2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
City/Transport Planning and the Environment
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Yasunori Muromachi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Mon
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.P404
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Following introduction, this course focuses on air pollution, global warming, noise and other elements of the environment which city/transport planning should cover. Theoretical issues such as externality and public goods as well as practical concerns such as EIA are also discussed.
Course description and aims
The objective is to understand mechanism of and possible policy measures for environmental issues in city/transport planning sector.
Keywords
Urban planning, Transport planning, Environment, Climate change
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | General perspective on environmental issues in city/transport planning | Overviewing general perspective on environmental issues in city/transport planning |
| Class 2 | Mechanism of air pollution | Understanding mechanism of air pollution |
| Class 3 | Measures for air pollution | Reviewing measures for air pollution |
| Class 4 | Impact of climate change | Understanding impact of climate change |
| Class 5 | Measures for climate change | Reviewing measures for climate change |
| Class 6 | Noise and other pollution | Understanding noise and other pollution |
| Class 7 | Basics of environmental economics | Understanding basics of environmental economics |
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
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
The 1st report on power train and air pollution, and the 2nd report on noise, climate change and environmental economics
Related courses
- None
Prerequisites
None
Other
None