Kobe Institute of Computing, Syllabus 2023

1. Course Code2274
2. Course Title
S31e: Urban Planning
3. Teacher
LUKUMWENA, Nsenda
4. TermSpring 2
5. Course Requirements (Courses / Knowledge for this course) and Important Information
Basic knowledge of google earth usage.

6. Course Overview and Objectives
This course hopes to achieve a triangular knowledge sharing, teacher-student, studentstudent and teacher-students. The course introduces students of several backgrounds tobasic notions of urban planning in order to help them better understand the environment inwhich they are likely to implement their respective research projects. The course thus
focuses on the relationships between land use and land development tools, mobility, socialcontent and policy. In this course students will then:(1) learn the basics of urban planning and the role it plays in the development process ofcities, both conventional and smart, in developed and developing economies (countries).
With the acquired knowledge, students can approach urban issues and policy utilizing
ICTs knowledge acquired from other courses;(2) learn space syntax—an analytical tool to analyze and interpret the relationships
between physical planning and social content through the study of people's movements.
The acquired knowledge in space syntax will help students better analyze and understandany given physical environment, urban and rural and predict its successful usage. To
further help the understanding of space syntax in practical terms, a group project is given
to students whereby they explore the application of space syntax and evaluate theirunderstanding of the course.
(3) learn ways to engage in a group project whereby each and every participant will learn
from each other during the collaborative process period.
7. Course Outline
1 Overview of the evolution of cities and urban planning as well as recent trends in thepractice of urban planning
Tis lesson presents a synoptic view of cities in history, from the legacy of the past tocontemporary cities. Students learn the basics of urban planning from a historicalpoint of view.
2 Introduction to Urban Planning—Basics of the neighborhood unit
Students will learn about the Neighborhood Unit following the Conventional model andthe one suggested by New Urbanism.
For further understanding the notion of the Neighborhood Unit, Students will thus try
to the model of Neighborhood that characterizes the city in which they live in their owncountry.

3 The role and power of Open spaces in the city
Open spaces are being revisited worldwide today in modernist, contemporary and oldcities for their qualities and role they play today in urban settings. Students will work ingroup to discuss the role played by open spaces in cities of origin, based of videos
selected by the instructor.
4 The role of urban planning in the cities development process over time
Based on the lessons 1 through 3, Students engage in a workshop style group workwhere they discuss and demonstrate the role urban planning and how learned
principles can be applied to sections (or a section) of a city to be chosen by thestudents and the instructor.
5 Space Syntax—Theory and practices
Space Syntax is a theoretical and practical tool used in urban planning to understandthe social content of physical space arrangement through moments of people.
Students will learn the basics of Space Syntax and apply its principles to a case study—Group Work.
6 Land use principles and the city form in history
Students will learn the basics of land use and the way they have been implemented
historically in cities around the world, from hygienists to modernists to new urbanists

7 Land use and Land Consolidation/Readjustment (1)In this lesson students will learn about the basics of land use, definitions, and somelessons from Japan.

8 Land use and Land Consolidation/Readjustment (2)Following up on lesson (7) students will learn in detail about the role and applicationsof lan use and land consolidation/readjustment.
Students will be introduced to the notion of gentrification. A workshop on applicabilityof land consolidation will be applied to a case study to be decided by the students
and the instructor.
9 Introduction to New towns—A synoptic survey of New towns in the world
Critical reading of New towns from a historical perspective
Students will, based on the critical analysis on some selected new towns, students willsummarize their findings in a proposal of some improvement guidelines for own
country.

10 Introduction to Smart Cities
Students will be introduced to the framework of smart cities. A comparative study ofsome smart cities, Singapour, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Johannesburg,etc. will bepresented to further the understanding of the framework of smart cities.

11 Urban Transportation and Forms of Mobility
This lesson is about urban transportation, its numerous modes of mobility, including
the role that it plays in relation to urban planning and development
Students will learn about walkability and urban development.

12 Technology and Urban Planning - Public Infrastructures and SDGs
Technology is crucial to urban planning. Students will learn about the role, benefits
and using and how to apply technologies in urban planning, particularly addressing
urban communities.

13 ICT in Urban PlanningThis lesson introduces students ICT application in urban planning. In urban planning,
ICT can be conceptualized as new type of infrastructure providing for the thetransport of data and information. ICT are bound to affect urban design through theprocesses of economic development and such changes in land uses asredevelopment.

14 Applications of ICT to urban planning, community design
ICTs have developed and evolved to be the main axis of the the third millennium andaffect the way we live, interact and use space, physically and digitally.
In this lesson students will research on the many ways in which ICTS are being
implemented in cities around the world and eventually summarize their findings in to a
final report.

15 Final Project presentation and Evaluation
Students will make presentations of their respective final reports for a final evaluation.

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8. Textbooks (Required Books for this course)
None.
The course engages students in several discussions using extensively videos on current
issues related to urban planning and urban design. Students are encouraged to come up
with articles related to urban planning out of their readings guided by the course under mysupervision. I usually pick up video material that students have a chance to read prior tothe course. Such material include the following topics, mobility, rapid, medium and slow;
public spaces, smart and creative cities, etc.

9. Reference Books (optional books for further study)
1. Human Centered Design Toolkit 2nd Edition 2011 by IDEO
2. Publications: Urban Planning
3. Creative Cities
4. The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings By Spiro Kostof
5. Rethinking the informal City?Critical Perspectives from Latin America edited by FelipeHernandez and Lea K. Allen
6. GIS Organisations and People A Socio-technical Approach by Derek Reeve and James
Petch Published in 1999
7. Urban contemporary Planning by Levy, 20158. Urban Land Use Planning by Philip R. Berke, David R. Godschalk, and Edward J. King
with Daniel A. Rodriguez, 2006.
9. E-Planning, ICTs for Urban Development and Monitoring by Carlos Nunes Silva, 2009
10. Urban Planning, 2nd Edition by Anthony J. Catanese and James C. Snyder, 1977
11. Building Smart Cities, Analytics, ICT, and Design Thinking 2016 by carol L. Stimmel,
CRC Press
12. Infill (Re)development, An Optimal Approach for Citywide Informal Settlement
Upgrading by Bashir Ahmad Amiri, Nsenda Lukumwena, 2019 LAMBERT academic
Publishing, Germany

10. Course Goals (Attainment Targets)(1) Gain analytical and interpretative planning skills likely to support appropriate planningand design interventions and/or policies.

(2) Understand the relationship between physical planning and social content—a key
concept for undertaking the development of planning and its implementation in afashion that earnestly fits the context of concern.
(3) Building on (1) and (2), students can thus (i) initiate projects that meaningfully andsocially impact the targeted society and its urban domain; and (ii) effectively forecast
the usefulness and effectiveness of the projected urban development of the initiatedprojects.
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11. Correspondence relationship between Educational goals and Course goals
Educational goals of the school
Course Goals
High level ICT Basic academic skills(1), (2)Specialized knowledge and literacy(2),(3)skillsAbility to continually improve own strengths(3)
Problem setting(1), (2)Ability to discover andHypothesis planning(1)
Human skill resolve the problem inHypothesis testing(3)(TankyusocietyPractice(3)skill）
Fundamental
Ability to step forward(2)
Ability to think through(1),(2)Competencies for
Ability to work in a team(3)
Working Persons
Professional ethics
12. Evaluation
Goals
Evaluation method & point allocation
examination
Quiz
Reports Presentation Deliverables
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40204013. Evaluation Criteria
Examination

Quiz

Reports

The report details the project

Presentation

The presentation shows the ability of the student to sell one's project andtells about the degree of confidence of the student and the degree towhich they can be convincing about their arguments.

Deliverables

Students deliver a project comprising of a report and a visualpresentation.The project is related to a segment of the city picked up by
the teacher. Based on the knowledge acquired during the course, students
work on a given segment of the city of which they identify issues, analyze
them and propose possible improvements.

Other14. Active Learning
Hourly percentage of active learning within the whole class time40%
1 Active learning such as problem solving assignment using theknowledge and skills acquired in class.

Sometimes

2 Active learning such as group works and discussions.

Sometimes

3 Outcome presentations and feedbacks.

Sometimes

4 Students actively make decisions on how the class should beconducted.

Sometimes

15. Notes
No exam is required. Term report and presentation are required instead.
Course reading references will be provided to students timely.

16. Course plan(Notice) This plan is tentative and might be changed at the time of delivery

Lesson 1: Overview of the evolution of cities and urban planning(Lecture 90 min)as well as recent trends in the practice of urban planningThis lesson presents a Synoptic overview of cities in history, from the legacy of the past tocontemporary cities. Students are introduced to the basics of space structure, gatheringand channeling spaces.

Lesson 2: Reading into gathering and channeling space(Lecture 30 min,Interactive 60 min)Students attempt to read into gathering and channeling spaces based on Kevin Lynch's
image of the city principals and Louis Khan's interpretation of the street as Room.

Lesson 3: The role and power of Open spaces in the city

(Lecture 60min,Interactive 30 min)The lesson reviews the role played by open spaces in the City generic forms in history—
from organic patterns to the grid pattern to the city as a diagram, to the grand manner andthe skyline.

Lesson 4:The role of urban planning in the cities development(Lecture 90min)
process over time
This lesson explores the contribution of urban planning to the development process ofcities and regions in the past and today, in developed and developing countries, fromtraditional to smart cities. Students are brought into discussing the extent to which newtechnologies impacting the city today and their future influence as technologies continue to
evolve at exponential speed.

Lesson 5: Understanding the basic principles of the(Lecture 90 min)Neighborhood Unit
A neighborhood unit is the smallest unit in urban planning. Students will learn the very
basic principles of a neighborhood unit. Gaining an understanding unit enables the student
to understand the functioning of basic movements that we all make on daily basis.

Lesson 6: Space Syntax and the use of ICTs in urban planning(Lecture 90min)(1)
Introduction to the basics of Space Syntax, its application to urban planning/design, as wellas the role of ICTs in the planning and design processes.

Lesson 7: Applying Space Syntax to an urban segment (2)(Interactive 90min)

Students apply the space Syntax principles to a given urban segment.

Lesson 8: Introduction to Smart Cities(Lecture 90min)

Discussing the framework of smart cities. Students prepare and engage in a discussion onsmart cities both in the developed and developing countries.

Lesson 9: Functional Planning - Land use systems, including(Lecture 60min,
lessons from Japan
Interactive 30 min)Reading into Physical planning and urban design and urban development. Students willlearn the difference between urban planning and urban design. Some lessons from Japan.

Lesson 10: Land consolidation, (Re)adjustment (1)(Lecture 60 min
Interactive 30 min)Through the overview of the community master plan (or Community wide), students will
gain an understanding of the land use Design and of the Real Estate Development. Thissection is valuable and critical for developing countries whose cities are dominated byinformal sprawl and settlements that require a lot of fixes. At the end of the class students
are asked to select a section of an informal city in their countries of origin for the nextclass.

Lesson 11: Land consolidation, (Re)adjustment, including some
(Lecture 30 min,lessons from Japan(2)Presentation 60 min)Students select a section of an informal city in their own countries and apply the principlesof land re-adjustment, present and self-evaluate their proposals.

Lesson 12: Functional Planning - Public Infrastructures and(Lecture 90 min)
SDGs
Students will learn about Public Infrastructure, values, and communities sustainability.
Public Infrastructures include physical, social, environmental and digital infrastructures.

Lesson 13: Functional Planning - Urban Transportation—formsof Mobility(Lecture 45 min,Interactive 45 min)Students learn about Urban Public Transportation planning, systems and delivery. Rapid,medium and slow mobility are examined.

Lesson 14: Technology Planning(Interactive Lecture 90min)
Students will learn how to associate technologies (from the introduction of computers intoplanning to ICTs) to urban planning? be it physical, social or environmental.

Lesson 15: Presentation and Evaluation
Students make their final presentation for evaluation.

(Presentation, 90 min)