THEORY OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGY(GIGA/GG/GI)

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THEORY OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGY(GIGA/GG/GI)

Lecturer(s)	SHAW, RAJIB; ICHINOSE, TOMOHIRO; OKI, SATOKO; KURODA, HIROKI; KOBAYASHI, HIROTO; NARUKAWA, HAJIME; MATSUKAWA, SHOHEI; MUNROE HOTES, CATHERINE; MIYASAKA, TAKAFUMI; MIYAMOTO, YOSHIAKI; YOKOYAMA, DAISUKE; WADA, NAOKI
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2026 Spring
Day/Period	Mon.2
Campus	SFC
Class Format	Online classes (mainly real-time format)
Registration Number	36993
Faculty/Graduate School	POLICY MANAGEMENT / ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Year Level	1, 2, 3, 4
Field	FUNDAMENTAL SUBJECTS INTERDISCIPLINARY SUBJECTS
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English Support	With English Support
Prerequisites(Required)	Nothing specific
Prerequisites(Recommended)	nothing specific
Related Classes	Nothing specific
Recommended Knowledge	Nothing specific
Location	Other
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Course Description	Lecture-based teaching and acquisition of the basic knowledge required for research activities. Broadens the range of interests in a particular direction and provides a bridge to cutting-edge topics.
K-Number	FPE-CO-03303-222-88

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	FPE	POLICY MANAGEMENT / ENVIRONMENT AND INFORMATION STUDIES
Course Administrator	Department/Major	CO
Main Course Number	Level	0	Faculty-wide
	Major Classification	3	Fundamental Subjects (Other Than Introductory Subjects, Subjects of Language Communication)
	Minor Classification	30	Interdisciplinary Subjects
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	2	Online classes (mainly real-time format)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		88	Comprehensive / Integrated Areas (Interdisciplinary Studies)

Course Summary

Efforts to preserve the global environment are one of the greatest challenges of the present age. Thus, it is inevitable to have a considerable involvement in environmental issues, irrespective of the area of specialization. The field of environment is extremely broad. It involves a wide range of stages from the earth to life to human society. For this reason, subjects related to the environment are currently being segmented and specialized.

With this context, this course helps the students to learn specialized knowledge in the field of extremely wide sectors related to environment in order to have a solid foundation of this diverse topic. A comprehensive review of a wide range of environmental fields from a unified viewpoint of science and technology is provided. This helps in deepening knowledge while viewing the entire environmental field, even if the student advances to one specific areas for his/her research or profession. In each lesson, we will take up specific cases, that can easily be understood with view point of science and technology application in the field of envirnmental management.

Course Description/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

To understand the complexity of environmental issues, we need to focus on the inter-linkages, and look at it on a holistic perspctives. To do that, it is improtant to understand disciplianry perspectives, and how different disciplines and expertise address environmental problems. The purpose of the lecture is to look at the environmental issues on holitic basis utilizing different disciplines and expertise, and to obtain the “big-pictute of environmental management.”

The lecture will target to enhance student’s environmental literacy, and to get them interested in different sets of knowledge base and techniques to solve complex environmetnal problems. We will take up a typical case, introduce the approaches used for such cases, and make them understand their effectiveness and problems.

This course will be provided by a team of faculty members (mostly from SFC, with certain presence of gruest faculty). The faculty members would introduce appropriate literature in each lecture.

Course Taught by Faculty Member with Professional Experience

Not applicable

Active Learning MethodsDescription

Not applicable

Preparatory Study

Following books will be useful:
Approximate study time for preparation: 5 hours
Reading documents / lecture notes: 2 hours
Report and assigment: 4 hours

Shaw R. (2022): Handbook on climate change and disaster, Edward Elgar Publisher, 710 pages
Pal I. and Shaw R. (2023): Multi hazards vulnerability and resilience building: cross cutting issues, Elsevier publication, 414 pages.
Pereira J., Zain M. K., Shaw R. (2021): Climate change adaptation in southeast Asia, Springer, 233 pages.

Course Plan

Lesson 1

Title

Overview and global and regional issues

Overview

The first lecture will provide an overview of the global environmental issues, its link to sustainable development and disaster risk reduction. Basic global and regional frameworks would be discussed.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

：

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 2

Title

Earth Science

Overview

The lecture will explain the history of the earth’s evolution from 4.6 billion years, various forms of life, and evolution of mankind with the influence of global environmental changes.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Satoko Oki

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 3

Title

Secondary nature and Satoyama

Overview

Satoyama is a Japanese term meaning a rural landscape. It contains a mosaic of mixed forests, rice paddy fields, dry fields, grasslands, irrigation canals, and ponds. Farmers have managed the landscape for a long time. It is secondary nature and maintains species richness. Recently many Satoyama have been abandoned due to depopulation and aging problem. The underuse problem becomes one of the most critical issues in biodiversity conservation in Japan.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Tomohiro Ichinose

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 4

Title

SDG

Overview

In the 21st century, the world population will reach 9 billion and global warming will also cause addiitonal burden to the society. We try to solve various problems related to poverty, health, education, and economic development, in the era when the activities of mankind influence its own surviva. This lecture will elaborate on what we should do in this specific context.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Norichika Kanie

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 5

Title

Toward the Formation of a Recycling-oriented Society (the Circular Economy

Overview

Toward the Formation of a Recycling-oriented Society (the Circular Economy

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Naoki Wada

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 6

Title

Social Infrastructure (Civil Engineering, Architecture, Disaster Prevention)

Overview

Social Infrastructure (Civil Engineering, Architecture, Disaster Prevention)

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Daisuke Yokoyama

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 7

Title

Engineered wood and its applications

Overview

Utilization of engineered wood such as plywood, LVL, CLT and plywood made from forest thinning wood and B grade material is effective for conservation of forest resources. In this class we show the possibility of using these resources in the facilities and houses for disaster affected people after the Great East Japan Earthquake and othe rpost disaster scenario.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Hiroto Kobayashi

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 8

Title

Waste Management : Toward the Formation of a Recycling-oriented Society

Overview

In recent years, 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) is regarded as an important conept in waste management as well as disposal of waste. While waste materials containing useful metals are moving internationally, we will consider the E-waste issue as an example and outline the various problems in waste management, efforts towards international and domestic institutions and the formation of a recycling-oriented society.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Guest

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 9

Title

TBC

Overview

The guest speaker will talk on water food energy nexus for sustainable devempeont. The guest speaker would be from IGES.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Guest

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 10

Title

GIS

Overview

It is the environmental information technology that incorproates wider variety of environmental issues, and constructs an integrated information system base. In this lecture, we show the necessity and usefulness of GIS (Geographical Information System) by introducing examples of observation, analysis, and consideration that spatially captures the environment and the problems occurring therein.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Wanglin Yan

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 11

Title

How to Represent the World without Ends

Overview

We are able to access information regarding for global science and global geopolitics. And there have been discussions on how to represent invisible phenomena in our complicated world. In design field, info graphics is one of key topics when we discuss about the issue. Besides There have been very few discussions about representation mechanism itself for spherical surface. The lecture introduces two practical projects done by the lecturer. The project is new world map projection. And the other is the large globe display. Both can provide better rendition of our planet.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Guest

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 12

Title

Climate science

Overview

Understanding the mechanism of climate change is unavoidable to struggle with environmental problems. The lecture will first introduce basic meteorology to understand the mechanism of climate change and then explain other specific problems such as global warming, air pollution, or heavy rainfall.

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Yoshiaki Miyamoto

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 13

Title

Group work

Overview

Group work

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Group work

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Lesson 14

Title

Group work

Overview

Group work

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Group work

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Other

Title

Group work

Overview

Group work

Faculty Member/Instructor in Charge

Group work TBC

Class Format

Same as the whole Class Format

Method of Evaluation

We comprehensively evaluate the three outcomes of (i) the number of attendance, (ii) the mini test held irregularly during class, and (iii) the end of term report. Please bring A4 size paper with you in all classes as a preparation for item (ii) above.

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Textbooks

No text book

Reference Books

Will be distributed in the class

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Group work	An educational approach in which students are divided into small groups and assigned tasks on issues related to educational content.
Role-playing	An educational approach in which students deepen their understanding of educational content by being assigned specific roles to play, thus allowing them to experience different viewpoints.
Flipped classroom	An educational approach in which students study the course lecture in advance, and questions and discussions relating to that content are then held in class.
Problem-based learning	An educational approach in which students acquire knowledge and skills related to educational content by attempting to tackle specific projects or problems posed to them.