2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics Graduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
Modeling of Global Environment and Economic Growth
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Instructor(s)
- Yuko Kanamori / Junya Takakura / Tomoki Hirayama / Reina Kawase
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Mon / 1-2 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- IEE.B530
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This cource focuses on modeling on global environmental issue such as global warming and economic growth. Topics include IAM (Integrated Assessment Model), its component models such as bottom-up model, top-down model, population projection, demand estimation), and future scenario. The course enables students to understand the characteristics of models through lectures. The models introduced in this cource have been used in discussion such as future CO2 emission target and corbon tax. Students will be interested in global environmental issue and think about the issue by themselves after this cource. Lectures will be given by class teacher (Kanamori) and three external lecturers.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand characteristics of the models which are used in global environemental issues.
2) Think and propose about appropriate model framework.
3) Have a appropriate presentation about 2).
Keywords
Global environmental issue, economic grouwth, model analysis, IAM (Integrated Assessment Model)
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Class 1 - Class 14: Each topics are explained.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Intoroduction of IAM | Understand the cource aims |
| Class 2 | Introduction of future scenarios | Understand future scenarios |
| Class 3 | Introduction of AIM/Enduse | Understand AIM/Enduse (bottom-up model) |
| Class 4 | Use of AIM/Enduse | Understand how AIM / Enduse was used in environmental policy |
| Class 5 | Introduction of AIM/CGE | Understand AIM/CGE structure |
| Class 6 | Introduction of AIM/ExSS | Understand AIM/ExSS (Accounting model) |
| Class 7 | Introduction of material stock-flow model | Understand AIM/Material stock-flow model structure |
| Class 8 | Application of ExSS model to regional environmental policies | Understand how to apply ExSS model to regional environmental policies |
| Class 9 | Introduction of models in household sector (1) | Understand various models in household sector |
| Class 10 | Impact assessment model 1 (Introduction of various impact assessment model） | Understand various impact assessment model |
| Class 11 | Impact assessment 2 (Example of impact assessment) | the latest findings of impact assessment on climate change issues |
| Class 12 | Introduction of population and household projection | Understand popuplation and household projection |
| Class 13 | Introduction of models in household sector (2) | Understand various models in household sector |
| Class 14 | Discussion about climate change mitigation measures | Discuss about climate change mitigation measures |
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 material.
Textbook(s)
Cource matereals are distributed in each class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Reference books are shown in each class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Main report (50%)
Evaluation by 3 external lecturers (mainly mini-report) (total 50%)
Related courses
- IEE.B331 ： Applied Microeconomics
- IEE.B531 ： Frontier of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
- IEE.B333 ： Environmental Economics
Prerequisites
There is no prerequisite for this course.