Course title
地域環境工学Ⅲ   [Rural and environmental engineeringⅢ]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 05tc0103
Instructor(s)
福田 信二   [FUKUDA Shinji]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office 3-311  Email address

Course description
Harmonizing agriculture with natural environment and ecosystems is a vital step to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). For this purpose, it is necessary to understand agricultural production in relation to environmental conditions, agro-ecosystems, and its hierarchical structures at multiple spatio-temporal scales. This lecture aims to provide basic information for the conservation and sustainable management of water environment including rivers, streams and agricultural canals based on some guidelines published by the Japanese government. Advanced techniques for sensing, monitoring and numerical simulations will also be introduced.
Expected Learning
Students are expected to learn:
-historical development of irrigation and drainage systems and issues in management/planning in near future
-structure of agricultural and rural environment at multiple scales,
-guidelines for river works and farmland consolidation for improved agricultural production in harmony with nature, and
-advanced ecohydraulic monitoring and modelling as well as assessment based on such information.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy:
See the Curriculum maps. (URL: https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
1. Introduction
2. Diversity of irrigation and drainage in the world
3. Historical development of irrigation and drainage in Japan
4. Case studies in Japan
5. Water cycle and water resources
6. Rivers
7. Dams and reservoirs
8. Irrigation planning
9. Headworks and channel networks
10. Riverine environment and fishes
11. Water resources management (presentation)
12. Physical habitat assessment
13. Biodiversity information
14. Data-driven modelling
15. Agriculture-Water-Ecosystems (presentation)
Prerequisites
In addition to 30 hours of lecture time, students will learn lecture materials, international journal publications, reports issued by international organizations, and reference books to conduct self-learning before and after the class.
Required Text(s) and Materials
Provided in the lecture
References
Provided in the lecture
Assessment/Grading
Based on learning attitude, discussion and presentation in class, and report assigned in the lecture.
Message from instructor(s)
Ecohydraulics is a fantastic topic to learn!
Course keywords
ecohydraulics, water resources, irrigation and drainage systems, aquatic ecosystems, mathematical model
Office hours
Make an appointment with e-mail in advance.
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
http://shinjifukuda-medaka.com/en
Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
3/5/2021 3:12:24 PM