Disaster Management Policy Program: Master's Programs (International Programs) -- Prospective Students

Master's Programs (International Programs)

Disaster Management Policy Program

Natural disasters cause crippling economic losses and human tragedy and hamper development, particularly in developing countries, where many people reside in buildings and areas that are vulnerable to natural disasters. To reduce the effects of natural disasters, and human losses in particular, proactive disaster risk management should be promoted in multi-disciplinary ways. To meet this need, disaster management experts must be cultivated through professional education and training so that they may develop and then apply suitable disaster management policies and techniques in line with local conditions.
To enhance the capacity of professionals in developing countries to cope with natural disasters, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) offers a master's degree program in Disaster Management Policy. This program is offered jointly with the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE) of the Building Research Institute (BRI); the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) of the Public Works Research Institute (PWRI); and
the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This program is administered as a JICA training program under official development assistance from the government of Japan.

Target Group

Technical officials, engineers, or researchers in the fields of earthquakes, tsunamis, water-related disasters, and disaster risk-management policy in developing countries

Program Design

The program is designed so that students
Acquire knowledge in seismology, earthquake engineering, tsunami disaster mitigation, and water-related disasters, as well as basic knowledge necessary for disaster risk management; learn theories on which disaster management policies are based while studying Japanese policies and systems; and cultivate the capability to use a problem-solving approach to develop concrete technologies and policies in line with local conditions.

Earthquake Disaster Mitigation & Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Curriculum 2011/2012 (as of October 2011)

https://gast.grips.ac.jp/syllabus/
Category	Course Name	Instructor
I Required Courses	Individual Study
II Recommended Courses	Disaster Mitigation Policy	Morichi
	Disaster Risk Management	Okazaki
	Earthquake Hazard Assessment	Saito
	Earthquake Risk Assessment	Kashima
	Disaster Mitigation and Development Assistance	Ando
	Tsunami Hazard Assessment	Shibazaki
	Tsunami Countermeasures	Fujii
III Elective Courses	Earthquake Phenomenology	Hurukawa
	Characteristics of Earthquake Disasters	Yokoi
	Earthquake Circumstance	Shibazaki
	Information Technology Related with Earthquakes and Disasters	Hara
	Structural Analysis	Saito
	Structural Dynamics	Okawa
	Seismic Design	Ishihara
	Seismic Evaluation and Retrofitting	Fukuyama
	Theory of Tsunami	Fujii
	Case Study (Practice for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Policy I)	Saito
	Case Study (Practice for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Policy II)	Morita
	Case Study (Practice for Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Policy III)	Kashima
	Case Study (Practice for Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Policy)	Hara
	Selected Topics in Policy Studies I -IV

Water-related Disaster Management Curriculum 2011/2012 (as of October 2011)

https://gast.grips.ac.jp/syllabus/
Category	Course Title	Instructor
I Required Courses	Individual Study
II Recommended Courses	Disaster Mitigation Policy	Morichi
	Disaster Risk Management	Okazaki
	Basic Hydrology	Jayawardena
	Hydraulics	Huang
	Basic Concepts of Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM)	Takeuchi
	Urban Flood Management and Flood Hazard Mapping	Tanaka
	Advanced Hydrology	Jayawardena
	Flood Hydraulics and Sediment Transport	Fukuoka
	Mechanics of Sediment Transportation and Channel Changes	Egashira
	Sustainable Reservoir Development & Management	Matsumoto
	Control Measures for Landslide & Debris Flow	Ikeya
III Elective Courses	Computer Programming	Sayama
	Practice on Local Disaster Management Plan	Tanaka
	Practices in Hydraulics	Yorozuya
	Practice on Advanced Hydrology	Jayawardena
	Practice on Flood Hazard Modeling & Flood Forecasting	Fukami
	Site Visit of Water-related Disaster Management Practice in Japan	Tanaka
	Selected Topics in Policy Studies I -IV

Career Destinations

Graduates from this program are expected to hold key positions in disaster risk management. They typically work as engineers, seismologists, meteorologists, researchers, or lecturers. To name a few of the successful alumni from this program:
• Head of Hazard and Risk Department, Seismic monitoring center of Georgia (Georgia, 2006)
• Seismologist, National Seismological Center (Indonesia, 2007)
• Researcher/professor, Geoscientific Research Center, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua(CIGEO-UNAN/Managua) (Nicaragua, 2008)

Origin and Affiliation of Students (as of April 2011)

Country	Typical Affiliation
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Water Development Board
China	China Earthquake Administration; Earthquake Administration (Hubei); Institute of Engineering Mechanics; Dam safety management department/Nanjing Hydraulic research Institute; Jiangsu Water Conservancy Research Institute
Colombia	Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM)
El Salvador	Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas; University of El Salvador
Guatemala	National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED)
Indonesia	Ministry of Public Works; Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG)
Jamaica	University of the West Indies
Malaysia	Malaysian Meteorological Department
Myanmar	Ministry of Transport; Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
Nepal	Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention
Nicaragua	Geoscientific Research Center (CIGIO/UNAN)
Pakistan	Pakistan Meteorological Department
Peru	Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP)
Philippines	Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
Turkey	Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency

Recent Theses

•Locating Long Period Events and tremor Beneath Galeras Volcano Using Seismic Amplitudes - Stochastic Approach
•Shear Behavior of Multi-Story Reinforced Concrete Walls with Openings
•Water Level Prediction in Nan River, Thailand Using Wavelet Neural Network
•The Review of the Strong Ground Motion Observation in Malaysia and Proposing Improvement Based on the Importance of the Long Period Ground Motion
•Earthquake Source Parameters for Subduction Zone Events Causing Tsunamis in and Around the Philippines
•Prediction of Reinforced Masonry Wall Behavior by Simple Model Analysis and Finite Element Analysis
•Effects of Sampling Disturbance on Dynamic Properties of Saturated Sands
•Flood Characteristics Analysis for Seven Hydrological Regions of Bangladesh
•Homogeneity and Trend Analysis of Temperature for Urban And Rural Areas
•Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Rainfall Forecasting in Fuzhou City

top

Disaster Management Policy Program in brief

Fosters disaster risk management experts in developing countries

Program Director
Professor Kenji Okazaki

Degree Offered
Master of Disaster Management

Language of Instruction
English

Time Schedule
Program duration...1 year
Enrollment...October
Graduation...September

Application Deadline
June

Application Result Notification
July

How to Apply
click here

class