2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Special Lecture on Urban and Community Design II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Junko Sanada
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Fri (Zoom)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.D411
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course gives an overview of planning of rural area development as agricultural village and fisher town. The development of these area is in beginning against background of the depopulation, so it is not until fixed theory. And it needs multi view point as commerce, environment, tourism, etc. You must think with own words and share other students’ idea. So lesson is based on group work.
This course has an aim. It is to be able to think rural development with multi view point.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Think about rural development with multi view point.
Keywords
Rural development, depopulation, agriculture, tourism, environment
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course has two topics. The first topic is view from rural area, and the other is from political view. Each topic is composed by the lesson that gives knowledge and students’ research, and discussion or workshop.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | Know outline of rural development |
| Class 2 | Case study of rural development and its examination | Know the importance of having multi view point |
| Class 3 | Case study of rural development in foreign country and its examination | Know advanced case |
| Class 4 | Case research and discussion | Think rural development with multi view point |
| Class 5 | Case research and discussion | Think rural development with multi view point |
| Class 6 | Politics on rural development | Get political knowledge about rural development |
| Class 7 | Discussion about rural development system | Think politically about rural development |
| Class 8 | Propose new rural development plan | Think materially about rural development |
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)
none riquested.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
none riquested.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Report 30%, discussion 70%
Related courses
- UDE.D407 ： Special Lecture on Urban and Community Design Ⅰ
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge on rural development