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Urban Spatial Analysis Lab
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A lab on urban space that uses theory to solve problems of location and transport networks.
AboutAbout the lab
Unraveling urban space through theory.
Based on the fundamental properties of urban space, the Urban Spatial Analysis Lab studies location theory, optimal facility allocation theory, and theories of traffic flow and transport networks.
The lab views building a city as making spatial decisions about what to build where, and pursues theories to support those decisions.
Recently, it has also been studying planning theories and techniques that incorporate the concept of risk.
To verify whether its theories capture the essence of cities, the lab also surveys and analyzes real cities.
Key terms
- Location theory
- Theory about where to place facilities and activities (location theory)
- Voronoi diagram
- A diagram showing the service area of each facility. It is applied to continuous location models (Voronoi diagram)
- Hub-and-spoke
- A transport pattern in which routes radiate from a central hub to various destinations (hub-and-spoke)
NewsLab news
A student received the Excellent Joint Research Presentation Award at CSIS DAYS 2025
A student received the Conference Outstanding Presentation Award at the 34th Academic Research Conference of the Geographic Information Systems Association of Japan
A student received the Best Paper Award and the Best Presentation Runner-up Award at APTE2025
A student received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025
A student received the Poster Session Award at the 33rd Academic Research Conference of the Geographic Information Systems Association of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
Building a city fundamentally involves spatial decisions about what to build where. The lab studies a range of topics, from understanding the basic properties of space to location theory, optimal facility allocation theory, theories of traffic flow and transport networks, and planning theory that takes risk into account.
*Illustrative imageOptimizing the Location and Allocation of Urban Facilities
The lab uses theory to consider where and how to place public service facilities such as schools and fire and emergency services. Using allocation models and Voronoi diagrams, it also examines how optimal allocation changes with school consolidation and closures, or with the conversion of facilities into multi-purpose facilities.
*Illustrative imageOptimizing Transport Systems
The lab considers optimal collection and delivery routes and the placement of relay hubs. It works with hierarchical transport systems and continuous hub-and-spoke models, and also studies the relationship between flow volume and the appropriate level of network development, as well as the distribution of travel distance and travel time.
*Illustrative imageClarifying Desirable Urban Spatial Structures
The lab investigates the properties of urban space to clarify what makes a desirable urban structure. Topics include land use allocation in decentralized-concentrated cities, the form of three-dimensional urban space and the use of underground space, and theoretical models of the distribution of workplaces and residences and of commuting and business travel.
*Illustrative imageSustainable, Low-Environmental-Impact Cities
With resource and energy crises in view, the lab studies very-long-term urban spatial structures and the sustainability of compact cities and multipolar decentralized-concentrated cities. It also covers the role of public transport, the relationship between lifestyle culture and energy consumption, and ways to curb energy and resource consumption as developing countries urbanize.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Urban Spatial Analysis Lab are faculty, doctoral students, and master's students.
- ProfessorTsutomu Suzuki
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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: “Quebec City skyline aerial view” Quintin Soloviev / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Optimizing the Location and Allocation of Urban Facilities: “Admiral Street Fire Station Providence RI” Kenneth C. Zirkel / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Optimizing Transport Systems: “WCML freight train” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Clarifying Desirable Urban Spatial Structures: “Pedro Teixeira Albernaz (1656) plano de Madrid” Pedro Teixeira Albernaz / Public domain (cropped)
- Sustainable, Low-Environmental-Impact Cities: “Sound Transit Light Rail 77” Gillfoto / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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