For the development of the human society to be sustainable, it is necessary to carefully manage the benefits provided by the nature. We have therefore, by continuous efforts for a balanced coexistence with the nature, to ensure that the cost we put upon the natural environment is as small as possible. However, it sometimes happens that the nature itself imposes some huge stress onto the human society in the form of natural disasters, for which prevention and mitigation strategies have to be devised and implemented.In this domain, research and education activities are conducted in order to provide a solid basis in physical, biological, chemical and social sciences, so as to effectively deal with the challenging problems related to the conservation of the natural and the living environments, the prevention of natural disasters and the mitigation of their effects, as well as the sustainable use of natural resources and the development of appropriate technology to respond to these needs.
Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development
Protecting the natural as well as the life-sustaining environment which includes production activities by the human, and devising strategies for protecting the human society from the effects of natural disasters, are the main objectives of research and education in this domain. In order to realize this, the natural environmental system is monitored and analyzed with special attention to its manifold functionalities, while the mechanism of changes within it is investigated. Moreover, we are involved in research on the prediction of natural disasters, the response to them when they happen, the mitigation of their effects as well as the development of appropriate technologies to deal with them in terms of their management and mitigation.
Frontier Science in Environmental Studies
The major research focus of this course is to contribute to the building of a safe and sustainable society upon which coming generations can rely. Research and education encompass the following topics: 1) research and development about new sustainable materials as well as about the sustainable utilization of bioresources, taking into consideration the global environment, 2) planning, design and management of land, forest and water resources for use and development, in compatibility with the conservation and the restoration of the natural environment, and 3) using measurement and evaluation technology, development of fundamental theory and basic technology for life supporting systems with special concern to our load onto the global environment.
- Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development
- Frontier Science in Environmental Studies
Sustainable Materials Architecture
Both the natural environment and our living environment, comprizing forests, the suburbs, the countryside and the mountain areas, are always changing, and sometimes, disturbed by huge and sudden phenomena which in serious cases, are called natural disasters. In this field, we focus on environmental monitoring and analysis in order to understand the dynamics of such natural elements as vegetation, soil, atmosphere, water cycle and human life in the region. We are also studying about environmental dynamics and environmental conservation so as to establish theoretical basis for a sustainable scheme for mitigating natural hazards and for living within the limits of the dynamics of the natural environment
Regional Disaster Management
In this field, we study about "Knowing the regional environment", "Conserving the regional environment", "Using the regional environment" and "Protection from regional disaster". These topics are very important for maintenance and development of our safe and comfortable life. From the scientific point of view, we focus especially on such activities as Relief from natural disasters, Rescue, Natural environmental evaluation, restoration, maintenance and management, as well as on Natural environmental safeguard, in order to protect human lives and to enhance the natural recovery from desasters.
Geosciences and System Engineering
Our research and educational activities focus on providing a commendable theoretical knowledge in fundamental natural sciences and the applied technology needed to comprehensively and holistically analyze and utilize the earth environment and its resources, with special attention to the use of scientific analytical approach and system engineering in earth environmental science. In the field of Geosciences, a solid basis in atmospheric science, GIS, oceanography, hydrology, forestry, soil science, geology, natural disaster science, etc.., is provided in order to scientifically deal with the problem of environment conservation and disaster mitigation. In the field of Sytstem Engineering, information about the natural, social and industrial environment is collected and analyzed in order to devise safe conditions for the biological, the living, as well as the industrial environments needed for bettering human life.
Sustainable Materials Architecture
This field is intended to achieve sustainable and successive utilization of lignocellulosics from composites to molecular levels, covering education and research on basic properties of wooden materials, design of wooden structures, habitability of wooden space, functionality control of cell wall composites, design of functionality controllable molecules and composites, cascade type utilization of lignocellulosic components.
Adaptive Watershed Management
This field intends to conduct education and research on the planning, design and management for land, forest and water resources use and development with special consideration to the conservation and the restoration of the natural environment. Our education and research topics deal with the means for the valid integration of the development techniques having to do with social and natural science such as watershed environment evaluation, ecosystem management, innovation of environmental facilities and safe space, so as to achieve a development with sound harmony between the human life and the natural environment conservation.
Environmental Information and Systems Design
This field aims at studying theory and generic technology concerning the creation of systems that support life activities, in order to maintain the coexistence between humans and other living creatures, and sustainable development. Concretely, we deals with the development of biomaterials, energy utilization of bioresources, improvement of energy efficiency of plant factories, automation of working vehicles, based on measurement and evaluation technologies of environmental information and considering the load to earth environment.
