Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University 地球環境学堂・地球環境学舎・三才学林

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Mission

京都大学大学院地球環境学堂・地球環境学舎・三才学林（きょうとだいがくだいがくいんちきゅうかんきょうがくどう・がくしゃ・さんさいがくりん）は、京都大学に設置されている独立大学院で研究科以外の教育研究上の基本組織の一つである。2002年4月に設置された。地球環境について各種科学分野の共同研究・教育を目指している。通称は京都大学地球環境学大学院。

The Graduate School has established a research body called the 'Hall of Global Environmental Research', an educational body called the 'School of Global Environmental Studies', and a supporting body for education and research called the 'Grove of Universal Learning'.

Disaster Reduction Goal

The focus of IEDM research field is to learn the lessons from the field experiences through effective environment and disaster related project management. The goal of Environment and Disaster Management is the safety and sustainability of human lives. Safety is related to avoiding death and injuries to human lives during a disaster. Sustainability is related to livelihood, socio-economic, cultural, environmental and psychological aspects. There are three research pillars:
- Climate change adaptation
- Disaster risk reduction
- Environment and disaster education
There are other cross-cutting themes related to these three key themes.

DRR activities

Policies and Programmes in DRR

Education and Research program in the field of environment and disaster management [master and doctorate programs]

Membership in Key Networks

Asian University Network of Environment and Disaster Management [AUEDM] as coordinator

Asia Regional Task Force on Urban Risk Reduction

Asia Regional Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction Education

Asia Regional Working Group on Environment and Disaster Management

Disaster Reduction Focal Point(s)

Rajib Shaw, Associate Professor

Websites

http://www.ges.kyoto-u.ac.jp/
http://www.iedm.ges.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

Making disaster risk reduction a policy priority, institutional strengthening (HFA 1)

Policy support in local and national level

Risk assessment and early warning systems (HFA 2)

Risk assessment tool development for hydro-metereological disasters

Education, information and public awareness (HFA 3)

Education and training programs in higher education

Reducing underlying risk factors (HFA 4)

Climate risk analysis and adaptation programs

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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Publication

8 May 2013

Exploring innovations in disaster education in Kesennuma 1

Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture was one of the coastal cities in the Northeast Tohoku Region which was heavily affected by the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (EJET) that took lives of over 1,200 people, affected 80.8% of the business and de

Publication

11 April 2013

Tohoku research 2: post-disaster recovery

This knowledge note focuses on various aspects of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and environmental management, including studies on: (i) developing record of school experiences from the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (EJET); (ii) building school-based disaster resilient community, which includes a review of past DRR activities; (iii) interlinking DRR education with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD); (iv) strengthening community network in temporary housing facilities; and (v) the role of social capital in post-disaster recovery. It is part of a series, which is expected to continue with periodical publication for the next 3 to 5 years with close insights on community recovery in the Tohoku Region, Japan.

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19 December 2012

Workshop on enhancing disaster resilience of education sector and communities

This report presents a two-day workshop conducted by the International Environment and Disaster Management (IEDM) Laboratory, Kyoto University, with the participation of officials from the Board of Education from three cities in Tohoku, other citi

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4 December 2012

The role of community radio in disasters

This knowledge asks 'What is community radio?' and outlines its role in disasters.

Publication

17 July 2012

Tohoku research 1 (post-disaster recovery)

This research report is concerned with the purpose of disseminating experience and lessons learned from the East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (EJET) to help strengthen disaster resilience of disaster prone regions in Japan and the world. It focuses on different aspects of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and environmental management.

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27 June 2012

Road map of Natori emergency FM radio 'Natoraji'

This knowledge note addresses the transition between emergency FM to community FM radios in Japan following the devastation brought by the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which destroyed the regional disaster prevention emergency communication. It explains that temporary emergency FM stations broadcasted detailed local information so that tsunami advisory and warning could reach the residents, but that they had to become community FM in order to continue broadcast after their operational expiration date.

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26 June 2012

School recovery: lessons from Asia

This publication provides a compilation of 25 case studies of schools from 12 countries affected by 6 different hazards in an effort to understand the recovery processes of schools from natural disasters. It links the recovery lessons to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) in the education sector (E-HFA) through sixteen tasks that constitute a framework for the integrated approach of disaster risk reduction in schools. It goes beyond the school building or education, and looks at the comprehensive way of disaster risk reduction in the education sector.

Publication

13 June 2012