Form and express personal opinions about a topic related to urban planning presented at the beginning of class.
(1)To understand the city and regional planning in various contexts and from different points of view such as technology, culture, law, and economics as well as in its temporal expansions such as history and life cycle, and to be able to explain the city and regional planning methods.
(2)Actively participate in workshops and study trips and be able to make flexible, theoretical and practical propositions for today’s urban spaces issues.
(3)To consider the natural coexistence of human and environment.
To achieve these goals, students are required to do the following self-study outside of classes:
1) Organize urban issues.
2) Choose a nearby city and examine its regional characteristics and desired image.
3) Organize problems in land use.
4) Organize problems in urban transportation and consider improvement measures.
Outline:
This course will be developed by faculty members from Japan and abroad who have worked in architectural and construction companies in Japan and in overseas. The course will cover essential topics of city and regional planning from early theories to newly established theories. The course will explain the contents from architectural and civil engineering perspectives. Students from civil engineering and architecture departments are required to be able to have a comprehensive understanding about city and regional planning and view urban spaces from planning point of view. A few topics will be presented by specialist invited guests.
The course encourages students' participation in group discussions on each topic as well as the final group presentation.
Style:
The lectures focus on the textbook and lecture notes that summarize the main points of the book.
Notice:
Students are expected to have basic ideas of the city and regional planning and to understand the background of the problems in modern cities. Students are expected to attend every class, take short quizes from previous lectures, and ask questions during classes or use Q and A online forms.This course requires 90 hours of self-study time to do preliminary reviews, reviews, and assignments. Evaluation consist of 60% in class participation such as discussions and short-tests, and group presentation and 40% final examination. Students who miss 1/3 or more of classes will not be eligible for evaluation.
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Theme |
Goals |
| 1st Semester |
| 1st Quarter |
| 1st |
Introduction to Urban Planning
Aims of the course and assignment explanation
Definition and Scope of Urban Planning
Historical Evolution of Urban Planning
Ancient Cities and Walled Cities
Evolution of Walled Cities
Urban Planning Strategies in Ancient Civilizations |
to understand the definition of different scales of settlements and progress of cities
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| 2nd |
Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Modern Cities
Impact of Industrialization on Urbanization
Changes in Urban Planning Approaches
Suburbs, Slums and Ghettos |
to understand impact of industrialization on formation of cities
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| 3rd |
Theories and Models of Urban Development
Classical and Contemporary Urban Planning Theories
Models of Urban Growth and Development
Garden cities, new town, beautiful town |
to understand basic theories of modern urban and city development in Japan.
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| 4th |
Radical urban planning: Haussmannization
Citizen movements: Jane Jacobs, birth and death of modern city, citizen driven planning
Machizukuri movement in Japan |
to understand global cities from modern era perspective
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| 5th |
Redevelopment planning
Japanese city development plans
Staion neighborhood based redevelopment, Himeji, Akashi |
to undertand Japanese contemporary city development.
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| 6th |
Urban Planning Policies and Regulations
Zoning and Land Use Planning
Affordable Housing Policies
Environmental Planning and Regulations |
to understand land use and housing policies
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| 7th |
Transportation Planning
Regional Planning and Mega City
Issues of urban transportation
TOD, TND, TDM |
to understand city planning and transportation development
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| 8th |
mid-term examination |
review the lectured topics
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| 2nd Quarter |
| 9th |
Urban and regional planning for social life- Jahn Gehl
Definition of public, private, semi-public spaces, methods of enhancing public life and heirarchy of spaces (woonerf, mixed use streets, non-stop pedestrian design) |
to understand impact of city planning on social life
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| 10th |
Post modern city
Justice and equity in urban planning and design
Universal urban planning and design
Non-excludability and Non-competitiveness Inclusive cities |
to understand inclusivity in city planning
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| 11th |
New urbanism: Definition and examples
Compact city, X minutes city, Post pandemic city |
to understand contemporary strategies of city planning and develpopment from global perspective
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| 12th |
Bousai and disaster recovery planning
Case study of Japan and the USA |
to understand impact of disaster in city planning
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| 13th |
Sustainable Urban Development
Principles of Sustainable Urbanism and Green Cities
Green Infrastructure and Eco-City Concepts, nature-based solutions |
to understand sustainability in city planning
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| 14th |
Smart Cities-Technology and Sustainability
Data driven city planning
Future cities |
to understand smart cities
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| 15th |
Issues in contemporary urban planning and design
Shrinking populations
Over population
Impoversihed communities
Climate change |
to understand contemporary city issues.
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| 16th |
Final Examination |
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