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2018　Sustainable Built Environment I

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Instructor(s)
Kikitsu Hitomitsu  Kikitsu Hitomitsu  Kobayashi Hideki 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon3-4(G323)  
Group
-
Course number
UDE.E405
Credits
1
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2018/3/22
Lecture notes updated
2018/6/16
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

To think about policies for a sustainable urban environment, it is necessary to understand geological, climate, and weather information that form the basis of cities. The environment of cities is also closely related with farms and woods on the outskirts, so it is necessary to focus attention on the environment of the outskirts. This course covers the basics of climate for understanding the environment of the city and outskirts, such as basic spatial information and sunlight conditions. We will also go over understanding land cover through remote sensing technology, a technique for monitoring the urban environment, as well as the acquisition of three dimensional information such as urban street shade trees.
In the latter part of this course we will go over examples of recent natural disasters such as the Great East Japan Earthquake, while students broaden and deepen their understanding of the damage mechanisms for buildings. Using the example of initiatives for tornado damage, we present the path of experimental research through extracting damage form, choosing experiment parameters, and the construction of and procedures for engineering models, showing how they are developing within wind resistance engineering, which lends itself to reducing damage. In the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, students are expected to consider the perspective of not just ensuring safety, but also whether post-disaster buildings are fit for continued use. We will also introduce the systemization of continued use assessments following the great earthquake, and research on technology development, connecting it to approaches to sustainability from a disaster prevention viewpoint. In addition, the topic of this course is disaster prevention, but we will extract the main points related to triggers and factors of damage, converting them into an engineering model for developing solutions, a process with applications for other fields. Students are expected to attend lectures to learn skills for problem selection and solving.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the geospatial information and climate in urban environments. Understanding of remote sensing technology and some application examples for urban and suburb monitoring.
2) Properly find essense of practical problems which should be solved through field observation such as natural disaster surveys.
3) Get the skill to plan experiments and develop engineering model for the aim to solve the problems.

Keywords

Remote Sensing, GIS, micrometeorology, microclimate, Natural disaster, Tornado, Wind-resistant structural design, Engineering model

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

This class was followed by the handouts provided by the instructor. Students need to prepare a calculator.
At the middle and end of this course, students are provided reports related to the required learnings.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction to geospatial information for urban environmental monitoring 　 - Basics of geographic information system Map coordination used in GIS system, map projection, definition of geospatial data sets
Class 2 Introduction to the micrometeorology and microclimate for urban environmental monitoring - Light environments, radiation budget, and energy budget Understand the physics behind the micrometeorology
Class 3 Environmental monitoring in urban and suburb areas I - Basics of remote sensing Principle of remote sensing
Class 4 Environmental monitoring in urban and suburb areas I - Land cover and land cover change monitoring, and laser scanner technology Understand remote sensing application such as land cover classification and three dimensional information
Class 5 Outline of definition of natural disaster and engineering model, Introduction of seismic and tsunami-induced structural damage in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Understand conceptual model of natural disaster and general state of seismic and tsunami induced structural damage to buildings.
Class 6 Introduction of recent high wind, tornado, and snow-induced structural damage. Understand general state of high wind, tornado, and snow-induced structural damage to buildings.
Class 7 Research case study (1): development of tornado-induced wind load on structures using experimental facility. Learn fundamental skill to plan experiments and develop engineering model using an example of wind resistant engineering research.
Class 8 Research case study (2): development of evaluation method for the buidings with the performance of post-earthquake functional continuity. Learn fundamental skill to plan experiments and develop engineering model using an example of earthquake resistant engineering research.

Textbook(s)

Not in particular

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Handouts are provided by the instructor.

Assessment criteria and methods

Report on the first half of this course (Prof. Kobayashi, 50%)
Report on the second half of this course (Prof. Kikitsu, 50%)

Related courses

  • UDE.P405 ： Sustainable Built Environment II

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Not in particular

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