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Urban and Regional Economics Lab
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A lab that considers economic development policy from the perspective of cities and regions.
AboutAbout the lab
Considering the harmony and development of the economy, society, environment, and culture from the regional level
The Urban and Regional Economics Lab considers the harmony and development of the economy, society, environment, and culture from the level of cities and regions.
The era in which rapid economic growth enriched society is over, and it has become important to achieve economic development together with issues such as human rights, quality of life, and environmental sustainability in an integrated way.
The lab aims to learn from leading examples in cities and regions around the world and to propose new development policies.
Key terms
- Economic growth
- An increase in the size of the economy.
- Economic development
- Qualitative change in the economy. It is considered together with issues such as human rights, quality of life, and environmental sustainability.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab regards cities and regions as sites of development creation, where various problems of the economy and society are found and diverse solutions are discovered. It aims to learn from leading examples in cities and regions around the world and to propose new development policies.
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- Associate ProfessorAkira Endo
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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: “Tewkesbury's 1960s shopping development - geograph.org.uk - 3218883” Philip Halling / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Development policy considered from cities and regions: “Building of Chūbu Regional Development Bureau” Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan . / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Public Policy and Empirical Economics Lab): “Pune Public Policy Festival 2025 at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (68140)” DesiBoy101 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Law, Ecology & Energy Lab): “Landscape with wind turbines - geograph.org.uk - 4916861” Bill Harrison / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Urban Disaster Prevention Planning Lab): “Road damage in Naypyidaw, 2025 Earthquake” User:Minntheking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Environmental and Disaster Risk Education Lab): “School children protest climate change, London (geograph 6063624)” Matt Harrop / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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