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Shibayama Town.

Akito Murayama, Ph.D.

II. Fields of Specialization and Academic Experiences

Professor

Fields of Specialization

Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo (Head of Urban Land Use Planning Unit)

Urban Planning (Land Use Planning and Urban Development), Urban Design (as Public Policy), Planning
Methodology (Procedure and Technique)

UTokyo Center for Climate Solutions (Concurrent Post)

Ongoing/Leading Research Projects

Room 1102, School of Engineering Building 14
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Japan
E-mail:| Phone: +81-3-5841-6370
Web Site: http://up.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/murayama/2023-2027

Application to Urban Planning and Area Management, Development and Application ofArea Energy Management System Platform, Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation
Promotion Program (SIP), Cabinet Office, Government of Japan2023-2027

Development and Implementation of Participatory Urban Design Methodology for
Introducing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Measures, Grant-in-Aid for
Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sport, Science and Technology, Government of Japan

2020-2024

Projection of Climate Change Impacts on Local Land Use/Urban Environment andConsideration of Policies for Sustainable Regeneration, Comprehensive Research on
Projection of Climate Change Impacts and Evaluation of Adaptation (S18), Environmental
Restoration and Conservation Agency, Ministry of Environment, Government of JapanI. Overview
Akito Murayama, born in March 1977 in Yokohama, Japan, is currently a Professor and the Head of Urban
Land Use Planning Unit at Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, The University ofTokyo. He is also a member of UTokyo Center for Climate Solutions. As an expert on urban land use
planning and urban development, he is currently conducting several research projects on planning
methodology for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Academic BackgroundCo-authored books in English include "Living Cities in Japan: Citizens' Movements, Machizukuri and Local
Environments" (Routledge, 2007), "Innovations in Collaborative Urban Regeneration" (Springer, 2009),"Megacities: Urban Form, Governance, and Sustainability" (Springer, 2011), "Urban Resilience - A
Transformative Approach" (Springer, 2016), "Towards the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda:
Contributions from Japan and Germany to Make Cities More Environmentally Sustainable" (Springer,2018) , and "Urban Systems Design: Creating Sustainable Smart Cities in the Internet of Things Era"
(Elsevier, 2020).
He teaches land use planning and district planning/design for undergraduate students, advanced urban
planning and global planning for graduate students, and urban planning/design studios for bothundergraduate and graduate students.
He has participated in many urban planning and environmental planning practices at local and prefectural
government levels including Nagoya City Master Plan (2011 and 2020), Low Carbon City Nagoya Strategy
Action Plan (2011 and 2024), Shizuoka City Master Plan (2016), Yokosuka City Master Plan (2016),
Machida City Master Plan (2022), and Mie Prefecture Urban and Regional Master Plans (2017-2018). He
also supports stakeholders in Nishiki 2 Low-Carbon Community Development Project in Nagoya City. He
serves as an urban planning committee director in Nishitokyo City, Yokosuka City, Misato City and1March 2004

Completed Doctoral Course, Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo, Japan

March 2001

Completed Master Course, Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo, Japan

March 1999

Graduated from Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo, Japan

March 1995

Graduated from Seibu Gakuen Bunri High School, Saitama Prefecture, JapanWork Experiences
July 2024

Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo (- Present)

August 2022

UTokyo Center for Climate Solutions (Concurrent Post) (- Present)2April 2021

Part-time Lecturer, Graduate School of System Design and Management,
Keio University (- Present)

April 2014

Associate Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo

April 2014

Part-time Lecturer, Nagoya University (- September 2015)

March 2013

Part-time Lecturer, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University(- September 2013)

June 2011

Associate Professor, Disaster Mitigation Research Center, Nagoya University(-March 2014)

April 2007

Special Researcher, Nagoya Urban Institute (- March 2008)

October 2006

Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering and Architecture,
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University (-March 2014)
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, School of Engineering, Nagoya University

April 2004

Project Researcher, Center for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo (September 2006)2018

AESOP Excellence in Teaching Award 2018 (Association of European Schools of Planning)for Global Course on Institutional Design and Spatial Planning by University of Groningen, theUniversity of Washington, the University of Tokyo, Renmin University of China and Newcastle
University

2015

Literature Award (Japan Association for Human and Environmental Symbiosis)
for the co-authored book in Japanese on urban and regional sustainability assessment

2013

Landscape Installation Award in 2013
(Nihon Mokuzai Seisounen Dantai Rengokai 16th Wood Utilization Contest)
for Nishiki 2 Street Wood Deck Project

2004

City Planning Institute of Japan Paper Encouragement Award in (City Planning Institute of Japan)
for the Ph.D. thesis "A Study on Planning Methodology for Matured Urban Areas: Downtown
Planning Procedures and Techniques in U.S. Cities"

III. Publications and Presentations in English
Publications and presentations in Japanese are included in the Japanese version:
http://up.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/murayama/profile/murayama_profile.pdf

Membership of Academic and Professional Societies

Book Chapters

The City Planning Institute of Japan
Architectural Institute of Japan
Society of Environmental Science, Japan
Association of Urban Housing Sciences
Japan Society of Lifology
EcoUrbanism Research Network
International Alliance for Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration (as UTdUE)

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EcoDistricts
Japan Society of Urban and Regional Planners
Japan Urban Design InstituteNational Area Management Network
Association for Business Innovation in harmony with Nature and Community
Green-Infra Platform
Carbon Neutral Well-Being Laboratory

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Selected Awards
2022

City Administration Award (Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture)
for the contribution in urban planning and landscape planning since 2007

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Keisuke Sakamoto, Takahiro Yamazaki, Toru Terada, Noriko Akita, Akito Murayama, Akiko Iida,
Marco Amati, Makoto Yokohari: Polarized Residential Preferences for the Centre and Outer Suburban
Tokyo After the Experience of COVID-19, in Barbara Rief Vernay, Iris Mach (Eds.): How Pandemics
Shape the Metropolitan Space: Impact of COVID-19 on Urban Development in Vienna and Tokyo,
pp.41-73, LIT, 2023
Inoue T., Manabe R., Murayama A., Koizumi H. (2021) Aggregation of Geospatial Data on “Street
Units”: The Smallest Geographical Unit of Urban Places. In: Geertman S.C.M., Pettit C., Goodspeed
R., Staffans A. (eds) Urban Informatics and Future Cities. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_25
Akito Murayama: Institutional Instruments for Urban Systems Design – from the Planner’s Perspective，
Yoshiki Yamagata and Perry Yang eds.: Urban Systems Design: Creating Sustainable Smart Cities in
the Internet of Things Era, Elsevier, 2020
Makoto Yokohari, Akito Murayama and Toru Terada: The Value of Grey, Takashi Mino and Shogo
Kudo eds.: Framing in Sustainability Science: Theoretical and Practical Approaches, pp.57-96,
Springer, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9061-6_4
Akito Murayama: Le projet Nishiki 2 low-carbon District, Nagoya, Japon, Cedissia About, Claire
Doussard and Meg Holden eds.: (re)Penser la ville du XXIe siècle - 20 ans d'écoquartiers dans lemonde, Dunod, pp.111-121, 2019
Akito Murayama: Reconsidering Urban Planning Through Community-based Initiatives, Bernhard
Müller and Hiroyuki Shimizu eds.: Towards the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda:

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Contributions from Japan and Germany to Make Cities More Environmentally Sustainable, Springer,
pp. 223-233, 2018，https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61376-5_18
Akito Murayama: Urban Landscape: Urban Planning Policies and Institutional Framework / Nobuko
Kawaguchi and Akito Murayama: Urban Planning: Is a Networked Compact City Vision Realistic?,
Hiroyuki Shimizu, Chika Takatori and Nobuko Kawaguchi eds.: Labor Forces and LandscapeManagement:
Japanese
Case
Studies,
Springer,pp.
61-71/pp.373-380,
2017,
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2278-4
Akito Murayama: Land Use Planning for Depopulating and Aging Society in Japan, Yoshiki Yamagata
and Hiroshi Maruyama eds.: Urban Resilience - A Transformative Approach, Springer, pp.79-92, 2016,
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39812-9
Hiroyuki Shimizu, Akito Murayama (eds): Basic and Clinical Environmental Approaches in LandscapePlanning, Springer, 2014.2, http://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54415-9
Junichiro Okata, Akito Murayama: Tokyo's Urban Growth, Urban Form and Sustainability, Andre
Sorensen and Junichiro Okata eds.: Megacities: Urban Form, Governance, and Sustainability, Springer,
pp.15-41, 2011, http://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99267-7
Akito Murayama: Toward the Development of Plan-Making Methodology for Urban Regeneration,
Masahide Horita and Hideki Koizumi eds.: Innovations in Collaborative Urban Regeneration, Springer,
pp.15-29, 2009, http://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99264-6
Tetsuo Kidokoro, Akito Murayama, Kensuke Katayama, Norihisa Shima: New Directions in Urban
Regeneration and the Governance of City Regions, T. Kidokoro, N. Harata, L. P. Subanu, J. Jessen, A.
Motte, E. P. Seltzer eds.: Sustainable City Regions: Space, Place and Governance , Springer, pp.3-22,
2008, http://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-78147-9
Akito Murayama: Civic movement for sustainable urban regeneration: downtown Fukaya City,
Saitama prefecture, Andre Sorensen, Carolin Funck eds.: Living Cities in Japan: Citizens' Movements,
Machizukuri
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Local
Environments,
Routledge,
pp.206-223,2007,
http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203961728

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Refereed Papers
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Junya Yamasaki, Yasutaka Wakazuki, Satoru Iizuka, Takahiro Yoshida, Ryoichi Nitanai, Rikutaro
Manabe, Akito Murayama: Microclimate Simulation for Future Urban District under SSP/RCP:
Reflecting changes in building stocks and temperature rises, Urban Climate, Vol.57, 102068, 2024.9,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102068
Hiroki Nakajima and Akito Murayama: Inclusive urban regeneration approaches through small
projects: A comparative study of three Japanese machizukuri cases, Cities, 152, 2024, 105241,
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105241
Ayyoob Sharifi, Prince Dacosta Aboagye, Mingyuan Zhang, Akito Murayama: A participatory
foresight approach to envisioning post-pandemic urban development pathways in Tokyo, Habitat
International,
Volume149,2024,
103108,ISSN
0197-3975,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103108
Yudi Liu, Rikutaro Manabe, Ryoichi Nitanai, Akito Murayama*: Historical institutionalism in action:
Incremental prevalence of Transit-Oriented Development in Tokyo 1945-1982, Progress in Planning,
2024, 100850, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2024.100850
Nabamita Nath, Ryoichi Nitanai, Rikutaro Manabe, Akito Murayma*: A global-scale review of smart
city practice and research focusing on residential neighbourhoods, Habitat International, Volume 142,
December 2023, 102963, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102963

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Yudi Liu, Ryoichi Nitanai, Rikutaro Manabe and Akito Murayama*: Institutionalization ofTransit-Oriented Development in Tokyo 1868-1945, Planning Perspectives, Published online: 13 Mar
2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/02665433.2023.2177184
Yudi Liu, Akito Murayama, Rikutaro Manabe and Ryoichi Nitanai: Transit-Oriented Development inPlanning History: A West-East Dialogue in Regaining Social Goals, Urban and Regional Planning
Review, Vol.10, pp.94-120, 2023, https://doi.org/10.14398/urpr.10.94
Younghun Choi, Takuro Kobashi, Yoshiki Yamagata, Akito Murayama: Assessment of waterfront
office redevelopment plan on optimal building energy demand and rooftop photovoltaics for urban
decarbonization, Energies 2022, 15, 883, https://doi.org/10.3390/en15030883
Takuo Inoue, Rikutaro Manabe, Akito Murayama, and Hideki Koizumi: Landscape value in urbanneighborhoods: A pilot analysis using street-level images, Landscape and Urban Planning, 221, 104357,
2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104357
Yudi Liu, Nabamita Nath, Akito Murayama, Rikutaro Manabe: Transit-oriented development withurban sprawl? Four phases of urban growth and policy intervention in Tokyo, Land Use Policy,
Volume 112, January 2022, 105854, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105854
Yamazaki, Takahiro, Akiko Iida, Kimihiro Hino, Akito Murayama, U Hiroi, Toru Terada, Hideki
Koizumi, and Makoto Yokohari. 2021. "Use of Urban Green Spaces in the Context of Lifestyle
Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Tokyo" Sustainability 13, no. 17: 9817.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179817
Junya Yamasaki, Norihiro Itsubo, Akito Murayama, Ryoichi Nitanai: Eco-efficiency assessment of 42
countries' administrative divisions based on environmental impact and gross regional product, City andEnvironment Interactions, 2021 (In Press) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cacint.2021.100061
U Hiroi, Akito Murayama, Yoshihiro Chiba, Hisashi Komatsu, Masafumi Mori, Keiichi Yamada,
Masato Yamazaki and Nobuo Fukuwa: A Proposal of Multi-Scale Urban Disaster Mitigation Planningthat Takes Regional Issues into Consideration, Journal of Disaster Research, Vol.10, No.5. pp.887-899,
2015, http://doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2015.p0887
Ayyoob Sharifi, Yoshihiro Chiba, Kohei Okamoto, Satoshi Yokoyama, Akito Murayama: Can masterplanning control and regulate urban growth in Vientiane, Laos?, Landscape and Urban Planning,
Volume 131, November 2014, pp.1–13, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.07.014
Ayyoob Sharifi, Akito Murayama: Neighborhood Sustainability Assessment in Action:
Cross-Evaluation of Three Assessment Systems and Their Cases from the US, the UK, and Japan,
Building
andEnvironment,
vol.72,pp.
243–258,
February2014,
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.006
Ayyoob Sharifi, Akito Murayama: Viability of Using Global Standards for Neighbourhood
Sustainability Assessment: Insights from a Comparative Case Study, Journal of Environmental
Planning and Management, January 2014, http://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2013.866077
Ayyoob Sharifi, Akito Murayama: A critical review of seven selected neighborhood sustainability
assessment tools, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, no.38, pp.73-87, 2013,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2012.06.006
Ayyoob Sharifi, Akito Murayama: Changes in the traditional urban form and the social sustainabilityof contemporary cities: A case study of Iranian cities, Habitat International, vol.38, April 2013,
pp.126–134, 2013, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.05.007
Elnaz Sarkheyli, Ayyoob Sharifi, Mojtaba Rafieian, Mohammad reza Bemanian, Akito Murayama: An
investigation of the reasons for non-compliance with FAR regulations in Tehran, Cities, vol.29, no.4,
pp.223-233, 20116

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Hiroyoshi Morita, Akito Murayama, Yasutoshi Sasaki: Connecting Public Spaces and Basins with
Wood, The City at Eyelevel Asia, pp.294-298,
https://issuu.com/stipoteam/docs/cael_ebook_def_single-pages
Claudia Cassatella and Akito Murayama eds: Planning for the global urban agenda. Shaping
ecodistricts in Tokyo suburbs, Politecnico di Torino, 2018, http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2712031
Ayyoob Sharifi, Itsuki Nagata, Akito Murayama: The potential of "CASBEE for urban development"for delivering sustainable communities: A case study from the "Koshigaya Lake Town" planning
experience, Journal of International City Planning (2012), pp.703-713, 2012

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Courses Online
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edX course on "Sustainability Science - A Key Concept for Future Design" (Joint Work), 2017,https://www.edx.org/learn/social-science/the-university-of-tokyo-sustainability-science-a-key-conceptfor-future-deGlobal Course on Institutional Design and Spatial Planning, 2018, Lecture 10 "Introduction to Urban
Land Use Planning in Japan", http://globalcourse.inplanning.eu
UTokyo MOOC: Contemporary Garden City Concept from Asia (Joint Work), 2024,
https://www.coursera.org/learn/contemporary-garden-city-concept-from-asia

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Akito Murayama with Junya Yamasaki, Takahiro Yoshida, Ryoichi Nitanai, Rikutaro Manabe:Participatory Urban Design Methodology for Climate Actions at the District Scale: Thermal
Simulation and Carbon Mapping, EURO2024 COPENHAGEN 33rd European Conference on
Operational Research: MA-18 Assessment Methods for Shaping the Green Inclusive, and Digital
Cities I, Technical University of Denmark, July 1, 2024
Takahiro Yoshida, Hideo Suda, Koichi Oota, Makiyo Maekawa, Takuo Inoue, Junya Yamasaki,
Ryoichi Nitanai, Rikutaro Manabe, Akito Murayama: A roadmap toward carbon neutrality of thebuilding sector in a central urban area of Tokyo, 15th International Conference on Applied Energy(ICAE2023), Qatar University | December 3-7, 2023, Paper ID: 412
Haya Helmy, Takahiro Yoshida, Akito Murayama, Amal Bogoreh, Ishwar Ramnarine, Perry Pei-Ju
Yang: Carbon-neutrality Architecting and New-age Visions for Urban Areas using Systems design(CANVAS) – A case study of Tokyo Nihonbashi, 15th International Conference on Applied Energy(ICAE2023), Qatar University | December 3-7, 2023, Paper ID: 591
Yudi Liu (presenting author), Yushi Yoshida, Nabmita Nath and Akito Murayama (primary author):
Smart Transit-Oriented Neighborhoods in Japan: How Private Corporations Develop National
Flagships, ACSP 2023 Book of Abstracts, pp.682-683
Akito Murayama: #2 Community-based Approach to Eco-Smart Districts, Urban Transition. Practices
and Lessons from Japan, PhD Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Politecnico di Torino and
PoliTO JapanHub, September 26, 2023, Astengo Room, Castello del Valentino, Torino
Akito Murayama: #1 Tokyo Megaregion and its Diverse Urban Areas, Urban Transition. Practices andLessons from Japan, PhD Program in Urban and Regional Planning, Politecnico di Torino and PoliTO

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JapanHub, September 25, 2023, Vigliano Room, Castello del Valentino, Torino
Akito Murayama: Transitions in Urban Planning Concepts and Methodologies, INFRATIME
Roundtable: Taking Time, Shaping Time. Pacing Urban Climate Transitions, STS Italia Conference
2023, Bologna, June 29, 2023
Akito Murayama: Planning Methodology for Climate Solutions in Smart Cities, Asian Smart Cities
Network and Digital Twin 2023 Symposium: Hong Kong Future Living, June 10, 2023, Room LT-1,
Yeung Kin Man Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong
Akito Murayama: Planning Methodology for Climate Solutions in Smart Cities, GeorgiaTech Smart
Cities Systems Design Panel, February 16, 2023, Caddell Flex Space, College of Design, Georgia
Institute of Technology
Akito Murayama: Urban Carbon Mapping Method toward Zero-Carbon Area Management:
Introduction to Mitsuifudosan UTokyo Laboratory Research, Joint seminar CREM-IFRJ, November 9,
2022
Akito Murayama, Takahiro Yoshida, Koichi Oota, Hideo Suda: Zero-Carbon Area Management Using
Urban Carbon Mapping Method, Session 2 - Room 1: Urban Systems Design A - Smart Cities
Planning Support, International Urban Planning and Environment Congress, July 29 - August 1, 2022
Takahiro Yoshida, Akito Murayama, Yoshiki Yamagata: Spatial and Temporal CO2 mapping for
Urban Carbon Management, Session 2 - Room 1: Urban Systems Design A - Smart Cities Planning
Support, International Urban Planning and Environment Congress, July 29 - August 1, 2022
Takahiro Yoshida and Akito Murayama: Urban Systems Design Approach to Sustainable Urban
Transformation, International Online Seminar on Sustainable Urban Transformation: Towards a
Common Value in Urban Space, HEC Paris and the University of Tokyo, April 19, 2022
Akito Murayama: Recent Urban Transformation in Tokyo: Lifestyle Changes and Experimental
Approaches, Emscher Congress 2022 Good Practice - internationale Beispiele gelungener
Transformationsprozesse in Metropolregionen, March 3, 2022
Perry Yang, Takahiro Yoshida, Akito Murayama, Soowon Chang, Yoshiki Yamagata: Green recovery
planning for a low energy urban district using urban digital platform – A case study of Tokyo
Shinagawa, ICAE2021-International Conference on Applied Energy, Nov.29-Dec.2, 2021, in Bangkok,
Thailand, Paper ID: 870
Takahiro Yoshida, Junya Yamasaki and Akito Murayama: Time-Framing in Urban Systems Design
for Carbon Neutral, Climate Resilient and COVID-19 Conscious Urban Areas, INFRATIME Seminar
Series First Edition: Timescapes of urban infrastructures and planning, Online, October 14, 2021
Akito Murayama: Community-based Urban Regeneration: A Case of Nishiki 2 District, Nagoya City,
Japan, MUS International Lecture Series 2021 "Urban Regeneration Strategies powered by MUS x
UDDC-CEUS, March 18, 2021
Akito Murayama: Smart City and Urban Planning Challenges, GCP Workshop: ZeroCarbon x Digital:
Urban Decarbonization in the Post-Covid-19 Era, Session 2: New urban planning approaches fordesigning future zero carbon, December 15, 2020
Akito Murayama: The Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on "Social Distancing Sensitive" Urban andRegional Structures, International e-Conference on Pandemics and Transport Policy, Session 10 Nationwide Policy Responses, December 11, 2020
Akito Murayama, Tatsuyuki Kimura, Yu Matsumura, Saki Hisatsune, Takahiro Yamazaki, Noriko
Akita, Rikutaro Manabe and Hideki Koizumi: Spatial Planning and Design for Tokyo's
Agri-Residential Mixed Neighborhoods, 2020 IALE-North America Annual Meeting Virtual Remote
Conference, May 11-14, 2020
Yushi Yoshida, Shigehisa Matsumura, Akito Murayama and Tetsuo Kidokoro: New Planning

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Framework for Promoting TOD in Emerging Countries: Empirical Studies in Southeast Asian Cities by
Utilizing “TOD Solution Matrix”, 2019 International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies,
August 22-24, 2019, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Shaila Islam, Istiaque Ahmed, Rikutaro Manabe and Akito Murayama: Pedestrianization Challenges
Around Future Transit Oriented Development Area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Livable Cities Conference,
August 12-13, 2019, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Akito Murayama and Akiko Iida: Agenda for Urban Farmland Conservation and Green Infrastructure
Development in a Sprawled Suburban City in Tokyo, Japan, The 10th International Association forLandscape Ecology Congress (IALE 2019), July 5, 2019, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca,
Milan, Italy
Yuri Akizuki with Akito Murayama and Rikutaro Manabe: “Temporary Places” in Communities
Formed by Mobile Retailers: A Case of COOP Associations in Japan, The Second International
Conference of International Association of Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration, March 29-31,
2019, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, China
Akito Murayama: Building Ecodistricts in Existing Urban Area: Nishiki 2 Low-Carbon Community
Development Project in Japan, The Second International Conference of International Association of
Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration, March 29-31, 2019, Xi’an University of Architecture andTechnology, Xi’an, China
Perry Yang with Yoshiki Yamagata, Akito Murayama and Kanae Matsui: Transforming the Social andEcological Landscape of an Innerocty Neighborhood: A Test Case of Tokyo’s Kyojima Smart City
Project, Great Asian Streets Symposium (GASS) 2018 and Pacific Rim Community Design Network“Emerging Civic Urbanisms / Designing for Social Impact”, December 14-16, 2018, National
University of Singapore
Akito Murayama: Various Types of Research-Practice Interface in Urban Planning and Community
Development, International Conference "Implementing the United Nations' Urban Agenda.
Universities in Action", May 25, 2018, Room 10V, Castello del Valentino, Torino
Akito Murayama: Prospects and Challenges for Planning Green Smart Cities and Communities, Future
Earth/Global Carbon Project International Workshop on "Towards Green Smart Cities in the IoT Era",
March 19, 2018, Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo
Akito Murayama: “Compact City + Network” Urban Structure and the De-intensification of Suburban
Residential Areas, 2nd Conference on Homes-uP - Single Family Homes under Pressure? November
16-17, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden, Germany
Akito Murayama: Livable City Center in the Age of Linear Chuo Shinkansen: Prospects for Planningin Nagoya’s City Center, Special Session 1: Livable City Development and High Speed Rail, 2017
International Conference of Asian-Pacific Planning Societies, August 25, 2017, Nagoya Congress
CenterAkito Murayama: Urban Diversity and Transformation of Tokyo, Presented in The University ofTokyo Global Japan Studies Summer Program 2017 AN INQUIRY INTO JAPAN’S POSTWAR,
August 1, 2017, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
Akito Murayama: The Implementation of Municipal Low-Carbon City Strategy through Community
Development in Existing Urban Area: The Case of Nagoya City and Nishiki 2 Low-Carbon Model
District, International Conference “Urban Governance in the Network Society: France, Thailand andJapan”, January 19-20, 2017, Rhone Department & Metropolitan Archives, Lyon, France
Akito Murayama: Experiences in Nishiki 2 District, Presented at Workshop Session: Opening Up theBlack Box of Research-Practice, September 15, 2016, EcoDistricts Summit 2016 Research Forum,
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34. Akito Murayama: Urban Diversity and Transformation of Tokyo, Presented in The University ofTokyo Global Japan Studies Summer Program 2016 AN INQUIRY INTO JAPAN’S POSTWAR,
August 27, 2016, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
35. Akito Murayama and Hiroyoshi Morita: Assessing the community-based low-carbon initiatives in
Nishiki 2 District, Nagoya City, Presented in Workshop on Practice and Research in Urban
Sustainability Assessment, August 18, 2016, The University of Tokyo, organized by International
Association for Impact Assessment Japan Branch, Global Carbon Project Tsukuba International Officeand Japan Society of Urban and Regional Planners, supported by Urban Land Use Planning Unit,
Department of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
36. Akito Murayama, U Hiroi and Yoshihiro Chiba: Development and Application of Web-based
Geographical Information System to Assess Urban Resilience: Land Use and Infrastructure Planningfor the Greater Nagoya Region, Japan, Presented in Workshop on Tools and Indicators for Assessing
Urban Resilience, December 7-10, 2015, The University of Tokyo, organized by Global Carbon
Project-Tsukuba International Office in Collaboration with NIES, APN, UGEC, WUDAPT and IR3S
37. Akito Murayama and Atsushi Shibata: The Recent Trend of Single-Family Residential Areas in the
Shrinking Cities in Japan: Case of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Presented in Project
Homes-uP - Single Family Homes under Pressure? International Meeting Dresden 2015, November 23
and 24, IOER Dresden, Germany
38. Akito Murayama: Reconsidering Community-Based Urban Planning for a Sustainable and Resilient
Future, Presentation at Japan-German Joint Seminar: Toward Sustainable and Resilient Urban Planning,
September 8-9, 2015, Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Lecture Hall
39. Akito Murayama: Community-based approach to climate change response and Disaster mitigation:
Cases in Nagoya City, Presented in “GCP Workshop at Toyota High-level Symposium on Sustainable
Cities”, 15-16 January 2015, Hotel Toyota Castle, Toyota City, Japan
40. Akito Murayama: Land Use Planning for Climate Change Response and Disaster Mitigation, Presented
in Workshop on Surprise Resilient Scenarios: Emergent Dialogue Approach, 1-4 November 2014,
Hotel Moon Beach, Okinawa, Japan, organized by Global Carbon Project-Tsukuba International officein collaborations with X-Center Network and Japan Industrial Management Association
41. Mari Watanabe, Akito Murayama: Reclaiming Urban Streets: Comparative Analysis of Planning
Process, Cost and Technical Standards of “Parklets” in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Proceedings ofthe First Conference of International Alliance for Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration“Sustainable Society as Our Challenge”, pp.511-520
42. Akito Murayama: Participatory Planning Approach to Link District, City and Region: Experiences in
Nagoya, Japan, Workshop "Linking cities to regions: Exploring trans-scalar sustainable development
processes", Chile-Japan Academic Forum at UTokyo, October 8, 2014, The University of Tokyo
43. Akito Murayama: Emerging Urban Form in the Age of Depopulation: Toward a New Planning andManagement Approach, Public Symposium of Spatial Planning in Japan, 2014.9.15, Room 410, GB1,
Faculty of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund, Germany
44. Akito Murayama: Land Use Planning for Climate Change Response and Disaster Mitigation Initiatives in Nagoya at Urban and District Scales –, National Institute for Environmental Studies
Global Carbon Project Seminar, 2014.6.30, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba
45. Akito Murayama: Reconsidering Automobile-Oriented Urban Form: The Recent Planning Policies in
Nagoya City, Workshop on the Urban History of Britain and Japan: Envisioning the Motor City: A
Comparison of Post-War Reconstruction in Birmingham and Nagoya, 2014.4.28, Lecture Hall,
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
46. Akito Murayama: Resilient Land Use and Urban Form for Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation,

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German Science Days in Kyoto "Research for Sustainable Development" Workshop 2 "Sustainable
Urban Development in Times of Demographic and Climate Change", 2013.10.25, Kyoto University,
Kyoto, Japan
Akito Murayama: Shaping the Contemporary Urban Environment of Nagoya City, The JapanFoundation Japan-U.S.-Canada Curator Exchange Symposium "Identity in Architecture and Urban
Design"，2013.10.18, Rakuunji Temple, Nagoya, Japan
Akito Murayama: Resilient Land Use and Urban Form for Demographic Change, Climate Change andDisaster Mitigation, Nagoya University Global COE Program "From Earth System Science to Basicand Clinical Environmental Studies" DFG (German Research Foundation) German Japan Joint
Symposium: Sustainable Regional Planning for Shrinking Regions and Cities - Exchange of German
and Japanese Studies -, 2013.10.3, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Akito Murayama: Achieving Citywide Planning Goals through Machizukuri: The Recent Low-Carbon
Movements in Nagoya City, Japan, CCRR-2013: Climate Change and Regional Response - Impacts
and adaptation strategies for public, commercial and private actors, 2013.5.28, The Westin Bellevue
Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Akito Murayama and Ayyoob Sharifi: Integrating Planning and Assessment Methodologies: An Initial
Step to Enhance Ecological Services and Biodiversity in Our Living Space, New Trend of Landscape
Design 2: Enhancing Ecological Services and Biodiversity in Urban, Suburban and Rural Area,
2013.1.7, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
Akito Murayama and Ayyoob Sharifi: Low-Carbon Strategy and Community Development in Nagoya,Japan: Case of Nishiki 2 District, a Fabric Warehouse District in Transition, EcoDistricts Summit 2011,
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Akito Murayama: Restoration of Urban Waterfront through Viaduct Removal, Center for Sustainable
Urban Regeneration International Workshop: Next Step to Sustainable Urban Regeneration, 2007.9.3-5,
The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Akito Murayama, Katsunori Banno, Satoshi Ishii, Takefumi Kurose, Toshiko Sato: Toward theIntegration of Brownfield Rehabilitation and Planning Methodologies: Case Study of Keihin Industrial
Area, Tokyo, Japan, Proceedings of Brownfields 2006: Third International Conference on Prevention,
Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development of Brownfield Sites, 2006.7.19-21, Tallinn, Estonia
Akito Murayama, Noriaki Hayakawa,Junichiro Okata: Toward Comparative Study on Spatial Planning
Issues and Approaches in Diverse Megacities, 2006 World Planning School Congress, 2006.7.11-16,
Mexico City, Mexico
Akito Murayama: Downtown Regeneration Efforts in Fukaya City and Challenges for Sustainable
Governance: 1st Symposium on Sustainable Urban Regeneration: Japan & Phoenix, 2005.5.26,Schoolof Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
Akito Murayama: Issues of Sustainable Urban Regeneration in Tokyo: Transport, Housing and Urban
Planning/Development: 1st Symposium on Sustainable Urban Regeneration: Japan & Phoenix,
2005.5.26,School of Planning, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
Akito Murayama: Governance for Sustainable Urban Regeneration: Cases of Participatory Urban
Planning and Machizukuri in Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, Conference Proceedings of theInternational Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP) Spring Conference 2005: The Intentional
City, 2005.5.22-25, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., pp.7-17
Rikutaro Manabe, Akito Murayama, Hideki Koizumi, Junichiro Okata: Application of ICT Tools to
Plan-Making Process in Local Government: Using e-Community Karte in Mitaka City, Computers in
Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) 05, 2005.6.29-7.1, London, U.K.
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Planning and Machizukuri in Japan, Proceedings of the Workshop: Problems & Prospects for Urban
Regeneration: Comparison of Regional Cities in Indonesia and in Japan, 2005.3.4, Magister
Perencanaan Kota dan Daerah / Pusat Studi Perencanaan Pembangunan Regional, Gadjah Mada
University and Center for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, The University of Tokyo, pp. II-30-55
60. Akito Murayama: Viaduct Removal, Waterfront Restoration and Urban Center Regeneration:
Framework for International Comparative Case Study, International Workshop on Sustainable Urban
Regeneration: Korea, Japan and China, 2004.12.1, Environmental Planning Institute, Seoul National
University and Seoul Development Institute

IV International Project Experiences
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Implementing the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda - Universities in Action（Compagnia di San
Paolo within the Politecnico di Torino Joint Projects for the Internationalization of Research 2017:
September 20, 2017 - September 19, 2018）[Claudia Cassatella, Akito Murayama, Marco Santangelo,
Giancarlo Cotella, Akiko Iida, Takahiro Yamazaki, Kaoru Matsuo, Fumihiko Seta]
Homes-uP - Single-Family Homes under Pressure? [Clemens Deilmann et al.] - Akito Murayama as
International Cooperation Partner and Scientific Committee Member, 2015-2017

International Studios
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Instructor, "Re-Designing Tokyo’s Urban Fabric", Department of Urban Engineering, School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo, 2017-Present,
http://www.due.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/edu/lectures/urban-design-studio/
Collaborator, 2018 Tokyo (Kyojima) Smart City Studio On-Site Workshop (directed by Associate
Professor Perry Yang, School of City and Regional Planning and School of Architecture, College of
Design, Georgia Institute of Technology), March 18-24, 2018, Sumida Ward, Tokyo, Japan
Collaborator, 2017 Misono Smart City Studio On-Site Workshop (directed by Associate Professor
Perry Yang, School of City and Regional Planning and School of Architecture, College of Design,
Georgia Institute of Technology), March 19-25, 2017, Saitama City, Japan
Organizer, Guest Lecturer, Supervisor and Review, International Alliance for Sustainable
Urbanization and Regeneration Student Workshop 2016 “Redefining the Historical City Axis of
Panggung Kpapyak and Gading Gate” organized by the University of Tokyo, Toyo University andUniversitas Gadjah Mada, August 8-12, 2016, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Organizer, GSES-NU/ENSA-PVS/Tianjin-U Joint Architectural and Urban Design Workshop 2014
Spring “Station Area Redevelopment for Urban Revitalization and Disaster Mitigation”, Japan, April
14-18, 2014, Nagoya City
Collaborator, ENSA-PVS/GSES-NU Joint Architectural and Urban Design Workshop 2013 Autumn“Imagining a City without Highway”, September 13, Paris, France
Organizer, GSES-NU/ENSA-PVS/Tianjin-U Joint Architectural and Urban Design Workshop 2014
Spring “Station Area Redevelopment for Urban Revitalization and Disaster Mitigation”, April 29May 3, 2013, Nagoya City, Japan
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Spring “District-Scale Planning and Design for Urban Connectivity and Disaster Mitigation”, April
16-20, 2012, Nagoya City, Japan
Collaborator, ENSA-PVS/GSES-NU/Kansas U Joint Architectural and Urban Design Workshop 2011
Autumn “Proposal for Bercy-Poniatowski District”, September 2011, Paris, France
Organizer, GSES-NU/ENSA-PVS Joint Architectural and Urban Design Workshop 2010 Spring“Urban Design Plan for Nagoya Station Area”, Japan, April 12-16, 2010, Nagoya City
Collaborator, Japon Workshop ENSA-PVS/GSES-NU 2009-2012 “Prospective Metropolitaine”,
September 2009, Paris, France
Organizer, GSES-NU/ENSA-PVS Joint Architectural and Urban Design Workshop 2009 Spring“Regeneration of Mixed-Use Urban Area around Chayagasaka Subway Station”, Japan, April 13-17,
2009, Nagoya City

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Organizing Committee Member, The Second International Conference of International Alliance for
Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration (IASUR) "Green Building and Smart City”, March 29-31,
Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an, China
Science Committee Member, Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2019 "Built Environment in
an Era of Climate Change. How can cities and buildings adapt?", August 6-7, The University ofTokyo Komaba Campus I - KOMCEE
Organizer, Workshop on Practice and Research in Urban Sustainability Assessment, August 17-18,
2016, Lecture Room 141, Faculty of Engineering Building 14, Hongo Campus, The University ofTokyo, Co-hosted by International Association for Impact Assessment Japan Branch, Global Carbon
Project Tsukuba International Office, and Japan Society of Urban and Regional Planners
Organizing Committee Member, The First International Conference of International Alliance for
Sustainable Urbanization and Regeneration (IASUR) "Sustainable Society as Our Challenge", October
24-27, 2014, Kashiwa-no-ha Gate Square, Kashiwa City, Chiba, Japan
Organizer, Nagoya University Global Center of Excellence Program “From Earth System Science to
Basic and Clinical Environmental Studies” / DFG (German Research Foundation) Japan-Germany
Symposium “Sustainable Regional Planning for Shrinking Regions and Cities: Exchange of German
and Japanese Studies”, October 3, 2013, ES Hall, Nagoya University, Nagoya City, Japan, October 3,
2013
Organizer, Nagoya University Global Center of Excellence Program “From Earth System Science to
Basic and Clinical Environmental Studies” German-Japan Bio Web City/Region Symposium “New
Trend of Landscape Design 2: Enhancing Ecological Services and Biodiversity in Urban, Suburban
and Rural Areas”, January 7, 2013, Lecture Hall, Building of Environmental Studies, Nagoya
University
Organizer, Nagoya University Global Center of Excellence Program “From Earth System Science to
Basic and Clinical Environmental Studies” German-Japan Bio Web City/Region Symposium “New
Trend of Landscape Design 2: Seamless Connection of Landscape Planning and Design from Regional
to Site Scales - The Cultural Context”, November 5, 2012, Lecture Hall, Building of Environmental
Studies, Nagoya University
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