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Regional Planning Lab
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The lab studies the planning of spaces that allow people in a region to live vibrantly.
AboutAbout the lab
Considering regional space from the lives of residents.
The Regional Planning Lab studies planning, mainly related to space, that allows people in a region to live vibrantly.
Specializing in rural planning and urban planning, the lab considers the revitalization and sustainability of regions in hilly and mountainous areas, urban fringes, and disaster-affected areas, from the perspective of how space is used and managed.
The lab places importance on talking with local residents and walking around the area thoroughly, and explores what a region should be like from residents' lives through long, in-depth interview surveys.
Rather than starting from government policy, the lab takes the position of closely examining phenomena actually taking place and linking them to policy from there.
Key terms
- Hilly and mountainous areas (chusankan chiiki)
- Areas stretching from the outer edge of plains into mountain valleys. Many have sloped land, making farming conditions harsh.
- Kayaba (thatching grass field)
- A place where kaya, such as miscanthus (susuki), used as material for thatched roofs is grown and harvested.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies "regional planning," which considers the ideal form of "the lives of local residents" and "the space of the region." Working in the field in places such as hilly and mountainous areas and disaster-affected areas, it takes on community development projects together with residents.
*Illustrative imageProtecting the Landscape of Ouchi-juku
In Ouchi-juku in Fukushima Prefecture, the lab is working with the local youth association to restore abandoned farmland, aiming to maintain a landscape in which the thatched-roof townscape and farmland form a single whole. To supply the thatching grass (kaya) for the roofs locally, it is also restoring kayaba (thatching grass fields) and planting kaya seedlings.
*Illustrative imageCommunity Development for Reconstruction After the Noto Peninsula Earthquake
In areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the lab works with residents to develop a resident-led reconstruction plan while taking into account the character and natural and cultural environment of each community, aiming to have it reflected in the local government's reconstruction plan. It begins with long discussions with disaster victims.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Regional Planning Lab consist of faculty and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2024
- ProfessorYukihiko Saito
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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: “Teshima Terraced Rice Fields 02” Kentaro Ohno / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Protecting the Landscape of Ouchi-juku: “Ouchi-juku, Fukushima; September 2009 (01)” TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Community Development for Reconstruction After the Noto Peninsula Earthquake: “R6 noto earthquake wajima street” Hurohukidaikon / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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