, presentations and discussions are 60%, 30% and 10% in total, respectively.  
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message  
Other   
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