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Symbiotic Urban Planning Lab
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A lab that aims to build sustainable cities where the natural environment and human society coexist.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing urban spaces that live in harmony with the environment.
The Symbiotic Urban Planning Lab studies the relationship between people and the environment and nature, clarifies how urban spaces and urban environments work, and explores methods for planning and designing them.
The lab aims to build sustainable cities where the natural environment and human society coexist.
It captures the links among society, the economy, and the environment through model analysis and systems analysis, and it uses statistical data and human flow observation data to analyze the livability of cities and the relationship between space and human behavior.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Kii Lab."
Key terms
- Sustainable
- Continuing and developing present functions without compromising the ability to meet future needs.
- Urban activities
- Activities that take place in a city, such as people's movement and dwelling.
- Human flow observation data
- Data obtained by observing the movement of people. The lab uses it to analyze the relationship between urban space and human behavior.
NewsLab news
A paper by Assistant Professor Chou and colleagues was published in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
A paper by Assistant Professor Chou and colleagues was published in Remote Sensing
A paper by Professor Kii and colleagues was published in Urban Science
A paper by Professor Kii and colleagues was published in Economic Analysis and Policy
A paper by Professor Kii and colleagues was published in Remote Sensing
ResearchResearch themes
To realize sustainable cities and regions, the lab aims to capture the links among a wide range of phenomena, including society, the economy, and the environment. Through surveys, model analysis, and data analysis, it clarifies urban activities and people's behavior and explores methods for planning and design.
*Illustrative imageDesigning a Sustainable Society
The lab surveys cities and regions at various spatial and conceptual levels and uses model analysis and systems analysis to capture the interrelationships among society, the economy, and the environment. Based on these findings, it explores measures for realizing sustainable cities.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis and Prediction of Urban Activities
To realize livable cities, the lab studies methods for analyzing and predicting urban activities from various perspectives. Using statistical data and surveys, it aims to clarify what affects the livability of a city and how people's perceptions of it are formed.
*Illustrative imageHuman Decision-Making and Behavior in Cities
Using data from field experiments and attitude surveys, the lab analyzes human decision-making processes and the mechanisms of behavior change. It investigates the social acceptance of new mobility services and transport technologies, and aims to build analysis and evaluation methods that support urban and transport policy.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis and Evaluation of Urban Space and Human Behavior
Using open statistical data, mobile data, and human flow observation data, the lab analyzes the relationship between urban space and human behavior. Through AI-based image analysis and spatiotemporal analysis of behavioral data, it identifies the characteristics of behavior patterns and dwelling, and evaluates how spatial design affects urban activities.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Symbiotic Urban Planning Lab are faculty, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorMasanobu Kii
- Assistant ProfessorChun-Chen Chou
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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 Space in Surulere 01” ReoMartins / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Designing a Sustainable Society: “Urban design In IRAN-Qom City-2016 & 2017-Canon Photos-Mostafa Meraji 07” Mostafameraji / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Analysis and Prediction of Urban Activities: “Tokyo Shibuya Scramble Crossing” Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Human Decision-Making and Behavior in Cities: “Girls in Shibuya Scramble Crossing ( by Yoshikazu TAKADA)” Yoshikazu TAKADA from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Analysis and Evaluation of Urban Space and Human Behavior: “Iskra urban space 03” Пресс-центр Правительства Тульской области. / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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