Graduate School of Disaster Prevention
Kangwon National University
1joongang-Ro Samcheok-city, Gangwon-Do, Republic of Korea

http://college.kangwon.ac.kr/prevention/main.jsp

OutlineNatural disasters such as heavy rain and flood those caused by unusual changes in the weather
happen frequently and these days. Moreover, big fires and explosions in industrialized cities cause
extensive dam ages. It i s ur gent to c ultivate pr ofessionals w ho r esearch about how t o pr edict
disasters before it happens and to strengthen safety measures to improve the quality of our lives
Graduate S chool o f Disaster P revention at K angwon N ational U niversity of fers master’s de gree
and doctoral degree of fire protection equipment major, disaster prevention major, disasterprevention in urban and environment major, and disaster prevention of mining pollution and groundmajor.
The purpose of these new programs is for the safety of this country based on the cooperation withschool, laboratory, industry, and government. It is to contribute to the development of the country
by educating professionals and researchers- Divisions and Departments
Department of Disaster Prevention Equipment
Department of Disaster Prevention
Department of Urban and Environmental Disaster Prevention
Department of Mining Pollution and Geological Disaster Prevention
Department of Disaster Prevention and Management< main Homepage >Research Achievements and Challenges
Department of Disaster Prevention Equipment

The purpose of this major i s to educate professionals who research systematically andscientifically about fire prevention equipment including electrical and mechanical equipment,architectural e quipment, ex plosion pr evention i nstallation, and v arious di gitalized di sasterprevention s ystems t o t ake pr ecautions a gainst di sasters c aused by m an i n t his i ndustrializedsociety.
• Electrical equipment of fire prevention• Mechanical equipment of fire prevention• Architectural equipment of fire prevention• Explosion prevention installation
Department of Disaster Prevention

The Department of Disaster Prevention aims to train professional human resources with boththeory and practices of the prevention of forest fire, firefighting and man-made disasters throughsystematic t eaching m ethods andpractical research activities f ocused on s ystematicalmanagement about prevention, countermeasure and rehabilitation of forest fire, building fire(anexplosion, an c ollapse, a dan gerous good ad ministration and et c.), special c ase o f bui lding
fire(ship, tanker, train, laboratory and etc.) and man made disaster.
• Conduct test and of forest fire combustion behavior and spread• Analysis flame spread pattern by adjusting geographical feature into flatland, simple, etc• Prediction of forest fire occurrence for adaptation of climate change• Analysis of fire severity and damage assessment technique• Analysis of forest fire suppression technique & resources• Study of forest fire cause determination
Department of Mining Pollution and Geological Disaster Prevention

The development, digging, or construction related to underground resources, undersea
resources an d u nderground s pace can c ause di sasters and geological i nteractions ( volcano,earthquake, tidal wave, typhoon, landslide, snow-slide, and forest fire). The purpose of this major isto educate professionals who will work for prevention, restoration, and rescue related to thesekinds of natural or artificial disasters
Department of Disaster Prevention and Management

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Management aims to train professional manpowerwith theory and practice through understanding the characteristics in the occurrence of natural
disasters, s ystematic di saster p revention educ ation and s cientific r esearch for s ocial di sastermanagement, i .e. relief of v ictims, di saster i nsurance, special disaster area m anagement, andcrisis m anagement o f nat ional c ritical i nfrastructure, a nd, as w ell as t hrough technicalcorrespondence t owards nat ural di sasters, s uch as es tablishment o f countermeasures a gainst
natural disasters, disaster forecasting and warning, natural disaster damage analysis and recovery,
and regional safety diagnosis in order to systematically prepare, cope with, and manage enlarged
and diversified disasters and catastrophes.
• Survey and analysis of damaged region by natural disaster• Research on disaster by debris flow and soil erosion• Monitoring river disaster• Disaster numerical modeling and model experiment (river, debris flow)• Mapping of disasters using GIS(Remote sensing)• Establishment of damage reduction plan for storm and flood• Establishment and management of disaster prevention policy Major Achievements• Survey and analysis of debris flow damage area using LiDAR• Numerical simulation on debris flow damage area
• Monitoring river disaster• Mountainous disaster (river, debris flow)• Establishment of damage reduction plan for storm and flood

LiDAR measeurment

Numerical simulation on debris flow damage area

Debris flow experiment

Monitoring river disaster

Department of Urban and Environmental Disaster Prevention

The development of city and the advent of megalopolis cause enlargement of the constructions
and t he facilities, and i t increases the large-scale accidents by the i ncrease in the use. It also
causes env ironmental pollution and g lobal w arming. These a ffect na tural di sasters s uch as aweather ac cident, t yphoon, flood, ea rthquake a nd t sunami, e tc. A nd i t occurs frequently and i ts
damage scale increases. The students in this Dept. learn how to prevent and to restore the urban
and environmental disasters which caused by nature or human.
The edu cational pur pose i s t o e ducate pr ofessionals w ho s tudy and r esearch s cientifically t hetheory t o the adv anced technology o f ur ban and env ironmental di saster prevention and pr acticesystematically them.
• Urban Engineering (construction, road, railroad, bridge, etc.)• Urban disaster prevention system technology (GIS, U-city disaster prevention)• Urban environment disaster prevention system technology• Urban soil pollution & disaster prevention technology• Climate Change and Water Resource, Downscaling Technique• Radar Hydrology and flood forecasting• Extreme Flood and Vulnerability Assessment• Disaster (Flood, Debris flow) Damage Function Estimation

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