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Akita Lab
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The lab explores a better relationship between people and nature, and the design of sustainable community spaces.
AboutAbout the lab
Building a better relationship between people and nature
The Akita Lab studies how to build better relationships between people and nature, and how to create sustainable spaces based on management (operation and maintenance).
In a society with a shrinking population, the lab considers community development in harmony with nature, the future form of cities, and new ways of living that value community.
Moving back and forth between research and practice, the lab works on the ground in community development, community regeneration, and landscape design.
Visits to the lab seminar are welcome at any time.
Key terms
- Public-private partnership
- A way of carrying out public projects in which government, private companies and organizations, and residents share roles and work together
- Community garden
- A garden or vegetable plot that local residents run and tend together
- Landscape plan
- A municipal plan that sets out how to protect and create the landscape of a local area
NewsLab news
A fourth-year undergraduate student received the Chiba University President's Award (Academic Research category)
Students won the Best Research Award and the Excellent Research Award at the Kanto Branch Conference of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
Students received the Chiba University President's Commendation and the Dean's Award for Academic Excellence
ResearchResearch themes
The lab's research themes are building better relationships between people and nature and realizing sustainable spaces based on management. Moving between research and practice, it aims to do work that contributes to society.
*Illustrative imageManagement of green spaces and local areas
As the population declines, ways to manage green spaces and public spaces sustainably are essential. Depending on local conditions, the lab explores approaches such as regenerating community spaces and public-private partnerships.
*Illustrative imageCommunity gardens and community regeneration
The lab focuses on community gardens as a green-space tool for nurturing communities. Running them takes skill and ingenuity, so the lab explores practical ways to regenerate communities through fieldwork.
*Illustrative imageRecovery and regeneration of disaster-affected areas
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, the lab has worked on recovery, in both practice and research, in affected areas of Iwate, Miyagi, and Chiba Prefectures. Centering on how people relate to nature, it hopes to support recovery through both research and practice and to contribute to safe and secure communities.
*Illustrative imageLandscape creation
A faculty member has long been involved in landscape creation in Manazuru Town, Kanagawa Prefecture, in both research and practice. Since the enactment of the Landscape Act, the lab has also been involved in drafting landscape ordinances and landscape plans for many municipalities. It also conducts international joint research with researchers in Paris and elsewhere.
MembersFaculty
The Akita Lab consists of faculty members, students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs, exchange students, and secretaries.As of 2021
- ProfessorNoriko Akita
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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: “Green & Gold Community Garden ( )” Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Management of green spaces and local areas: “Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, UT” Pollardjosephd / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Community gardens and community regeneration: “Urban community gardens Aarhus City Park Pier Denmark 04” Ciara Ní Riain / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Recovery and regeneration of disaster-affected areas: “Higashimatsushima 3.11 Disaster Recovery Memorial Museum” Yasu (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Landscape creation: “Nakagawa Kazumasa Art Museum” Quercus acuta / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Environmental Planting Lab): “Flower Beds in Regent's Park - geograph.org.uk - 4611870” Chris Heaton / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Regional Planning Lab): “Teshima Terraced Rice Fields 02” Kentaro Ohno / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Green Space Welfare Lab): “Healing Garden & Tree” Mbrickn / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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