Report on the UNESCO Chair 2019 field school on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction in Shimane University, Japan

Abstract

Abstract On 14–18 March 2019, the UNESCO Chair 2019 Field School on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction has been held in Shimane University, Japan. The field school comprised two-day field work and three-day academic lectures. Thirty three graduate students from China, Italy, Nepal, Indonesia, France, and Japan participated, and 14 visiting professors from China, Italy, Czech Republic, Belgium, France, Russia, Indonesia and Japan were invited to give academic lectures on the topic of geoenvironmental disasters reduction.

Keywords

• Field school
• Training course
• UNESCO chair
• Geo-disaster reduction