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Kyoto University Global COE Program

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Global Center for Education and Research on
Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities

Kyoto University Katsura Campus

Kyoto University Global COE Program

Global Center for Education and Research on
Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities
Contact Information
Urban Human Security Engineering Education and Research CenterC Cluster, Kyotodaigaku Katsura, Nishikyoku, Kyoto 615-8540, Japan
E-mail: contact@hse.gcoe.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Phone: +81-75-383-3412/3413
Fax:+81-75-383-3418

Web:

http://hse.gcoe.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Graduate School of Engineering
Civil and Earth Resources Engineering
Urban Management
Environmental Engineering
Architecture and Architectural Engineeringwww.ce.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/enwww.um.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/enwww.env.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/enwww.ar.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en

Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies

www.ges.kyoto-u.ac.jp/english

Disaster Prevention Research Institutewww.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/web_e/index_e.html

京都大学グローバル COE プログラム
アジア・メガシティの人間安全保障工学拠点

Program leader

YuzuruMatsuoka
Professor
Department of Environmental
Engineering, Graduate School ofEngineering, Kyoto University

Kyoto University launched a Global Center of Excellence(GCOE) Program entitled Global Center for Education
and Research on Human Security Engineering for Asian
Megacities in the Graduate School of Engineering(the departments ofCivil and Earth Resources

Engineering,

Urban

Management,

Engineering,andArchitectureandEngineering),theGraduate

SchoolEnvironmental
Architecturalof

GlobalEnvironmental Studies, and the Disaster Prevention
Research Institute in academic year 2008. GCOE is
a program funded by the Japanese Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
in an aim to strengthen and enhance the education
and research functions of graduate schools, to foster
highly creative young researchers who will go on to
become world leaders in their respective fields
through experiencing and practicing research of
the highest world standard.

Basic human needs,

environmental pollution, disasters, and how to secure
the self-sustained capacity to deal with these issues
are major challenges in Asian megacities. Yet
attempts to deal with these problems in the past
several decades have been a string of failures. One
main reason for this is the rapid expansion of cities.
More

importantly,

however,theintroductionoftechnologies and systems for dealing with theserisks has been carried out bit by bit, and even where
technologies
importanceandofsystems

providing

were

human

adopted,theresources

andcommunities to manage them was overlooked.
Based on this awareness, our program is founded on
civil engineering, architecture, environmental engineering,and disaster prevention studies while it is based on athoroughly

field-oriented

approach.

Byfocusing

concentration on the complementary co-evolution ofengineering technologies, urban management, andsystems design, we will elevate the elemental
studies we have developed until now toward a morecomprehensive discipline that encompasses urban
management strategies and policies, and promoteresearch and education based on this new discipline.
Specifically, we have started conducting activities
that include working together with universities,
research institutions, and private enterprises at

Kuala Lumpur

overseas bases located in seven countries throughout
Asia, as well as in our headquarters in Kyoto to foster
20 doctoral students per academic year.
We look forward to contact from those of you
interested in this GCOE program.

Program Overview
During the five-year program that commenced in academic year 2008, Kyoto
University will establish a new discipline called Urban Human Security
Engineering, and create a network of bases for education and research to foster
next-generation researchers and high-level practitioners on an Asia-wide scale.
Through this program, we will make a large contribution to solving humansecurity issues in Asian megacities.

Establishing the discipline of
Urban Human Security Engineering
We define Urban Human Security Engineering as the building of a system oftechnologies (techniques) for designing and managing cities that enable their
inhabitants to live with dignity, in comfort, and free from the potential threats of
uncleanliness, unhealthiness, and large-scale disasters and environmental
destruction as provided for in the Millennium Development Goals. In order to establish
this discipline, we will seek to integrate the four existing fields of urban governance,
urban infrastructure management, health risk management, and disaster risk
management into one discipline and strive for complementary collaboration across thestudy and research areas. We will also disseminate this new discipline through the
publication of a textbook series in the English language.

Urban Human Security
Engineering Education
and Research Center

Organization Structure
Under the President of Kyoto University, the
GCOE executive committee of the entire university,and the Base management committee which
determines concrete action policies, we haveestablished a system in which every program
member involved has a clear sense of control andresponsibility and cooperates with each other toflexibly manage the following three areas: Human
Resource Development, Research Activities, andthe Management of Overseas Bases. The Graduate
School of Engineering (Civil and Earth Resources
Engineering, Urban Management, Environmental
Engineering, and Architecture and ArchitecturalEngineering), the Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies, and the Disaster
Prevention Research Institute will devote our
combined efforts to deploy education and research
activities.

Establishing Urban Human
Security Engineering

New Doctoral course on
Urban human security

・Key joint research projects
・Text book series in English

Graduate Schoolof Engineering
Civil and Earth Resources
Engineering,
Urban Management,
Environmental Engineering,Architecture andArchitectural Engineering

Overseas Bases

Urban infrastructure
management

Health risk
management

Hanoi
Bangkok
Kuala Lumpur■Program Members

Educating next-generation researchers and high-level
practitioners to ensure human security in megacities
We will foster next-generation researchers and high-level practitioners through a
network of international education and research comprised of the bases we haveestablished and developed throughout Asia until now. We will contribute greatly to theresolution of human security issues in Asian megacities by proposing roadmaps alongwith concrete urban management strategies to several megacities, which will allow
them to escape the aforementioned threats. Specifically, we will conduct the following
activities:

Singapore(As of April 2010)

Affiliated department

Name

Specialized field

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Environ. Eng.)

Prof. Yuzuru Matsuoka

Environ. Systems eng.

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Architecture and Architectural Eng.)

Prof. Teruyuki Monnai

Architecture and environ. eng.

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Urban Management)

Prof. Hiroyasu Ohtsu

Construction eng. Systems

Graduate school of Eng. (Research Center for Environmental Quality Management)

Prof. Hiroaki Tanaka

Environ. quality evaluation

Disaster Prevention Research InstituteProf. Hirokazu Tatano

Disaster prevention economics

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Urban Management)

Prof. Eiichi Taniguchi

Urban management systems

Graduate school of Global Environ. Studies (Dept. of Technology and Ecology)

Prof. Shigeo Fujii

Water environ. Control

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Urban Management)

Prof. Toshifumi Matsuoka

Geological eng.

Prof. Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Planning and management systems

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Urban Management)
Graduate school of Global Environ. Studies (Dept. of Technology and Ecology)

Assoc. Prof. Rajib Shaw

Environ. disaster prevention management

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Architecture and Architectural Eng.)

Prof. Yasuhiro Hayashi

Regenerative preservation of built environ.

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Environ. Eng.)

Prof. Minoru Yoneda

Environ. risk analysis

2 Research Activities:
promote key joint research projects, and organize many international symposia andworkshops

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Civil and Earth Resources Eng.)

Prof. Kunitomo Sugiura

Structural mechanics

Disaster Prevention Research InstituteProf. Tomoharu Hori

Water resources eng.

3 Management of Overseas Bases:
operate the Urban Human Security Engineering Education and Research Center,and establish and develop a network of overseas bases for activity andcooperation

Graduate school of Global Environ. Studies (Dept. of Technology and Ecology)

Prof. Takeshi Katsumi

Environ. infrastructure eng.

Graduate school of Eng. (Research Center for Environmental Quality Management)

Prof. Yoshihisa Shimizu

Control of environ. Quality

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Civil and Earth Resources Eng.)

Prof. Masashi Kawasaki

Landscape and environ. Planning

Environment Preservation Center

Prof. Shin ichi Sakai

Environ. preservation eng.

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Urban Management)

Prof. Junji Kiyono

Earthquake disaster prevention systems

Graduate school of Global Environ. Studies (Dept. of Global Ecology)

Prof. Sadahiko ItohUrban supply systems

Disaster Prevention Research InstituteProf. Keiichi Toda

Urban flood control

Prof. Hitoshi Gotoh

Waterfront environ. eng.

1 Human Resource Development:
establish a new doctoral program (20 students per year)

By posing specific challenges that concern megacity human security, the existingareas of civil engineering, architecture, environmental engineering, and disasterprevention research, which have progressed independently of each other until now, willregain their effectiveness and social usefulness to create a new worldwide academic
trend of human security engineering originating in Asia that reaches beyond theboundary of engineering to include urban management and governance.

Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Civil and Earth Resources Eng.)
Graduate school of Eng. (Dept. of Architecture and Architectural Eng.)

3

ShenzhenMumbaiBandung

Disaster risk
management

Disaster Prevention
Research Institute

Kyoto

Human Security Engineering
Urban governance

Graduate Schoolof Global
Environmental
Studies

Assoc. Prof. Kiyoko Kanki

Housing and environ. Design4

Human Resource Development
Human Resource Development

Internship
Human Resource Development

We have established the Interdisciplinary Engineering Course Program - Human Security Engineering Field in the Graduate
School of Engineering, and the Human Security Engineering Advanced Course in the Graduate School of Global
Environmental Studies, and in April 2009 have begun offering these educational programs in which students can acquirecomprehensive knowledge about the most advanced contents of Human Security Engineering. The programs are aimed at 20
students in our doctoral courses every year. All the lectures are conducted in English, and short and long-term internships arecarried out in accordance with the thoroughly field-oriented approach. We also utilize the RA/PD systems and theprogram-specific faculty system to enhance financial aid for doctoral course students and young researchers.

This educational program emphasizes a thoroughly field-oriented approach and overseasinternship programs to foster researchers who will go on to be active across the globe, andprovides financial aid for such projects.

■Internship for Human Security Engineering（Short term）
The internship aims to develop the practical capability to secure urban human security, in
addition to acquiring the expert knowledge and ability to develop new research fields by carryingout research activity related to human security engineering and presenting research results at

What is the Human Security Engineering Education Program ?

international conferences. Specific examples include participating in internships at domestic oroverseas companies or research institutes which conduct the operation of international(Educational objective: To foster creative, international and independent human resources with education in four related academic fields)

projects, conducting field surveys at overseas bases, and attending academic conferences andresearch presentations as well as various seminars, symposia, and lectures held overseas.

This program is intended for doctoral students to acquire

four related academic fields, overseas internships, and others. Theinterdisciplinary and solid education in the core fields that support

Graduate

urban human security engineering and in four related fields (urban

Management, Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering,

governance,

Department

urban

infrastructure

management,

healthrisk

Schoolofof

Engineering

Environmental(Department

Engineering,

of

Urban

Departmentofmanagement, and disaster risk management). It will foster

Architecture and Architectural Engineering), Graduate School ofresearchers and advanced engineers who have the ability to

Global Environmental Studies, and Disaster Prevention Research

integrate and apply their knowledge toward ensuring urban humanInstitute participate in the program as departments responsible forsecurity according to the purpose, and the ability to deepen andinstruction. All the lectures will be given in English.

■Advanced Capstone Project（Long term）
This class aims to develop the abilities for international collaboration, field investigation, andon-site planning and problem solving through long-term investigation and research activities
related to human security engineering with a thorough hands-on policy in foreign countries.
Specific examples include field research at overseas bases and participation in international
projects overseas. As a rule, participants will stay at the location abroad for at least twomonths.

advance the technologies. Specifically, this program aims to foster
human resources who have creativity (in addition to a wide range ofknowledge about human security engineering for Asian megacities,
the ability to go beyond the boundaries of existing specialized■Comments from the past participants

fields); internationality (the ability to present and debate research in
English, perform education and research activities overseas, andbuild an international human network); and independence (the ability
to plan research, lead education and research, secure researchfunds, and solve problems in the field). To achieve this educational
objective, the Human Security Engineering Education Programprovides an educational program in English consisting of an
Introduction to Human Security Engineering, basic subjects in the■Subjects Available for the HSE Program

Development of estimation method for the Emission
Accounting System of Global Agricultural activities

The implementation of the Yonmenkaigi system
in Merapi volcano communities

Tomoko Hasegawa
Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering
Place of stay: The International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
Term: June 1, 2009 ‒ August 31, 2009

Jong il Na
Department of Urban Management, Graduate Schoolof Engineering
Place of stay: Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Term: June 27, 2009 ‒ August 22, 2009

I was in the research group called Integrated Modeling Environment

The objective of my internship in 2009 was to support the plan and(IME) led by Dr. Marek Makowski. I worked on developing a robust

evaluation method for disaster risk management of Merapi volcano

Human Security Engineering（Core subject）

Lectures on Urban Infrastructure Management 1

Management of Global Resources and Ecosystems

method to estimate an emission accounting system of global

communities. This was a cooperative project conducted by Kyoto

Urban Governance

Lectures on Urban Infrastructure Management 2

Environmental Ethics and Environmental Education

agricultural activities. I discussed my research with researchers in

University and Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, andLectures on Urban Governance 1

Global Environmental Economics

Disaster Risk Management

not only the IME but also other research groups. We had many

consisted of the following: a pilot project for sand mining

Lectures on Urban Governance 2

Lecture on Environmental Risk Management Leader

Lectures on Disaster Risk Management 1

discussions, and they game me good supervision and appropriate

management, evacuation drills, and disaster prevention education

Global Environmental Law and Policy

Lectures on Health Risk Management 1

Lectures on Disaster Risk Management 2

suggestions. I had a very nice and valuable time.

and events for children and local communities around Merapi

Urban Infrastructure Management

Lectures on Health Risk Management 2

Internship for Human Security Engineering

Governance for Regional and Transportation Planning

Environmental Engineering for Asia

Advanced Capstone Project

volcano.

Evaluation of Seismic Design Motion of Low
Seismicity Area

■The number of currently enrolled students and their origins (As of December 2009)

Sherliza Zaini Sooria
Department of Urban Management, Graduate Schoolof Engineering
Place of stay: Public Works Department of Malaysia
Term: July 27, 2009 ‒ September 26, 2009

Switzerland, 1South Korea, 9China, 4
Iran, 1
Nepal, 2
Bangladesh, 1
India, 2
Sri Lanka, 2
Malaysia, 55Japan,17Vietnam, 4Thailand, 6
Philippines, 1Singapore, 1
Indonesia, 6Peru, 1

Study on the consolidation of Human Security
integrated with scenarios towards Low Carbon
Society in Malaysia
Janice Jeevamalar Simson
Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate
School of Engineering
Place of stay: University Teknologi Malaysia. Johor, Malaysia
Term: August 23, 2009 ‒ September 28, 2009

The activities of the internship included microtremor observations of

The main objectives of my internship were to examine the feasibility

selected bridges and seismic stations in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor,

of conducting a regional and national level Low Carbon Society

and Johor. The data collected are structural drawings, design(LCS) study which also considers the enhancement of humanspecifications, and guidelines used by practicing designers and the

security in Malaysia, and to collect the relevant data. This internshipauthorities in Malaysia. Apart from teamwork exercise, thiswas beneficial as I was able to identify the kinds of data obtainableinternship experience showed me that effective communication andin Malaysia, discuss the necessity of the study, and also focus oncooperation with the right people guaranteed fruitful outcomes, inthe direction of my future research.

my case knowledge, data, and information essential for my research.

6

Research Activities
Research Activities

Health Risk Management

Research field leader

Professor Hiroaki Tanaka

Research Activities

With the coordination and integration among the following four research fields, we execute a number of key joint research
projects aimed at the systematization of human security engineering, the verification of its social effectiveness, thefostering of young researchers, and the generation of policy recommendations. Through frequently-held workshops andthe compilation of an English textbook series, we will disseminate the achievements of the projects to the world.

■Aims of the Research Field The field of health risk management aims to identify the environmental problems of Asian countries, evaluate
the environmental risks associated with urban human security engineering, such as the adverse effects on human health, the living
environment and ecosystem, develop and propose solutions to them, or methods for risk reduction, control and management, and apply thosesolutions appropriately.

■Research Features In many Asian Megacities, environmental measures lag behind rapid urbanization and economic growth, creating

Research Activities

serious health-related problems and environmental damage from water, air, soil, noise, vibration, and other pollution. Supply systems for safe
water, sanitation systems, and waste disposal facilities, that form the foundation of daily life, are not in place or are inadequately managed.

Urban GovernanceResearch field leader

Without an environment that caters for healthy and comfortable living, conditions make it impossible to assure a diversity of ecological

Professor Teruyuki Monnai

environments. Additionally, there is concern that inefficient and inappropriate use of energy and resources will speed global warming, deplete■Aims of the Research Field The field of urban governance integrates three research fields: urban infrastructure management, healthrisk management, and disaster risk management, and seeks a methodology of decision making by which to resolve issues of urban
human security through the collaboration of a variety of actors.

resources, including water, and hinder future economic growth in industry, agriculture, etc. Since there are various ways of solving thoseenvironmental problems depending on the region, new methods and approaches are needed that solve environmental problems by combining
various engineering techniques and management tools that are outside the scope of experience and conditions found in Japan. It is therefore
important to understand the region, discover what the environmental problems are in cooperation with the stakeholders, investigate the causes,■Research Features Urban human security engineering (U-HSE) is intended to achieve not only reduction in vulnerability (topropose appropriate solutions, and implement them. For this purpose, in addition to research at Kyoto University, mainly we conductdisaster and health risks) and satisfaction of basic human needs, but also improvement of quality of life, which includes theinvestigations and research at overseas fields that are relevant to our research themes, as well as at overseas bases such as the Graduate

conservation, regeneration and creation of environment, landscape and culture. To attain these objectives, U-HSE takes advantage of

School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University and the Hanoi Institute of Technology.

engineering and social sciences in order to resolve a wide range of multi-dimensional urban problems touching on such areas as safety,
health, efficiency, economic rationality, comfort, amenity, social rationality, and sustainability.
Of prime importance is the need for multi-layered urban governance which seeks to solve problems while taking into account therelationships between different environments, such as the natural, sociocultural, artificial, and informational, and which recognizes themulti-scaled nature of those problems, from the architectural/urban to the global.
The recent emergence of multifarious actors has been accompanied by changes in the relationships between them. In addition to thegovernment, market and civil sectors, new actors such as NGOs and NPOs haveappeared, focusing attention on the solving of problems by taking a bottom-up
approach and through collaboration between the various parties. One of thegreatest problems to be identified in urban governance is of how to enhance theability of communities to solve their problems in ways that draw on those

Urban Governance Field
Disaster Risk
Management
Field

formalinformal

Government(Public Sector)

compulsory

Taking a thoroughgoing field-oriented stance, this field, therefore, places value on

voluntary Voluntary Association(NPO, NGO etc.)

spontaneous development, and regionally distinctive

good governance. Furthermore, it advocates combining various resource

Health Risk
Management
Field

Civil Society
Market(Community Sector) (Private Sector)

allocation schemes, such as market exchange, redistribution, mutual aid andself-support, and incorporating the voices of the most vulnerable members of the

Urban Infrastructure Management Field

Human Security &Human Development
Millenium Development Goals

facilitate assured environmental, economic and social sustainability, andenhancement of the life quality of individuals.

Air

Biotechnology

Environmental policy& planning

Water

Environmental risk

Health& living environment

Soil & groundwater

Ecosystem

Toxic substances

Global environment

SafetyHealthEconomic
Rationality
ComfortAmenitySocial Rationality
Sustainability

community into decision making. In doing so, it seeks a methodology of urban
governance by which urban infrastructure and social capital can be built up to

Recycling & waste

Core of HSE

communities distinguishing features.
the process of regions

Energy & resources

Disaster Risk Management

Research field leader

Professor Hirokazu Tatano■Aims of the Research Field The field of disaster risk management aims to establish human security engineering as a part of
implementation science by building an integrated and interdisciplinary framework for the strategic management of policies for disasterprevention and recovery in Asian Megacities.

Position of the urban governance field within
Urban Human Security Engineering (U-HSE)※A part of the diagram above was originally created by V.A. Pestoff (The Third Sector
in the Welfare Triangle) and has been modified.

■Research Features A disaster occurs when the spatial distribution of a natural hazard, such as an earthquake or a flood, overlaps with thatof a population and assets (as shown in the figure on the lower left). In recent years, human casualties and economic losses caused by natural
disasters in Asia have been increasing, indicating that the population and economic assets of the area are becoming concentrated indisaster-prone areas. To form a city that is more resilient against disasters, it is necessary to establish an integrated disaster risk management
policy. The integration of risk management procedures is therefore an important concept when addressing disaster risk management policy for

Urban Infrastructure Management

Research field leader

Professor Hiroyasu Ohtsu

Asian Megacities.
How to integrate our knowledge and wisdom in a practical and adaptive form, share it and bring it to fruition it in the context of ongoing urban■Aims of the Research Field The field of urban infrastructure management aims to build a framework of interdisciplinary knowledge

development is an important research problem. The biggest aims and issues in this field of research are the application to real issues ofrelated to strategic management in the construction and maintenance ofknowledge accumulated by researchers over the years, the establishment of a methodology to fill the gap between knowledge and practice, andurban infrastructures, not only from the viewpoint of economic efficiency but

the promotion and development of research that is oriented towards solving problems.

also of human security engineering.

■Research Features In considering development and maintenance

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Integrated disaster risk management measures8Management of Overseas BasesThis GCOE program implements Key Joint Research Projects that reach across departments and academic fields to tackle concrete
problems in base cities. The aim of the projects is to specify human security concepts in accordance with local characteristics,
verify the issues to overcome, and promote a common awareness of the need for cooperation between different fields todemonstrate the effectiveness of problems solving studies. We consider these projects to be key projects for the futureWith the Urban Human Security Engineering Education and ResearchCenter (HSE center) in the Katsura Campus, Kyoto and the network ofoverseas bases acting as central figures, the graduate schools of Kyoto
University associated with human security engineering will continue toestablish new bases in the future with the aim to form a closer international
research and education network.

Overseas Bases

Research Activities

Key Joint Research Project

development of our activities with an eye to cooperating with international institutions and NPOs in each base city, and believe thatthe results will lead to concrete policy recommendations for Asian cities.

■List of projects carried out as of December 2009
Evaluation and management of environmental risk in Asian megacities

HSE Center (Urban Human Security Engineering Education and Research Center)

Geotechnical engineering for waste reuse and management

The Urban Human Security Engineering Education and Research Center (HSE Center) has

Climate and disaster resilience in Asian cities

been established adjacent to the entrance of the C1 Building on the Katsura Campus of

Policy studies on creation of environment for healthy air in East Asian megacities

Kyoto University. One program-specific associate professor, one program-specific

Development of bryophyte indicators for urban environments and monitoring based on public participation

assistant professor, six program-specific researchers (PDs), and two program-specificMonitoring and forecast of food production and water use using satellite data and crop model

administrative staff are currently stationed at the center.

Study on urban impacts to living environment in old historic quarters of Vietnam

This center fills the role of a hub office for the program s overseas bases: two overseas

A study of environmentally sound water and sanitation system focusing on co-treatment and recycling of waste and wastewater

activity bases (Shenzhen and Hanoi) where program-specific faculty members are

Research on community-based environmental management in Asian megacities

stationed, and five overseas cooperation bases (Bangkok, Singapore, Bandung, Mumbai,

The development of environmental vulnerability index using geospatial analysis

and Kuala Lumpur) where local staff assist in managing. The center is equipped with a

Field research on the changes of local livelihood and indigenousness under influence of urbanization in remote villages of central Vietnam

remote meeting system for communicating with those bases.

Evaluation and management of environmental risk in Asian megacities （Part 1)
Evaluation and management of environmental risk in Asian megacities （Part 2)
Evaluation and management of environmental risk in Asian megacities （Part 3)
Evaluation and management of environmental risk in Asian megacities （Part 4)
Study on the consolidation of human security integrated with scenarios toward low carbon societies in Malaysia

Program leaders hold weekly PD meetings to check the progress of GCOE education and research activities and the management conditionsof overseas bases, and strive to support the various activities of project promoters in Japan and overseas. The center receives visits of many
faculty, students, and representatives from the overseas bases, and it fulfills the role of the headquarters of the GCOE project. The number ofoverseas partnership institutions that go into partnership with the center on education and research has been increasing.

Waste management scenarios to avoid the open dumping
Epidemiological study of traffic noise on healthStudy on dynamics of trace elements in Asian megacities -particularly around the children s environmentDevelopment of an integrated drinking water treatment process using membrane filtration in cities of southern China

Overseas Bases

Risk management of greenhouse gas and hazardous component discharged from landfill site in Asia region
Quantitative evaluation of the co-benefit of low carbon society policies to the mitigation of air pollution in the megacities in China
Asian urban governance
A methodology for communication survey for the measurement of social capital
Research on the infrastructure development systems contributing to making the cityscapes in Asian megacities
Reallocation of urban space in Asian megacities based on safety, amenity and health
Urban infrastructure management
Introduction of self-sustaining technologies for small infrastructures using local materials
Maintenance strategy for concrete, steel and hybrid structures in Asian megacities
Prediction, mitigation, and monitoring of the damages to earth structures and slopes caused by torrential rains and earthquakes in South East Asia
Application of environment accounting system for infrastructure projects

Overseas base leader

Professor Hiroaki Tanaka■Shenzhen Shenzhen is a major city in southern China located at roughly the southern
center of the Guangdong Province and immediately to the north of Hong Kong. It was thefirst city in China to be allowed to create a special economic zone under the policies ofreform and openness in 1980. The city has a total area of about 1,952 km2 and the areaof the special economic zone is about 396 km2, which accounts for 20% of the total area.
With a total population estimated to reach 14 million, it is one of the so-called Asian
megacities undergoing rapid economic growth.

Environmental impact assessment on waste treatment in Bangkok, Thailand■Tsinghua University The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, was

Evaluation of environmental accounting on Bangkok subway construction project

jointly founded by Tsinghua University and the Shenzhen Municipal Government in June

Research and education project on energy supply and demand at Asian megacities

2001 as the only branch school of the Tsinghua University (whose main campus is locatedResearch on urban energy supply

in Beijing). The school was relocated to its present campus in the university town ofTime-series analysis of urban heat island effect and energy consumptions in Asian megacities with satellite data

Shenzhen at Xili in October 2003. It consists of five faculties (Information Science andResearch and education project on active fault evaluation to mitigate earthquake/tsunami disasters at Indonesian megacities
Urban food security system (water resource system and integrated river basin management)
Water resources vulnerability analysis in Southeast Asia with an index of potential food production
Urban transport and logistics for human security in Asian megacities
Introduction of self-sustaining technologies for small infrastructures using local materials
Advanced logistics on disaster and usual cases in Asian megacities

Technology, Engineering, Logistics and Management, Science and Liberal Arts, and Life
Science), 130 faculty members and 1,800 graduate students. Under the principle of One
university, one brand, it shares the same culture, style, and high aims as the Beijing
campus and cultivates professionals with leadership, international vision, entrepreneurial
spirit, and extensive knowledge.

A study of traffic safety and control system for road network in Asian megacities■Joint Research Projects Because Tsinghua and Kyoto Universities collaboratively

Research and educational project on casualty mitigation strategy against urban disaster in Indonesia

established the Cooperative Research and Education Center for Environmental

Development of river bank protection system in flood disaster mitigation and evaluation of its application

Technology in October 2005, two faculty members from Kyoto University andEnhanced earthquake risk assessment by using soil structure modeling in Indonesia

supporting staff stay in the base where many advanced analytical equipments including LC/MS/MS and experimental facilities are

Education project on urban disaster mitigation in Bangkok

available. At the present collaborative research and educational activities have been more developed since this GCOE project started.

Education and research project on risk governance of water-related disasters in Asian megacities

Joint research projects include technological development for environmental preservation required in the areas around Shenzhen city,

Education and research project on tsunami and earthquake disaster risk management in Asian megacities

field surveys in the areas around Shenzhen city, and risk assessment and environmental management. Additionally, a wide range of

Implementation strategies for integrated disaster risk management in Asian hot-spot mega cities: Mumbai

research is conducted regarding themes set by individual faculty member:

Implementation strategies of disaster risk management in Asian megacities: focusing on Hanoi in Vietnam
Implementation strategies of disaster risk management in Asian megacities: focusing on Chinese megacities
Implementation strategies of disaster risk management in Asian megacities: focusing on Malaysian megacities
Strategy for disaster mitigation of buildings in Asian historic cities
Urban governance for conservation and regeneration of dwelling environments and townscape in Asian historic cities

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Shenzhen• Development of integrated water treatment technologies mainly using membrane treatment in the cities of southern China• Establishment of frameworks for reduction of greenhouse gas emission and hazardous substances risk management emitted
and discharged from the landfill sites in the Asia region• Risk assessment and management of environmental pollution in megacities

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Professor Shigeo Fujii

Singapore

Overseas base leader

Professor Eiichi Taniguchi■Hanoi Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam with a population of 6.2 million (including suburb■National University of Singapore (NUS) The National University of Singapore (NUS),

areas, as of 2007). As shown by its description in Chinese, 河内 or River Inside, the city

established in 1905, is one of the top 30 universities in the world today (ranking 30th in theis located in the delta of the Red River, which flows through the northern part of Vietnam. The

QS World University Rankings 2008), and the top five universities in Asia. As one of thecity is developing quickly and, at the same time, facing various types of problems related tolargest universities in Asia, having three campuses with 14 faculties and departments, theurbanization, such as water environment pollution, poor sanitary conditions, waste disposal

NUS proposes international education and research efforts with a focus on vision for experts

issues, air pollution, flooding, and traffic jams.

in Asia in line with the concept of this GCOE program. The university is well known for its■Hanoi University of Technology (HUT) The Hanoi University of Technology (HUT)
was founded in 1956 as the first national technical college in Vietnam and is located at thesouthern part of Hanoi. It consists of 14 faculties, seven research institutes and 18 centers,
and has a high reputation as one of the leading universities in Vietnam that offers almost all
fields of science and engineering. About 1,650 faculty members educate 40,000

strategic and robust research activities in the engineering field, and is also an active
participant in such international networks related to academia and research as the
Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and the International Alliance of Research
Universities (IARU). These networks further enhance the NUS's presence as a leading
university in the world.

undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students. The university has a high reputation particularly in the engineering fields, and■Kyoto University GCOE-NUS CMS Joint Research Center The Kyoto University

actively conducts research activities in addition to providing advanced education.

GCOE-NUS CMS Joint Research Center (JRC) is the base of cooperation between Kyoto■Kyoto University-Hanoi University of Technology Research and Education Program on Environment Studies In
December 2008, the Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Energy
Science and Graduate School of Informatics of Kyoto University, and the Hanoi Advanced School of Science and Technology, Instituteof Environmental Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology, and Institute of Heat Engineering and Refrigeration of theOverseas Bases

Overseas Bases

Hanoi

University and the NUS Center for Maritime Studies (CMS) in this GCOE program. The JRC
provides the infrastructure required for exchange between the researchers of both
universities. Faculty members, post-doctorates, and doctoral students of both universities
participate in the activities of the JRC.

Hanoi University of Technology established the Kyoto University-Hanoi University of Technology Research and Education Program on■Joint Research Projects The JRC conducts research focused on traffic and physicalEnvironment Studies. This program is the base of our GCOE program in Hanoi. The Hanoi base has an office and a laboratory in the

distribution, especially that focused on human security such as physical distribution systems that deal with responding to natural

Institute of Environmental Science and Technology and is preparing equipment that will allow for basic analyses and experiments. Two

disasters, transportation of hazardous substances, security issues related to transportation, traffic safety regarding physicalfaculty members from Kyoto University and a few local staff are stationed at this base.

distribution, and vehicle allocation with concern to the risks of residents. Joint seminars are also held regularly in Kyoto and Singapore

The base has already received students from Kyoto University through the internship program, and is currently conducting research fromto share experiences, ideas and the progress on researches. In addition, the JRC fosters human resources with strong technicalsuch various standpoints as aquatic environment, urban sanitation, waste, the atmosphere, architecture, climate change and disasterknowledge about human safety in connection to traffic and physical distribution, and prepares the publication of textbooks to share theirprevention, environmental governance and resident participatory environmental improvement using Hanoi and its periphery as researchknowledge with the world.

fields. These schools of Kyoto University also have agreements for research cooperation with the Vietnamese Academy of Science andTechnology Institute of Environmental Technology and the Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, both located in Hanoi, through which thebase plans to conduct aggressive research activities as a base in cooperation with these universities and/or other related universities
and organizations.

Bandung

Overseas base leader

Professor Toshifumi Matsuoka■Bandung Surrounded by mountains, Bandung is a comfortable city to live in with a cool

Bangkokclimate throughout the year. The city also has the characteristics of an educational city with

Overseas base leader

Professor Hiroyasu Ohtsu

many universities, and this makes it a particularly highly favored city in terms of botheducation and sightseeing. In the past, the city was widely known as■Bangkok The Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA) comprises Thailand's capital Bangkok
and its surrounding area. The Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) consists of the BMA andfive adjacent provinces. The population of the BMR is 9.64 million (as of 2004), and its area
is 7,758 km2 or 15.5% of the total area of Thailand. The BMA, which is the central area of
the BMR, has an area of 1,569 km2 and a concentration of urban functions, business
functions, industrial areas, and high density residential areas.

for■Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) is
located 180 km southwest of Jakarta in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung. The
government of the Netherlands, the colonial master of Indonesia in the early 20th century,
required many engineers and founded the ITB in 1920 (then, De Technical Hoogeschool [TH]).
At the time, there was only one department (de Faculteit van Technische Wetenschap) and■Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), one of

one faculty (de afdeling der Weg en Waterbouw). The university was renamed the ITB in 1959

the overseas cooperation bases of the GCOE program Global Center for Education andand became the first technical college in Indonesia. In 2000, it was approved as an

Research on Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities,

promotes innovative

incorporated institution by Act No. 155 enforced by the Indonesian government. This allowed

engineering and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region through higher

it to develop more than ever before as a university that promotes research. Today, it sets four

education and research activities. Since its establishment in 1959, the AIT has played a role

objectives: excellent education, intellectual contribution, industrial cooperation, andas a pioneering postgraduate educational institute in the Southeast Asia region and actively conducted joint research with public andcommunity activities.

private sector institutions in the region, as well as with some of the world s leading universities. Recognized as an international and

The ITB promotes the enhancement of technical capacity and sustainable development in themulticultural establishment, the AIT campus is located 40 km north ofPacific area of Asia through higher education, research and social activities. It focuses on

Bangkok. The internationality of the AIT is demonstrated in thechallenges that share the spirit of this GCOE program, such as internationalization,

following figures:

networking, and the development of the most advanced technologies, in addition to global• 2,000 students from more than 40 countries

challenges that reflect the socioeconomic situation of Indonesia.

• 15,000 graduates from more than 80 countries■Joint Research Projects Joint research projects with the ITB consist of research on human security related to energy in Jakarta• 23,000 short-term interns from more than 70 countries

and surrounding areas, including the effects of global warming, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies, disaster prevention,• 130 world-class faculty members from more than 20 countries

and data collection related to these themes. Indonesia is a disaster prone country where three tectonic plates collide, and an• 588 research staff from more than 30 countries

archipelagic country with the second longest coastline in the world. Although rich in natural resources, it has problems like volcanoes• More than 200 international joint research projects

and earthquakes. Research on natural resources and disasters, therefore, is very important in Indonesia. Human security problems■Joint Research Projects Through the GCOE program, we

related to energy are especially important in cities with an excessive population concentration, such as the capital Jakarta. The problem

currently collaborate with the AIT in conducting the research projects
shown in the figure on the right, mainly in the research field of urban
infrastructure management.

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its beauty.

of increased carbon dioxide emissions is also ever-more pronounced in Jakarta. Studies on the rise in sea level and the increased
Joint research projects with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)in the urban infrastructure management fieldoccurrence of natural disasters due to climate change, as well as on ways of coping with these, are important research issues.

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Overseas Bases

Mumbai

Overseas base leader

As a doctoral student

Professor Hirokazu Tatano■Mumbai Mumbai is the capital of the state of Maharashtra located on the west coast ofIndia. Combined with the adjacent cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, its population reaches 19

In this program, we will provide you practical and uniquemillion, making it one of the most populous urban areas in the world. Based on international

education and research experience of the highest quality infinancial flow, Mumbai is one of the top ten business districts in the world in which thehuman security engineering.

■Typical curriculumFirst year: mostly coursework and internship

headquarters of many financial institutions and Indian companies as well as the offices ofSecond year: internship and dissertation study

various multinational companies are based. It also has the characteristics of a harbor city

Third year: dissertation study

since its port handles over half the total maritime cargo of India.
Due to a rapid population increase that accompanies economic growth, Mumbai also has awide range of social problems, such as poverty, unemployment, poor medical services, and a■Entrance examination■Expected career after graduation

low standard of living and level of education. According to a census of 2001, 54% of theThis program will accept 20 students annually. The following

Staff of educational or research institutes such as

population live in slums, with over 1 million people concentrated in the Dharavi area, thestudents are eligible to apply.

universities or advanced practitioners in local/central

second largest slum in Asia.

a) Doctoral students who have entered the Graduate School ofgovernments or international organizations.

■KU-GCOE Mumbai Project The Mumbai office collaborates with the SPA (School of Planning and Architecture), whose
headquarters is located in New Delhi, to conduct research based on the two phases as shown in Phase 1 and Phase 2. In Phase 1, thecity of Mumbai, the SPA and Kyoto University cooperatively conduct integrated urban diagnoses of the city of Mumbai. The SPA andKyoto

University

jointly

analyzetheCourse

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Human Security

Engineering Advanced Course.

based on the analysis results obtained inc) Doctoral students of the Graduate School of Informatics who

Phase 1, and test them by putting them into

have submitted thepractice. We involve stakeholders who play a

Human Security Engineering Education

Program ‒ Course Application

part in the formation of a city in manyto the Director of Human

Security Engineering Field and were permitted to take thedevelopimplementable action plans and deploy them.

Engineering

mental Studies who have selected thePhase 2, we propose prescriptive policies

toand Architectural Engineering) and who were assigned to theb) Doctoral students of the Graduate School of Global Environ-feedback to Mumbai regarding its policies. In

attemptof Environmental Engineering, Department of Architectureengineering field.

laying emphasis on the process of providing

andEngineering, Department of Urban Management, Department

Integrated

vulnerability of the city to disasters whileworkshops,

Engineering (Department of Civil and Earth Resources

Phase1: Integrated urban diagnosis

Phase2：Development of Implementable action plancourse by the Director.
In general, you have to pass both of the entrance exam to

Kuala Lumpur

one of the four engineering departments (Civil and Earth

Overseas base leader

Professor Yoshihisa Shimizu

Resources Engineering, Urban Management, Environmental

Engineering,orArchitectureandArchitectural■Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (often abbreviated as KL) is the capital and the largest city

Engineering) or the Graduate School of the Global Environ-of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of 244km2, has an estimated population of 1.6

mental Studies organizing this program and this GCOE

million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban

program s own exam. In the latter exam, your project

agglomeration of 7.2 million. It is the fastest growing metropolitan region in the country, in

proposal is evaluated. Each department/graduate schoolterms of population as well as economy. The city is also the cultural and economic center ofhas an admission system for working students. Visit our

Malaysia.

website (http://hse.gcoe.kyoto-u.ac.jp) for more details.

■The University of Malaya The University of Malaya, the first university of the country, issituated on 309 hectare campus in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of
Malaysia. The University of Malaya was formed in October 1949 to help lay the foundations ofa new nation by producing a generation of skilled and educated men and women. The university
motto, "Ilmu Punca Kemajuan" (Knowledge is the Key to Success) reflects the philosophy of
the university in its constant endeavor to seek knowledge in all fields to produce successful

As a partnership institution,organization, and company

graduates and a successful nation.

■Promotion of Research and Educational Activities of Kyoto University in Malaysia

In this GCOE program, we will attempt to solve the problems in

Since Kyoto University and the University of Malaya have an intensive and long collaboration

human security in Asian megacities. For this purpose, yourthrough the JSPS-VCC (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science-Vice Chancellor Council inparticipation is essential, especially for successful key joint

Malaysia) Core University Program for almost 25 years, there has been a strong reason the

research projects (financial aid available), which are intended to

University of Malaya participates and has become one of the important overseas basetackle locally-oriented issues. Your participation will create

universities in Asia.

better access to the cutting-edge information on this new
discipline and the human resource pool of this program, andmore opportunities for future collaboration. Please contact HSE
Center (contact@hse.gcoe.kyoto-u.ac.jp) for more details.

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