IARU - Global Summer Program 2011
University of Tokyo
Course: Sustainable Urban Management
Dates: June 20 – July 5, 2011
The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) Global Summer Program (GSP) allows students from ten partner universities to study abroad, experience a foreign country, interact with students from around the world, and learn about and explore challenges of the 21st Century from top professors.
Held at the University of Tokyo – Hongo Campus, the Sustainable Urban Management course “provides basic knowledge of civil engineering, architecture and urban engineering in the context of sustainable urban management. Planning and management from building, urban and national scale are taught.”
Lecture: 13 classes × 90 mins
Study visit/excursion: 8 hours
1. Introduction – Invitation to Sustainable Urban Management
2. Urban Engineering aspects
Sustainability indicators for urban management
Urban and Regional Planning in Japan
Sustainable Management of Urban Water Systems
New Roles and Missions of Sewage Works
3. Architectural aspects
Housing Technologies for Sustainable Urban Regeneration
Learning from Edo-Tokyo History for Sustainable Urban Redevelopment
Air, Water and Energy system in Sustainable Building
Design Ecology and Material Systems in Architecture
4. Civil Engineering aspects
Urban Soil & Underground Management
Urban Stock Management
Urban Transport Management
Urban Flood Management
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This blog chronicles my time at the University of Tokyo, covering topics such as travel and arrival, academics, living abroad, health and safety, and cultural adjustment.
I would like to give a special thanks to Friends of Todai, Inc. for their award and helping make this experience possible for me.
I would like to give a special thanks to Friends of Todai, Inc. for their award and helping make this experience possible for me.
