2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Urban Planning
- 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) - 1-2 Mon (G3-202(G321)) / 1-2 Thu (G3-202(G321))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.P403
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 9, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is to study sustainable urban planning by reviewing the relationship between urban development and urban planning, and urban planning cases in Japan and other foreign countries.
Course description and aims
Understanding urban planning institutions in Japan and other foreign countries focusing on masterplan in Japan, and also exercising urban planning for sustainability by proposing amendments to existing cases of masterplans
Keywords
Urban planning, Master plan, Sustainability
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures and exercises
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Establishment of urban planning |
Understanding establishment of urban planning |
| Class 2 | Overview of urban planning institutions in Japan |
Reviewing urban planning institutions in Japan |
| Class 3 | Overview of masterplan in urban planning |
Reviewing masterplan in urban planning |
| Class 4 | Current issues on urban planning-healthy cities |
Understanding healthy cities as one of the current issues in urban planning |
| Class 5 | Current issues on urban planning-climate change and urban planning (1) |
Understanding climate change as one of the current issues in urban planning |
| Class 6 | Current issues on urban planning-climate change and urban planning (2) |
Understanding climate change as one of the current issues in urban planning |
| Class 7 | Current issues on urban planning-mobility and urban planning |
Understanding mobility as one of the current issues in urban planning |
| Class 8 | Current issues on urban planning-compact city and urban planning (1) |
Understanding compact city as one of the current issues in urban planning |
| Class 9 | Current issues on urban planning-compact city and urban planning (2) |
Understanding compact city as one of the current issues in urban planning |
| Class 10 | Overview of urban planning institutions in foreign countries |
Reviewing urban planning institutions in foreign countries |
| Class 11 | The management of urban development in foreign countries |
Understanding the management of urban development in foreign countries |
| Class 12 | Case study exercise-current status and issues in urban planning |
Reviewing current status and issues in urban planning of a selected city |
| Class 13 | Case study exercise-current status of masterplan |
Reviewing current status of masterplan of a selected city |
| Class 14 | Case study exercise-current issues of masterplan |
Reviewing current issues of masterplan of a selected city |
| Class 15 | Case study exercise-proposals of amendments to current masterplan |
Proposing amendments to current masterplan of a selected city |
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)
Barry Cullingworth et al., Town and Country Planning in the UK, Routledge, 2025 and etc.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None
Evaluation methods and criteria
Presentations and reports on reviewing current status and issues in urban planning and masterplan of a selected city, and also on proposing amendments to current masterplan of a selected city
Related courses
- None
Prerequisites
None
Other
None