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Urban Planning Lab
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A lab that considers sustainable regional design from the perspectives of landscape and tourism.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward sustainable regional design from the perspectives of landscape and tourism.
Associate Professor Yuka Himeno specializes in urban planning and regional and rural planning, and analyzes local resources from the perspectives of landscape and tourism.
The lab examines the use of public spaces, the relationship between design and land prices, requirements for making use of vacant lots and vacant houses, and the sustainability of remote islands and small communities.
Through this research, the lab aims to build methods for formulating plans that suit the characteristics of each region.
The lab works with community organizations and basic municipalities, and also carries out practical initiatives that put its research results to use.
Key terms
- Public space
- Places open to everyone, such as roads, riverside areas, and public open spaces
- Basic municipalities
- The units of government closest to residents, such as cities, wards, towns, and villages
ResearchResearch themes
Specializing in urban planning and regional and rural planning, the lab analyzes local resources from the perspectives of landscape and tourism. Through research on sustainable regional design, it aims to create plans that suit each region.
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- Associate ProfessorYuka Himeno
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Old Kinomoto-juku Honjin ac (1)” Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Analysis of local resources and sustainable regional design: “Rural landscape and village in Madagascar” Mammysou17 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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