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kyoto university
global COE program

Urban Human Security Eegineering

photo1 "Urban Human Security Engineering" is defined as a system of technologies (techniques) for designing and managing cities that enable their inhabitants to live under better public health conditions, and also live free from potential threats of large-scale disasters and environmental destruction. For establishing this discipline, four existing fields, i.e. urban governance, urban infrastructure management, health risk management, and disaster risk management, are integrated into one discipline. The program of the symposium will include four research fields which Human Security Engineering consists of.