Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Fall Semester Year 2026	363654	Ecology and Disaster	1	3.0	3	★	Chi-Feng Chen	GCDPE	1	0	上限20人/土木館308

Course Plan：

Instructor	Chi-Feng Chen　Office Hours
Email	cfchen@ntut.edu.tw
Last Updated	2026-06-04 11:59:11
Course Objective	Disaster is divided to natural and anthropogenic disaster. Either natural or anthropogenic disaster damage can be minimized by proper management, including pre- and post- management. Learning from the history, several disasters have been identified and more and more technologies have been developed to mitigate the possible disasters. In this course, natural disasters are focus because it is more difficult to predict and prevent. With the changing environment and climate, the intensity and frequency of natural disasters become more strong and unpredictable; therefore, the disaster management is very important. Real cases for different types of disaster will be chosen and discussed in this course. Facing these disasters, what we can do and how we can prepare is a survival issue. Through the comprehensive discussion, the students are expected to learn the structural and nonstructural solutions for the various disasters. Especially, the solutions are focus on ecological engineering and environmental friendly methods. A new and widely accepted idea, natural-based solutions (NBS) or ecosystem-based approaches, is increasingly applied to disaster management and will be discussed in this course.
Course Schedule	draft schedule ( it might be revised in the semester) Week 1　Introduction Week 2　Disaster types and current states Week 3-4　Disaster management Week 5　Impacts and adaption of flood disaster Week 6　Impacts and adaption of drought disaster Week 7-8　Impacts and adaption of climate change Week 9 midterm exam Week 10-11 natural-based solutions and ecological approaches on disaster management Week 12-14　case study-short report Week 15-16　case study- group discussion and report Week 17-18 Flexible learning weeks
Evaluation and grading policy	Attendance 20% Midterm exam 20% Short report 20% Group report 40%
Materials	All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Foreign-language textbooks:Yes ppt materials will be provided. But all the students will be assigned reading materials from the book: Ecosystem-Based Disaster and Climate Resilience: Integration of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Sustainable Development. 2021. Edit by Mukherjee, M., and Shaw, R., Springer. ISBN 978-981-16-4815-1 (eBook). Nature-based Solutions to address global societal challenges. 2016. Editors: E Cohen-Shacham, G Walters, C Janzen, S Maginnis. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). ISBN: 978-2-8317-1812-5.
The access to curricular consultation	If you have any questions on the class, you can email to me: cfchen@ntut.edu.tw. Or you can find me in my office hours. My office is 301 in the building of civil engineering.
Expanding teaching and resources	● 參與式創新教學 (Participatory & Innovative Teaching) 強調學生參與與產出，導入翻轉、PBL/專題、設計思考或遊戲化等策略。 Emphasizes student engagement and outcomes by adopting strategies such as Flipped Classroom, PBL (Problem/Project- Based Learning), Design Thinking, or Gamification.
The course corresponds to the SDGs	SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education） SDG9：產業創新與基礎設施（Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure） SDG11：永續城市與社區（Sustainable Cities and Communities） SDG13：氣候行動（Climate Action）
Does the course incorporate AI	● 鼓勵學生使用生成式AI工具（Encourage students to use generative AI tools）
Note	Classroom discussions will be conducted during the flexible teaching period in Weeks 17-18. I. Category: Student group practical work and discussion II. Content: (1) Week 17: Each group will present their final topic reports, followed by a whole-class Q&A and discussion session. (2) Week 18: Each group will synthesize a response presentation. III. Total Hours: 6 hours in total. IV. Learning Outcomes: The synthesized response presentation must be submitted during class in Week 18. V. Assessment Weighting: Will be factored into both the attendance score and the final project grade.