2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Urban Land Use Planning
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Norihiro Nakai
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-4 Wed (W936)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.P304
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Buildings are fundamental elements of cities and various building activities form the ciry. Urban planning is a way to control those building acitivities and its purpose is to promote the progress of the city by coordinating buildings with other urban elements. This course explains basic elements that constitute urban planning and provides technical methods of urban planning and their backgrounds and meanings.
This course is intended for students of architectural course to understand basic minimum knowledge on urban planning.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) understand minimum required knowledge of urban planning for students for architectural profession
2) understand minimum required knowledge of land use control for students for architecural design
3) understand detailed methods of land use planning
Keywords
Urban Planning, Land Use Control, Development Control, Building Control, Land Use Planning
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course will be provided by lecture, but there will be exercise problems occasionally within the class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Current situation relating to cities and city planning | Understand the current situation relating to Japanese cities |
| Class 2 | Overall structure of urban planning system | Understand the overall structure of Japanese urban planning system |
| Class 3 | Land use control 1: Theory | Understand the land use control system in Japan |
| Class 4 | Land use control 2: Development control | Understand the land use control system in Japan |
| Class 5 | Land use control 3: Zoning and building control | Understand the land use control system in Japan |
| Class 6 | Neighborhood planning | Understand the land use control system in Japan |
| Class 7 | Open space planning | Understand the planning theory of open spaces |
| Class 8 | Historic conservation and landscape planning | Understand the meaning and methods of historic conservation; Understand the relationship between individual building design and streetscape, Understand the significance of design control |
| Class 9 | Urban development and redevelopment | Understand the defenition and methods of land readjustment project and urban redevelopment project |
| Class 10 | Planning of residential areas and commercial areas | Understand the methods of residential area planning; Understand the methods of commercial area planning |
| Class 11 | Masterplan | Understand the definition, requirements and actual practice of masterplan |
| Class 12 | Survey and analysis for land use planning | Understand the basic knowledge of various survey methods and analysis relating to urban planning |
| Class 13 | Planning and tourism 1 | Understand tourism planning methods |
| Class 14 | Planning and tourism 2 | Understand tourism planning methods |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Original text material will be uploaded to the OCW
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Aeba, Shin. Kato, Hitomi. and others, Urban Planning for First-time Learners, Tokyo: Ichigaya Shuppan Sha
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' knowledge of basic terms and thoughts of urban planning and the level of understanding as to how to plan the city will be assessed.
Final examination (80%) and occasional exercises (20%)
Related courses
- ARC.P305 ： National and City Planning
Prerequisites
None