2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate major in Civil Engineering
International Collaboration
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Civil Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Eiichi Sasaki / Manabu Fujii / Naomichi Murooka / Yukinari Tanaka / Nobuyuki Kobe
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.P432
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is for students to identify the problems on the disaster management system in a particular country and to study the important aspects which should be considered in the implementation of actual disaster prevention and disaster risk mitigation projects.
Students in several groups are to formulate appropriate ODA projects proposals which a donor country should implement, on the basis of the information and documents which can be acquired through the lectures by JICA and various sources.
Course description and aims
From document search and lectures, the students will learn the significance of disaster risk reduction for the sustainable development of the nation and region. They also learn the policy of ODA as well as roles of supporting international organizations and individual nation and then finally make project proposals of disaster prevention and mitigation considering various environments (natural, economic, social, built) in a particular country.
Keywords
Disaster Risk Identification, Disaster Risk Reduction, ODA project
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
First Task: Problem Identification
1. Major problems to be solved
2. Impediment factors for improvement
3. Possible project alternatives (2-3 projects identified)
Second Task: Project Proposal (with the following contents)
1. Title of the project 2. Project outline (Objectives, Project components, Expected outcomes)
3. Procedure of implementation by year (3-5 years)
4. Rough estimate of project cost
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction and group formation | understanding mission |
| Class 2 | Group dicussion on the projects | documents finding and reading |
| Class 3 | Lecture by JICA on ODA project of Disaster Risk Reduction | understanding ODA policy and actual implementation process of ODA projects |
| Class 4 | Documentation and preparation for presentation on First Task | Problems Identification |
| Class 5 | Presentation on First Task | problem finding and identification presentation ability |
| Class 6 | Group discussion on Second Task | problem solving, teamworking |
| Class 7 | Final Presentation of the proposal and discussions | documentation making graphic and oral presentation, debating ability |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to course materials.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Reports of various ODA projects by JICA
Reports of UN organizations
Evaluation methods and criteria
Presentations(50%)
Report (50%)
Related courses
- CVE.P433 ： International Internship
- CVE.N421 ： Environment Design in Japan
Prerequisites
Knowledge of Civil Engineering, Building Engineering and Earthquake Engineering is preferable.