Course title | |||||
森林計画学 [Forest Planning] | |||||
Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
Department | Year | 2~ | Semester | Fall | |
Course type | Fall | Course code | 01RN2216 | ||
Instructor(s) | |||||
加用 千裕 [KAYO Chihiro] | |||||
Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | Email address |
Course description |
Theme: This course will introduce a systematic learning approach, through forest planning studies, to address various issues in forest. It will provide a broad overview of the historical evolution of this field from its earliest days to the present, a methodological and technological approach to problem solving, some specific issues (such as global warming and sustainable forest management), and some academic-related fields (such as forest and tree mensuration). Goal: Forest planning (studies) is important in dealing effectively with problems surrounding forest. Therefore, the goal of these lectures is to establish a philosophy of forest planning (studies) capable of offering concrete solutions, gain deeper insight into forest and tree mensuration techniques and research data analysis methodology, and provide assistance in preparing the BA or MA thesis. |
Expected Learning |
(1)A clear understanding of the transition from the (old) forest management studies to the (present) forest planning studies, and new challenges facing the latter. (2)A clear understanding of the forest planning system in Japan. (3)A clear understanding of the solutions forest planning (studies) can provide to specific issues (such as global warming and sustainable forest management). (4)A clear understanding of analysis methodology of forest research data, and forest mensuration techniques. |
Course schedule |
Part 1 Guidance and class work presentation Part 2-3 Structure of forest planning studies Part 4 Spatio-temporal scales in forest planning studies Part 5 Global warming countermeasures and forest planning Part 6 Sustainable forest management and forest certification Part 7 Midterm examination Part 8 Forest products industry and supply and demand of wood Part 9-10 Life cycle assessment (LCA) Part 11-12 Forest and forestry management Part 13-14 Forest mensuration studies Part 15 Final examination |
Prerequisites |
None. |
Required Text(s) and Materials |
The course material will be distributed in class. |
References |
Assessment/Grading |
Quiz (20%),midterm examination (40%), final examination (40%) |
Message from instructor(s) |
I hope that these lectures can help students understand the importance of analyzing and examining the various problems surrounding forest from the standpoint of forest planning studies. |
Course keywords |
Forest planning, global warming, sustainable forest management, LCA, forest management studies, forest mensuration studies |
Office hours |
For questions or comments, please contact the following email address: kayoc@cc.tuat.ac.jp |
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Lecture Language |
Japanese |
Language Subject |
Last update |
3/14/2018 10:55:01 AM |