OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

03f-03
Introduction to Global Environment

Kenji NAKATSUJI, et al. (School of Engineering)

Objective
The 21st Century is an era of global partnership, in which a sense of human community is required in every nation, society, organization, and all groups in the world to make an effort in accordance with respective positions and capacities in order to attain sustainable development in the future. These lectures concern the global environmental problem and planning and management of the urban environment in the 21st century. Students who are interested in the global environment and a sustainable environment will be encouraged to consider human activities effecting the global environment.

Schedule
(1) Orientationc
(2) Historical Review of Environmental Destruction of the Earth: Prof. Katsuhiko IMAI
(3) Ecosystem Carbon Cycle and Global Warming: Assoc. Prof. Takashi MACHIMURA
(4) Economic Evaluation of River Improvement Works: Assoc. Prof. Masahiro TAMAI
(5) Characteristics of Japanese Housing and Environment: Prof. Kunihiro NARUMI
(6) Characteristics of Japanese Townscape and Urban Design: Prof. Kunihiro NARUMI
(7) (8) Environmental Design with Computer Graphics: Prof. Tsuyoshi SASADA
(9) (10) Sustainable City: Industrial Symbiosis and Environmental Planning: Assoc. Prof. Tsuyoshi FUJITA
(11) (12) Acid rain and its ecological influence ---Outline of the problem, and a method of future prediction: Prof. Akikazu KAGA
(13) (14) Sustainable Development and Environmental Conservation in Osaka Bay: Prof. Kenji NAKATSUJI

Grading
Class participation 40%
Term paper submitted of the end of the course 60%