To high school students
Characteristics of environmental and urban areas course
It trains technicians supporting dynamic cities that are resistant to hazards whilst protecting the earth's environment and the local environment. It has the following characteristics.
- Varied curriculum thought to be needed in order to construct cities which are resilient against catastrophes and kind to the environment
- Wide ranging places of employment such as national, prefectural and city offices (public servant), road/rail companies, electric/gas/communications companies, consultancy companies, construction companies, etc. making use of the things learnt (the strength of over 100 years' history)
- Valuable qualification in construction: fast-track for attaining important qualifications such as in engineering (construction, water and sewer services), registered surveyor, construction management engineers (it's been certified by JABEE and the standard as an engineer has been internationally guaranteed).
＊Category classification: environmental city engineering, civil engineering，city engineering, construction engineering, maintenance management engineering
Let's look at the above curriculum, employment place and qualification in the following table along with the photos of the facilities.
【Explanation of road space maintenance in Table 1】
Management of the road is conducted by the road maintenance team or road construction team mainly if they are prefectural roads. Business includes all city's road planning, construction, maintenance repairs, measures against accidents, measures for congestion, opinion survey, roadside environmental measures, etc. These businesses are implemented in collaboration with planning design companies (consultant companies), construction companies, university research facilities, etc. Many graduates are involved in related work including the city office.
The main social infrastructure facilities,
content of work, place of employment, qualifications, etc.
that the graduates are linked with
| Table 1 | Photos of related social infrastructure facilities | Main work | Main management roles, maintenance, order receiving and corporating facilities | Main related fields | Main qualifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavement space installation |  |
Conductor planning, safety measures, routes for school commuting, cycle route planning, resident satisfaction survey, design, construction, maintenance repairs (there are 2500km of roads in Aichi prefecture) |
・ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism（road construction section / maintenance section） ・ City offices, etc. ・ Consultant companies ・ Construction companies ・ University research facilities |
City planning Transportation planning studies Geotechnology Building material science |
Main qualifications required in receiving orders, designing and execution management, etc. are registered surveyor, engineering (construction department) etc. |
| Road space maintenance |  |
Road network planning, construction, maintenance repairs, measures against accidents, measures against congestion, opinion survey, roadside environmental measures (Road distance in Aichi prefecture is approximately 4500km) | ・Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ・ Prefecture (city planning department road construction / maintenance section) ・ City office ・ Consultancy companies ・ Construction companies ・ University research facilities |
Traffic engineering Geotechnology Construction material science |
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| Motorway maintenance |  |
Road network planning, construction, maintenance repairs, accident measures, congestion measures, opinion surveys and road network planning | ・Road companies： Central Nippon Expressway , Nagoya expressway companies, etc., ・Construction company ・Railway companies ・University research facility |
Construction engineering Concrete construction studies Geotechnology Transportation planning studies |
Note 1) Public facilities such as pavement / road / park / underground rails, etc. are planned, managed and operated by administration (country, prefecture, city office, etc.).
Note 2) National qualifications governing the architecture in this photo include civil engineering management technician as well as technicians (construction department). These architectural buildings cannot be made with an architect's qualification. The qualification of an engineer (construction department) covers a wide range including｛soil quality and foundation, steel construction and concrete, city and regional planning, river, sand banks and erosion control and coast / sea, ports and airports, power civil engineering, road / road planning, rail / rail planning, tunnel, construction environment). In the construction business and construction consultant business, there is particularly high evaluation in respect of technicians and it is the most common, with around a half of those in the 12 subjects holding the qualification.
| Table 2 | Photos of related social infrastructure facilities | Main work | Main management roles, maintenance, order receiving and collaborating facilities | Main related fields | Main qualifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Railway maintenance |  |
Railway network planning, town planning, construction of railway lines and stations, etc., linear development. Even just in the Tokai area there are rails and bridges amounting to more than 2400km, maintenance management and operation of more than 700 station terminal facilities. (Rail distance of 2400 km is quite a distance even relative to the longitudinal distance of Japan of 3000km or the distance between Nagoya and Osaka of 200km). | ・Country ・Prefecture ・City traffic office ・ＪＲoffices ・ Each rail, etc. ・ Consultancy companies ・ Construction companies ・ University research facility |
Structural engineering Geotechnology Concrete structural studies Traffic systems engineering |
Registered surveyor, engineers (construction department) etc. |
| Park shelter |  |
Small space maintenance, shelter planning, ecology conservation, event planning | ・Prefecture (park section) ・City office, etc. ・Consultancy company ・Construction company ・University research facility |
City planning Conservation ecology Geotechnology |
Registered surveyor, technician, etc. |
| Maintenance of river bridge |  |
Measures against river floods, supply of drinking water, hydrophilic space maintenance (723 rivers in the central region, total length 5084 km) Bridge: Vibration proof design, estimate of traffic demand, construction, maintenance repairs (there are around 4000 bridges in Aichi prefecture) | ・Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ・Prefecture（river section, water and sewer service section / road construction section） ・City office bridge companies ・Construction company ・University research facility |
Environmental water science River engineering Earthquake resistant engineering Construction materials Bridge engineering Geotechnology Transportation planning studies |
Technician (Construction department, water and sewer systems department) |
| Table 3 | Photos of related social infrastructure facilities | Main work | Main management roles, maintenance, order receiving and collaborating facilities | Main related fields | Main qualifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance of port and airport |  |
Port maintenance Wide area distribution planning Safety measures Storm surge tsunami measures Airport maintenance Operations management |
・Country ・Prefecture ・Nagoya port management association ・Airport company ・Construction company ・University research facility |
Coastal engineering Geotechnology Concrete structure studies Traffic systems engineering Risk engineering |
The main qualification which becomes required in receiving the order, consulting, designing and execution management, etc. in these fields are registered surveyor or technicians (construction department), etc. |
| Liquefied natural gas tank and pipelines |  |
Gas energy supply base planning and construction / operation Maintenance management Recovery when there are catastrophes Business / management（Toho Gas Co., Ltd. Has five factories, 12 suppliers and around 26000km of conduction tubes） | ・Gas company such as Toho Gas Co.,Ltd. ・Construction company ・Iron and steel company |
Structural engineering Geotechnology Risk engineering Concrete structure studied | |
| Dam maintenance |  |
Flood control, supply of drinking water and water for farm work, hydroelectric power, construction, maintenance management (Within the central electrical tubes, there are 182 hydroelectric power locations, 11 locations for thermal power generation, one place of nuclear power generation and 12,212km of power lines and 937 substations). | ・Country ・Prefecture ・Electric company ・Construction company ・University research facility |
Concrete structure studies Hydroengineering Geotechnology City planning |
If you want to know more!
- If you want to know more about the link between the curriculum and the constructions, see Subject instructions
- Want to know about the things learnt in the four-year university life through pictures and illustrations → Into a four-year university life4
- If you want to know more about the qualifications or details of work in employment, see Introduction to employment places
- If you want to know the details of research of the teaching staff or about the open campus→Research
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