ANN38001 Environmental Risk Management

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code ANN38001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 環境リスク管理

Subject Name
（Katakana）カンキョウリスクカンリ

Subject Name in
English Environmental Risk Management

Instructor CHIKARAISHI MAKOTO

Instructor
(Katakana) チカライシ　マコト

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (3T) Tues5-8：IAS L201

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Lecture

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction B : Japanese／English

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 25 : Science and Technology

Course Area（Discipline） 13 : Civil Engineering

Eligible Students Bachelor students

Keywords global warming, natural disaster, risk evaluation, risk management, decision-making

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines.
・The ability and skills to specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline Global warming and natural disaster are two major risks where the knowledge of natural science plays central roles in evaluating risks. On the other hand, to manage the risks, interactions between natural environment and human activities need to be deeply understood for a better public policy decision-making. This course will discuss about global warming and natural disaster from the viewpoint risk evaluation and management, and help students to understand mitigation and adaptation policies.

Class Schedule lesson1 Introduction
lesson2 Climate change-related risks
lesson3 Understanding climate change as a system (1)
lesson4 Understanding climate change as a system (2)
lesson5 Risk evaluation (1)
lesson6 Risk evaluation (2)
lesson7 What is uncertainty? (1)
lesson8 What is uncertainty? (2)
lesson9 Risk perception (1)
lesson10 Risk perception (2)
lesson11 Risk and benefit (1)
lesson12 Risk and benefit (2)
lesson13 Risk management/governance (1)
lesson14 Risk management/governance (2)
lesson15 Summary

2 reports and final examination

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Handouts will be distributed.
Following are the main references:
1. Morgan G, Henrion M. Uncertainty: A Guide to Dealing with Uncertainty in Quantitative Risk and Policy Analysis: Cambridge University Press; 1990.
2. ICPP (2014) Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report, Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp [URL: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/].
3. Smith, K. (2013) Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, Routledge.
4. 江守正多(編) 地球温暖化はどれくらい「怖い」か?　～温暖化リスクの全体像を探る, 技術評論社, 2012.
5. 水谷武司. 自然災害の予測と対策: 地形・地盤条件を基軸として, 朝倉書店, 2012.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) PowerPoint, Mentimeter

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Handouts will be posted to Teams one week before the lecture. Students are required to download and read them before the lecture.

Requirements

Grading Method Two reports (30%)
Attendance (20%)
Final exam (50%)

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message PC will be used during the lecture.

Other http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~mkt682/home/

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	ANN38001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	環境リスク管理
Subject Name （Katakana）	カンキョウリスクカンリ
Subject Name in English	Environmental Risk Management
Instructor	CHIKARAISHI MAKOTO
Instructor (Katakana)	チカライシ　マコト
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(3T) Tues5-8：IAS L201
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	25 : Science and Technology
Course Area（Discipline）	13 : Civil Engineering
Eligible Students	Bachelor students
Keywords	global warming, natural disaster, risk evaluation, risk management, decision-making
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines. （Abilities and Skills）・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines. ・The ability and skills to specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	Global warming and natural disaster are two major risks where the knowledge of natural science plays central roles in evaluating risks. On the other hand, to manage the risks, interactions between natural environment and human activities need to be deeply understood for a better public policy decision-making. This course will discuss about global warming and natural disaster from the viewpoint risk evaluation and management, and help students to understand mitigation and adaptation policies.
Class Schedule	lesson1 Introduction lesson2 Climate change-related risks lesson3 Understanding climate change as a system (1) lesson4 Understanding climate change as a system (2) lesson5 Risk evaluation (1) lesson6 Risk evaluation (2) lesson7 What is uncertainty? (1) lesson8 What is uncertainty? (2) lesson9 Risk perception (1) lesson10 Risk perception (2) lesson11 Risk and benefit (1) lesson12 Risk and benefit (2) lesson13 Risk management/governance (1) lesson14 Risk management/governance (2) lesson15 Summary 2 reports and final examination
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Handouts will be distributed. Following are the main references: 1. Morgan G, Henrion M. Uncertainty: A Guide to Dealing with Uncertainty in Quantitative Risk and Policy Analysis: Cambridge University Press; 1990. 2. ICPP (2014) Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report, Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp [URL: http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/]. 3. Smith, K. (2013) Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster, Routledge. 4. 江守正多(編) 地球温暖化はどれくらい「怖い」か?　～温暖化リスクの全体像を探る, 技術評論社, 2012. 5. 水谷武司. 自然災害の予測と対策: 地形・地盤条件を基軸として, 朝倉書店, 2012.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	PowerPoint, Mentimeter
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Handouts will be posted to Teams one week before the lecture. Students are required to download and read them before the lecture.
Requirements
Grading Method	Two reports (30%) Attendance (20%) Final exam (50%)
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	PC will be used during the lecture.
Other	http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~mkt682/home/
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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