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- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Yai Tetsuo
- Class Format
- Lecture
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- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Mon3-4() Thr3-4()
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- Course number
- UDE.P402
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2021/3/19
- Lecture notes updated
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- Language used
- English
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Course description and aims
This course focuses on theories and practices of regional and transport planning. Planning system and process for spatial plan and urban infrastructure plan are both emphasized and taught comprehensively in this course.
1) Principles of planning and planning systems in Japan and some other countries, 2) Fundamentals of planning theory and planning process, 3) Theory and practice of public involvement and citizen participation, 4) Historical overview and future perspective of infrastructure development, and 5) Transport Network and Infrastructure Planning for Road, Bicycle, LAMAT, Railway and Air Transport are covered in this class.
This course discusses on how to manage the planning process in regional planning and transport network planning, in conjunction with public communication which is being essential in the planning process. It is described that taking a proper planning process from the beginning enables people and the society to avoid unnecessary conflicts and to raise their consciousness to public-minded issues surrounding their living environment.
Student learning outcomes
By completing this course successfully, students will be able to:
1) understand fundamental elements of planning system in Japan and foreign countries,
2) explain briefly ideas of planning process, citizen participation and public involvement based on the understanding of their theories and practices.
3) understand several conditions of planning the transport system such as road, railway and air transport.
Keywords
Regional Planning, Urban Planning, Transport Planning, Planning System, Planning Process, Communication Process, Citizen participation, Public Involvement
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Students should download and preview lecture material in advance from Web. Students are requested to review the planning system and process of foreign countries. In addition, students are split into groups in the second half of the class as usual in order to design a planning process. In this year, students might be requested to propose a planning concept or design in the field of region and transport. Problems are assigned in lecture as needed.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Outline, Redesign of Collaborative Planning | None |
| Class 2 | Planning system in Japan | |
| Class 3 | Regional planning System in other countries | |
| Class 4 | Planning Theory and It’s Historical Progress | |
| Class 5 | Theory of Planning Process | |
| Class 6 | Planning Practice: Post-Disaster Recovery Planning | |
| Class 7 | Proposal of Planning Process (presentation) | |
| Class 8 | Adapting Urban Infrastructure to Better Environment | |
| Class 9 | Road Transport and Road Space | |
| Class 10 | Bicycle Promotion and Planning | |
| Class 11 | Locally Adopted, Modified and Advanced Transport | |
| Class 12 | Urban Railway System and Planning | |
| Class 13 | Airport and Aviation Planning | |
| Class 14 | Proposal of Plan (presentation) |
Out-of-Class Study Time (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 required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None required.
Assessment criteria and methods
Student's course score is based on individual report (50%), individual (group) exercise (20%) and individual (group) presentation (30%).
Related courses
- GEG.E402 ： Urban Environment
- UDE.P403 ： Urban Planning
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisites.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).
tyai[at]enveng.titech.ac.jp
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