Special Topics on Metropolis Disaster Prevention & Reduction
Extraordinary changes in the global climate has occurred huge environmental impact on human life. Taiwan is one of the most frequent natural disaster areas in the world. Architectural and urban planning professionals are necessary to arouse citizen’s disaster mitigation awareness, develop disaster prevention planning and professionalism. This course is aimed at strengthening professional capacity of architectural and metropolis planning to cope with natural disasters and environmental impact. By literature review, case studies, workshops and seminars, we plan to go in-depth discussion on disaster management, mitigation patterns of building plans and land-use planning, disaster prevention and relief system, environmental change and derivative issues, resource allocation, compound disaster impact, in response to the disaster of climate change, adaptation strategies and mechanism, disaster resettlement, industrial recovery and reconstruction of communities, for protecting our lives and properties.
Course goals:
Through different types of domestic and international disaster prevention planning experience and case analysis, to enrich the students disaster prevention planning capacity and content.
Extraordinary changes in the global climate has occurred huge environmental impact on human life. Taiwan is one of the most frequent natural disaster areas in the world. Architectural and urban planning professionals are necessary to arouse citizen’s disaster mitigation awareness, develop disaster prevention planning and professionalism. This course is aimed at strengthening professional capacity of architectural and metropolis planning to cope with natural disasters and environmental impact. By literature review, case studies, workshops and seminars, we plan to go in-depth discussion on disaster management, mitigation patterns of building plans and land-use planning, disaster prevention and relief system, environmental change and derivative issues, resource allocation, compound disaster impact, in response to the disaster of climate change, adaptation strategies and mechanism, disaster resettlement, industrial recovery and reconstruction of communities, for protecting our lives and properties.
Course goals:
Through different types of domestic and international disaster prevention planning experience and case analysis, to enrich the students disaster prevention planning capacity and content.