| Course Name | Year | Term | Period | Faculty / Graduate School | All Instructors | Credits |
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| 50587:[2025 Fall]Sustainable Urban Policy Ⅰ (P) | 2025 | Fall | Fri1 | College Of Policy Science | TOYODA YUSUKE | 2 |
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Course Outline and Method
As disaster management and resilience are important parts of sustainable urban policies and because decision maker(s) only develop only one disaster policy after considering the alternatives, the course also examines the factors involved in disaster management decision-making.
Student Attainment Objectives
1. To understand important disaster management concepts; and
2. To understand the challenges associated with developing resilience and disaster management policies, and to create possible future perspectives.
Recommended Preparatory Course
Course Schedule
| Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) | Theme |
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| Keyword, References and Supplementary Information | |
| 1 | Introduction, Defining Disaster |
【+R-Jugyo】Information for “+R-Jugyo” will be posted on manaba+R.
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| 2 | Change in Disasters, Societies, and Interaction |
Disaster trend, Societal change, Relations between societies and the environment |
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| 3 | Making Use of Past Lessons |
Great Kanto Earthquake, Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, Great East Japan Earthquake |
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| 4 | Developing Disaster Education |
Education and learning, Gaming Simulation, Risk communication |
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| 5 | Identifying Actors for Disaster Risk Management |
Self-help, Mutual-help, Pubilc-help |
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| 6 | Disaster Recovery and Disaster Education Exercise |
Recovery (reconstruction and rehabilitation), Conflict between recovery and livelihood, Build Back Better (BBB) |
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| 7 | Mini-test (45min) and Reflection (Summary) (45min) |
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| 8 | Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) 1 |
Psychological factors, Behavioral Theory, Disaster preparedness |
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| 9 | Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) 2 |
Bonding social capital, Bridging social capital, Linking social capital |
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| 10 | Community-based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) 3 |
Planning, Legitimate Peripheral Participation (LPP), Risk management |
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| 11 | Protecting Historic Cities |
Cultural heritage, Place attachment, Continuity |
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| 12 | Disaster Management for Tourism |
Foreign (inbound) tourists, Returning home, Pictogram |
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| 13 | Resilient City |
Resilience, Sustainability, Compact city |
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| 14 | Mini-test (45min) and Reflection (Summary) (45min) |
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Class Format
Recommendations for Private Study
Grade Evaluation Method
| Kind | Percentage | Grading Criteria etc. |
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| Final Examination (Written) | 0 | |
| Report Examination (A report to be submitted by the unified deadline) |
0 | |
| Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class) |
100 | 60% for two mini-tests; and
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Grade Evaluation Method （Note）
Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods
Textbooks
Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）
Reference Books
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN Code | Comment |
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| Environmental Hazards: Assessing Risk and Reducing Disaster (Sixth Edition) | Keith S. | Routledge | 978-0415681063 | |
| Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery | Daniel A. | The University of Chicago Press | 978-0226012889 | |
| "Introductory Volume" to Cultural Heritage Disaster Mitigation Studies | The Publication Committee of the "Introductory Volume" to Cultural Heritage Disaster Mitigation Studies, Ritsumeikan University | Gendaishiryo-Shuppan | 978-4877852344 | |
| 'Survey Paper: Achievements and Perspectives of Community Resilience Approaches to Societal Systems' | Toyoda Y. | "Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science" (Springer) | Vol.5, October, 2021, pp.705-756, DOI: 10.1007/s41685-021-00202-x | Available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41685-021-00202-x |
| ‘A Framework of Simulation and Gaming for Enhancing Community Resilience against Large-scale Earthquakes: Application for Achievements in Japan’ | Toyoda Y. | “Simulation & Gaming” (SAGE) | Vol.51, Issue 2, March, 2020, pp. 180-211, DOI: 10.1177/1046878119899424 | Available at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1046878119899424 |
| ‘A Community Evacuation Planning Model against Urban Earthquakes’ | Toyoda Y. and Kanegae H. | “Regional Science, Policy and Practice” (Wiley) | Volume 6, Issue 3, August 2014, pp. 231-249, DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12036 | Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261443202_A_community_evacuation_planning_model_against_urban_earthquakes |
| Extracting local disaster knowledge through gamification in a flood management model community in Thailand | Toyoda Y. and Tanwattana P. | "Progress in Disaster Science" | Vol. 20, December 2023, 100294, DOI: 10.1016/j.pdisas.2023.100294. | Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590061723000212 |
| Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan | Cavaliere, P. and Otani, J. (eds.) | MHM Publishers | To be published in 2025 |
Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）
Web Pages for Reference
UNDRR（United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction): https://www.undrr.org
Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction: https://www.undrr.org/gar
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030: http://www.wcdrr.org/preparatory/post2015
EM-DAT (The international disasters database): https://www.emdat.be
How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)
Other Comments
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