Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering
Professor Akito MURAYAMA, Professor Rikutaro MANABE, Assistant Professor Ryoichi NITANAI
Keywords
General/Comprehensive/Master Planning, Land Use Planning, Urban Development, District Planning, Land Use and Urban Form Control, Planning Process, Sustainability Assessment, Machizukuri Digital Transformation, Information in City, Multi-Stakeholder Participation, Participation Methods and Tools
Main Research Topics
Sustainable Urban Form and Environment – in Response to Climate Change, Disasters and Aging Society
Smart Cities and Information in Urban Planning – Usage of Smart Technologies, Spatial Information and Big Data
Growth/Shrink Management & Comprehensive Planning –Development and Evaluation of Municipal Urban Master Plans and Local Ordinances
New Neighborhood Model for the Aged Community – with Elderly Care Services and Housing
Institutional Design – for Livable Environment and Regional Land Use Planning
News
- Public Presentation Event: GeorgiaTech-UTokyo Smart City Design Workshop 2025: Toyosu and the Tokyo WaterfrontPublic Presentation Event:
School of City and Regional Planning and School of Architecture, College of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan, in collaboration with other institutions, have been conducting data-driven urban design studios on Tokyo’s diverse urban areas. From 2024 to 2025, graduate students of the two universities have been working on smart city design proposals for Toyosu and the Tokyo waterfront to increase resilience against natural disasters including climate change and to achieve carbon neutral. 16 graduate students from GeorgiaTech will come to Tokyo to join the workshop with UTokyo… Read more: Public Presentation Event: GeorgiaTech-UTokyo Smart City Design Workshop 2025: Toyosu and the Tokyo WaterfrontPublic Presentation Event: - The “Your Place Story in Bunkyo” will be held again this year.
The “Your Place Story in Bunkyo” will be held by Prof. Manabe this year. Please join this workshop.(The application form for the second session will be released at a later date.)* This workshop will be conducted in Japanese only. - Associate Professor Akito Murayama promoted to Professor
On July 1, Associate Professor Akito Murayama was promoted to Professor at School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. He continues to chair Urban Land Use Planning Unit in Department of Urban Engineering and to be affiliated with UTokyo Center for Climate Solutions. - INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE LAND USE AND LANDSCAPE PLANNING
Land use and landscape planning play an important role in shaping sustainable cities and communities that are resilient to various environmental and social risks including extreme weather events, critical change to earth systems, biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, natural resource shortages, economic downturn, population decline and hyper aging, societal polarization, infrastructure collapse, etc. While institutions differ among countries and regions, we face similar challenges, and we can learn from research and practice of different backgrounds. This seminar invites two distinguished guests to Urban Land Use Planning Unit, Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo as keynote lecturers, and… Read more: INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SUSTAINABLE LAND USE AND LANDSCAPE PLANNING - Associate Prof. Manabe has moved to a new position.
As of 1 June, Associate Prof. R. Manabe has moved to the position of a professor in the Division of Educational Digital Transformation Initiative of The Center for Research and Development of Higher Education in UTokyo.He will continue to be in charge of the graduate school and will continue to be involved in up unit as a cooperating staff.
