2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Topics of Sustainable urban and rural areas
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Junko Sanada
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.D404
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course aims to understand the essence of landscape, and based on this understanding, to find the ideal stance of people, society and system.
Course description and aims
1. Understanding the relationship between landscape and life
2. Understanding some factor for landscape
Keywords
landscape, life, sustainability, rural landscape
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The first half is for the first aim, and the second half is for the other aim. First and last lectures are discussion.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Landscape and rural area | Understanding of the relationship of landscape and rural area |
| Class 2 | Landscape, environment and policy | Review of our life from the view point of landscape |
| Class 3 | Landscape, local food and local identity | Review of sustainability from the view point of landscape |
| Class 4 | modernization and agriculture, rural villages | Review of history of rural area |
| Class 5 | city and agriculture | Review of the relationship between city and rural area |
| Class 6 | sustainable rural development | Research and discussion about the way to the sustainable future |
| Class 7 | report presentation and discussion | Research some case and discussion |
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)
Fukei wo tsukuru gohan, Nobunkyo, 2023
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None required.
Evaluation methods and criteria
quizzes 20%, discussion in class 20%, Report 60%
Related courses
- Fundamental Theories on View and Value
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about landscape
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
sanada.j.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp