2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate major in Civil Engineering
Environment Design in Japan
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Civil Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Akihiro Takahashi / Ryo Murata / Naoko Saio / Kiyoyoshi Okumori
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.N421
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Aim of this course is to understand resilient cities from various points of view through knowing good practices for resilient cities in Japan.
Course description and aims
Aim of this course is to understand resilient cities from various points of view through knowing good practices for resilient cities in Japan.
Keywords
Resilience, Cities, Good practices
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
After introductory class on day one, make a visit to sites related to Architecture and Urban Design, Community and Environmental Design, and Civil and Building Engineering.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | To understand resilient cities from various points of view |
| Class 2 | Make a visit to the site related to (1) Civil and Building Engineering and (2) Geo-hydrosphere Design | To know good practices |
| Class 3 | Make a visit to the site related to (1) Architecture and Urban Design and (2) Community and Environmental Design | To know good practices |
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 textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
Reports on site visits
Related courses
- ARC.D441 ： Passive Solar Design
- ARC.P441 ： Theories in Urban Analysis and Planning I
- CVE.P432 ： International Collaboration
- CVE.P433 ： International Internship
- UDE.P404 ： City/Transport Planning and the Environment
- CVE.A434 ： Reliability, Risk and Resilience Assessment of Infrastructures
Prerequisites
This course is limited to the IGP(A)-PED students because of the limitation of the number of students we can accept for the site visit(s). We can accept some visiting students (confirmation in advance is needed), but no regular students who are not IGP(A)-PED students. If you're not an IGP(A)-PED student but have joined the Special Education Program for Environmental Designers (環境デザイン特別専門学修プログラム), you can take this course.