2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yasunori Muromachi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.D317
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Understand the impacts, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change.
Course description and aims
Understand the relationship between civil and environmental engineering and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures.
Keywords
Climate Change, Adaptation, Mitigation
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Current status and mechanism of climate change | Understand current status and mechanism of climate change |
| Class 2 | Climate change-related institutions and organizations | Understand climate change-related institutions and organizations |
| Class 3 | Climate change impacts and adaptation measures | Understand climate change impacts and adaptation measures |
| Class 4 | Climate change mitigation measures: General | Understand climate change general mitigation measures |
| Class 5 | Climate change mitigation measures: Transportation | Understand climate change mitigation measures in transportation sector |
| Class 6 | Climate change mitigation measures: Buildings | Understand climate change mitigation measures in building sector |
| Class 7 | Sustainable development and climate change | Understand sustainable development and climate change |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Specify reference materials and assignments to be completed during the lecture.
Textbook(s)
IPCC、CLIMATE CHANGE 2023 Synthesis Report、2023
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Lecture materials will be distributed in advance.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Two report assignments.
Related courses
- CVE.D201 ： Infrastructure Planning
- CVE.D301 ： Traffic and Transportation Systems
Prerequisites
None.