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2021　Introduction to National Land Use and City Planning

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Instructor(s)
Asakura Yasuo  Nakai Norihiro 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue1-2(M111)  Fri1-2(M111)  
Group
-
Course number
CVE.D211
Credits
2
Academic year
2021
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2021/4/8
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course focuses on the purpose, structure and methods of various spatial planning such as national land, regional, and urban planning. Students are expected to learn the history of national land and the current issues relating to land, followed by the history of cities. The current issues relating to contemporary urban planning are explained and basic knowledge on urban and regional planning are provided.
The aims of this course are to obtain the fundamental knowledge on national, regional and urban planning, and to be able to discuss current problems and future directions of cities and land use considering their history and socio-economic background.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1)understand basic terms relating to urban and regional planning;
2)understand the scale and overall picture of urban and regional planning;
3)understand the brief history of urban and regional planning; and
4)understand the basic issues faced by contemporary urban and regional planning.

Keywords

History of National Land Planning, History of Urban Planning, Population Decreasing and Aging Society, Urban Landscape, Low Carbon Society, Public Participation
National planning, Regional Transport, Statistics and Analysis

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Planning theory and corresponding practices are explained in each class. Lectures (1st to 10th) will be given by Nakai, and lectures (11th to 15th) will be given by Asakura.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 What is city planning? ; Current Situation of Cities and City Planning Understand the concept of city planning; Understand the current socio-economic situation surrounding the cities and city planning
Class 2 Planning History of Western Cities Understand the genesis of urban planning; understand the relationship between theory and practice
Class 3 Planning History of Japanese Cities Understand the modernization and development of Japanese cities
Class 4 Urban Planning System in Japan Understand the basic structure and knowledge about the statutory planning system in Japan
Class 5 Planning towards safer cities Understand the thoughts and methods to protect the citizen from natural disaster
Class 6 Planning and Transport Understand the basic knowledge about transport planning and concepts
Class 7 Planning towards low carbon cities Understand the thoughts and methods to reduce CO2 emission from the city
Class 8 Planning towards democratic cities Understand the thoughts and methods to promote democratic decision-making
Class 9 Urban Planning System in Europe and the US / Test level of understanding with practice and summary of 1st to 9th classes Understand the basic structure and knowledge about the statutory planning system in Britain, France, Germany and the US/Test level of understanding and self-evaluate achievement for classes 1-9
Class 10 Ｎational planning in the past and current topics Ｕnderstand national planning in the past and current topics
Class 11 Statistics of regional data and analytical methods Understand statistics of national and regional data and analytical methods
Class 12 Current status of regional transport Ｕnderstand current status of regional planing
Class 13 Planning of regional transport networks Ｕnderstand regional transport network planning in the past and current topics
Class 14 Test level of understanding with practice and summary of 10th to 13th classes Test level of understanding and self-evaluate achievement for classes 10-14.

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)

Original text will be uploaded to the OCW

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Taniguch, Mamoru. Introduction to City Planning, Tokyo:Morikita Shuppan; ISBN:978-4-627-45261-9

Assessment criteria and methods

Level of understanding of basic terms of national land and city planning; Level of understanding of basic thoughts and theories of planning

Related courses

  • ARC.P304 ： Urban Land Use Planning
  • CVE.D313 ： Urban Planning and Infrastructure

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

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Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

Nakai, Norihiro: nakai.n.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp
Asakura, Yasuo: asakura[at]plan.cv.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Contact by e-mail in advance

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