2024 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)
- Kei Sakamura
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-4 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.P304
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 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 and exercise, but there will be simple assignments 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 | Zoning and building control | Understand the land use control system in Japan |
| Class 4 | Neighborhood planning | Understand the land use control system in Japan |
| Class 5 | Urban development and redevelopment | Understand the land use control system in Japan |
| Class 6 | Challenges and Prospects of the Urban Planning System | Understand the land use control system in Japan |
| Class 7 | Exercise (１－１) Walking around central Tokyo | Understanding the current situation and issues in the city center |
| Class 8 | Exercise (１－１)Walking around central Tokyo | Understanding the current situation and issues in the city center |
| Class 9 | Exercise (１－２)Discussing urban development in central Tokyo | Discuss current conditions and issues in the city center |
| Class 10 | Exercise (１－２)Discussing urban development in central Tokyo | Discuss current conditions and issues in the city center |
| Class 11 | Exercise (２－１)Watershed Town Walk | Understanding the current status of land use from a watershed perspective |
| Class 12 | Exercise (２－１)Watershed Town Walk | Understanding the current status of land use from a watershed perspective |
| Class 13 | Exercise (２－２)Considering land use by watershed unit | Discuss the direction of land use in terms of the watershed concept |
| Class 14 | Exercise (２－２)Considering land use by watershed unit | Discuss the direction of land use in terms of the watershed concept |
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
Presentations and reports on exercises
Related courses
- ARC.P305 ： National and City Planning
Prerequisites
None