Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (Master's Course) Division of Advanced Science and Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Program |
Lecture Code |
WSM20401 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
Subject Name |
Management of Natural Disasters |
Subject Name (Katakana) |
マネジメント オブ ナチュラル ディザスターズ |
Subject Name in English |
Management of Natural Disasters |
Instructor |
HATA TOSHIROU,MOJIRI AMIN,RIYA CATHERINE GEORGE,MOHAMAD BASEL AL SAWAF,KHAJI NASER,NGUYEN HUU MAY,HIBINO TADASHI,UCHIDA TATSUHIKO,FUSE MASAAKI |
Instructor (Katakana) |
ハタ トシロウ,モジリ アミン,リヤ キャサリン ジョージ,モハマド バセル アル サワフ,カジ ナセル,ヌゥェン ヒウ メイ,ヒビノ タダシ,ウチダ タツヒコ,フセ マサアキ |
Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, Second Semester, 4Term |
Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(4T) Mon7-8,Thur7-8 |
Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style (More Details) |
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LCD projector, Writing on whiteboard |
Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
E
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English |
Course Level |
5
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Graduate Basic
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Course Area(Area) |
25
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Science and Technology |
Course Area(Discipline) |
13
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Civil Engineering |
Eligible Students |
Graduate Students in Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Keywords |
Hazard, Disaster, Earthquake, Tsunami, Landslide, Debris flow, Ground subsidence, Flood, Typhoon, Climate change, Disaster migitigation schemes, Structural measures, Non-structural mesures |
Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
Class Objectives /Class Outline |
This lecture aims at providing students with the generation mechanisms of wide range of natural disasters, the examples of disasters in Japan and in the world, together with effective mitigation schemes consisting of structural and non-structural measures. |
Class Schedule |
lesson1 Introduction: Natural processes, Risk assessment, Linkage between natural hazards, History of disasters in Japan, Disaster management acts and planning in Japan, Hazard prediction and warning lesson2 Earthquakes (1): Seismic hazard analysis, Magnitude of earthquakes, Peak Ground Acceleration, Fragility curves lesson3 Earthquakes (2): Seismic coefficient, Seismic design, liquefaction lesson4 Tsunamis (1): Overview of Tsunami: (Generation, propagation and run-up, Tsunami forces on structures, Historical tsunamis), How to survive a tsunami: (Knowledge for tsunami survival, Prevention and mitigation of tsunami disasters, Japan 2011 tsunami) lesson5 Tsunamis (2): Monster wave,Death wave,Killer wave,Deadly wall of water lesson6 Landslides and Debris flows (1): Mechanism of landslide in rainfall, Slope stabilit analysis, field investigation, field test and laboratory test lesson7 Landslides and Debris flows (2): Mitigation of landslide and deris flow, Hazard map, Case studies of landslide disasters in Hiroshima and other cities lesson8 Ground Subsidence (1): Mechanism of ground subsidence, Theory of consolidation, measurement of ground subsidence lesson9 Ground Subsidence (2): Control of ground water,Case studies of ground subsidence and the measures lesson10 Flooding (1): Mechanism of river flooding, Vulnerability to floods, Flood discharge estimation, Flood control lesson11 Flooding (2): Inundation in urban and rural areas, Inundation simulation, hazard map, landuse regulation and insurance lesson12 Typhoons (1): Physical processes of storm surge, high wind and heavy rain, History of typhoon disasters, Case study of Typhoon No. 18 (2004), Damages, Lessons learned lesson13 Typhoons (2): Hurricane Katrina (2005), Typhoon No.12 (2011) and Typhoon Haiyan (2013), Forecasts and warning, Adustment to typhoons, Projected super typhoon in 2070s lesson14 Climate Change (1): Heavy Rainfall in Kumamoto (2012), Land slides in Hiroshima (2014), Hazard map, Evacuation plannnig and the difficulties lesson15 Climate Change (2): Climate change and the impacts on the disasters, Adaptation to climate change, Climate change and disasters assessment
Short reports, each describing the disaster and discussing the effective measures and lessons learned from the disaster |
Text/Reference Books,etc. |
Keller, E.A. and Devecchio, D.E: Natural Hazards, Prentice Hall, 2010. Towhata,I.: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Springer, 2010. Lopez,G. I.(ed.): Tsunami-Analysis of a Hazard, InTech, 2012 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/contents.html. http://www.bousai.go.jp/1info/pdf/saigaipanf_e.pdf. |
PC or AV used in Class,etc. |
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LCD projector |
Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on Preparation and Review |
Surveying of the same type of disasters in your country is recommended since it may help the discussion be more constructive. |
Requirements |
Basic knowledge on some of natural disasters may help deepen the understanding of the disaster and its effective measures. |
Grading Method |
The score of this course is graded by reports , and discussion during the each lecture. |
Practical Experience |
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Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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Message |
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Other |
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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. |