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.
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
Urban planning, Master plan, Sustainability
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Lectures and exercises
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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 | Understanding climate change as one of the current issues in urban planning |
Class 6 | Current issues on urban planning-disaster prevention and urban planning | Understanding disaster prevention as one of the current issues in urban planning |
Class 7 | Current issues on urban planning-compact city and urban planning | Understanding compact city as one of the current issues in urban planning |
Class 8 | Overview of urban planning institutions in UK | Reviewing urban planning institutions in UK |
Class 9 | The agencies of urban planning in UK | Understanding the agencies of urban planning in UK |
Class 10 | The framework of urban plans in UK | Understanding the framework of urban planning in UK |
Class 11 | The management of urban development in UK | Understanding the management of urban development in UK |
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 |
Barry Cullingworth et al., Town and Country Planning in the UK, Routledge, 2015
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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
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