Department of Urban System Science2013 Annual Report■Staff List of the Department of Urban System Science, Graduate School of Urban
Environmental Sciences

Shin AIBA, Associate Professor
Tanji HOSHI, Professor
Taro ICHIKO, Associate Professor
Fumiko ITOH, Professor
Satoru KATO, Professor
Motoi NAGANO, Associate Professor
Hiroyuki ONEYAMA, Professor
Kenji TAKEMIYA, Professor
Hidenori TAMAGAWA, Professor
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, Associate Professor

Please refer to the site of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering as for Prof.
Oneyama.

<< Shin AIBA >>1) Staff

Shin AIBAAssociate Professor／Dr. Eng.

Urban Planning, Machizukuri
Rm.9-566, +81 426 77 1111 Ext.4237 aib@tmu.ac.jp

2) Overview of Research Activities

1. Study on reconstruction from disaster
Shin AIBA
I study on reconstruction plans and projects from Great East Japan earthquake. I
support to plan reconstruction projects and actions in Ryori village, Ofunato city.
Results are published on academic magazines and international conference.

2. Urbanism on population decreasing age
Shin Aiba
I discuss and examine a theory of urban planning and design. Results are publishedon discussion papers of symposium by AIJ (architectural institute of Japan)．

3. City planning with existing architectural stocks
Shin Aiba
I develop city planning methods to utilize or demolish increasing abandoned houses
in a city area. I practiced a rehabilitation project of abandoned house in suburban areaof Tokyo, and planning project of a master plan of utilizing and demolishing abandonedhouses in local city.

4. Comparative study on machizukuri in east Asian countries
Shin Aiba
I compare policy, history and practice of machizukuri in Japan, Taiwan and Korea.I
prepare a book to publish the results.

5. Technologies to support machizukuri
Shin AIBA
I develop technologies to support discussion and consensus building by citizens. I
develop a system to support discussions of townscapes by citizens using smart phonedevises.

3) List of Research Activities

1. Refereed Papers
RikutaroManabe, Shin Aiba, and Fumiko Ito，Keikan-Brain,” a Device that Builds
Knowledge and Consciousness about a Townscape， PROCEEDINGS OF CUPUM
2013,2013
Shin AIBA, Yuya SHIRAISHI, Rikutaro MANABE et al: Citizen participation methodto
create community plan to utilize vacant houses，Journal of AIJ，No.44，pp.273-278，
AIJ，2013

2. Proceedings of Oral Presentations
Shin AIBA, Hirotaka IKEDA, Shuhei KIMURA, Shosuke SATOH，Reconstruction
Machizukuri from the Great East Japan Earthquake in Ofunato‟s Ryori Village，Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network the
Rinari workshop, pp.17-20， The 9th International Conference of the Pacific Rim
Community Design Network 2014<< Tanji HOSHI >>1) Staff

Tanji HOSHI

Professor／Dr. Med.

Urban Health, Public HealthRm.9-565, +81 426 77 1111 Ext.4278 star@onyx.dti.ne.jp

2) Overview of Research Activities

The purpose of our study is to make clear the yearly trend of the health status in
urban city and determine which have the validity for the survival rate of the dwellingelderly in suburban city.

3) List of Research Activities

1. Refereed Papers
1）The effects of socio-economic status and physical health on the long-term care needsof Japanese urban elderly: a chronological study.；Vol.18,No.1,33-9,2013 Jan
Environmental health and preventive medicine: Yang Suwen, Hoshi Tanji, Nakayama
Naoko, Wang Shuo, Kong Fanlei
2）Socioeconomic Status, Comorbidity, Activity Limitation, and Healthy Life
Expectancy in Older Men and Women: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study in Japan. Vol.,
No.2014 Jan 26; Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern
Gerontological Society; Yang Suwen, Hoshi Tanji, Wang Shuo, Nakayama Naoko, Kong
Fanlei3）The Effects of Family Dentists on Survival in the Urban Community-dwelling
Elderly. American Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences
2013;3(6),156-165, R. Tano, T. Hoshi, T. Takahashi, N. Sakurai, Y. Fujiwara,
N. Nakayama
4) Causal relationships between survival rates, dietary and lifestyle habits,
socioeconomic status and physical, mental and social health in elderly urban dwellers inJapan: A chronological study
Tanji Hoshi, Motoyuki Yuasa, Suwen Yang, Sugako Kurimori, Naoko Sakurai,
Yoshinori Fujiwara

Health Vol.5, No.8, 1303-1312 (2013)

http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/health.2013.58177

2. Proceedings of Oral Presentations
1）The structural analysis of survival days among Japanese urban elderly people(英語)；王 碩, 孔 凡磊, 中山 直子, 星 旦二：日本公衆衛生学会総会抄録集(1347-8060)72 回
Page452(2013.10)2）An analysis of the relation between social interaction and healthy life among thecommunity-dwelling elderly in Japan；王 碩, 楊 素, 孔 凡磊, 中山 直子, 艾 斌, 星 旦
二：社会医学研究(0910-9919)30 巻 2 号 Page107-116(2013.06)

3. Monographs / Technical books
Tanji HOSHI editor, Public Health Igakushoin, 2013.
Tanji HOSHI editor, Public Health Administration, Japanese Nurse Association, 2013.
Tanji HOSHI editor, How to use the AMOS Life Publish Co., 2013.

<< Taro ICHIKO >>1) Staff

Taro ICHIKO
Associate Professor/ Doctor of Urban Science
Disaster-proof urban planning, Community-based Disaster Management, Risk
Management
Rm.9-553,+81-42-677 1111 Ext. 4272

ichiko-taro@tmu.ac.jp

2) Overview of Research Activities

1. A study of run-away actions from the Tohoku region Pacific Tunami disasterA run away action had made a significant role after the Tohoku region Pacific Tunami
disaster. However cabinet office government of Japan surveyed those actions, it was notenough to inquiry reaction of designated person e.g. case workers and community
leaders.
In this study, interview surveys were dedicated in Noda-village, Yamada-town and
Ishinomaki-city.

2. A study of a pre-disaster planning for post-disaster recovery
The building loss of the Tokyo capital earthquake directly above the focus wasestimated five times bigger than the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake according to cabinet
office government of Japan. It is inevitable to make and do mitigation strategy for notonly directly loss like death and injured but also indirectly loss like housing damage. In
this study, I supposed to make planning technology for disaster-proof community
development.
In fiscal year 2013, Community workshops for post-disaster recovery in Zoushigaya,
Toshima-ward were planned and managed. Other hand, an action research on the 15th
municipal staff training by TMG was implemented.

3. Development of learning programs for high school students to encourage disaster
imagination and reaction capacity
After the Tohoku region Pacific Tunami disaster, there were a lot of students in Tokyo
who could not go back to home until next day because of railways and bus service were
stopped. It is necessary to prepare those immediate actions on a high school among a
local government, a school office, a community and each family unit.
In this project, it is aimed that high school students could make adequate actions
after a big natural disaster.
In this fiscal year, the 2nd workshop programs were developed for evacuation term
and implemented in Nagayama high school, Tama-city were implemented.

3) List of Research Activities

1. Refereed Papers
Taro ICHIKO, Ryo SANUKI, Jin YOSHIKAWA and Itsuki NAKABAYASHI :Development of a Community Workshop Program for Post-disaster Life-continuity for
Condominium Dwellers, Journal of Social Safety Science, No.21, pp.71-79, 2013 Nov

3. Others
3.4 Invited speech
Taro ICHIKO （ 2013 ） What can planners do for post-disaster recovery?
accompany-with approach as a context of Japanese planning realm, iscp2013, Special
Session, http://www.cpij.or.jp/com/iac/sympo/13/specialsession.html<< Fumiko ITOH >>1) Staff

Fumiko ITOProfessor/ Dr. Eng.
Urban Planning, Urban Analysis, Analysis of Residential Environment, Cost-Benefit
analysis of public projects
Rm.9-558, +81426771111 Ext.4273 itofumi@tmu.ac.jp

2) Overview of Research Activities in 2013

1. Environment of urban area and residential area
Fumiko Ito
The condition of the city, the evaluation of environment and the relationship between
those are analyzed to get suggestion for creating comfortable residential environment.
This year, Following topics are researched.
i)Sustainable environment of residential area: Eco housingin China and Japan,ii)Electric Vehicle: Purchase Preferences and Its Determinant Factors,iii)The Relation between Complexity and Impression of Street Network,iv)Relation between the change in sky factor and impression while walking.

2. Estimation of urban environment and urban projects
Fumiko Ito
Urban environment and the urban projects for building up the environment were
estimatedby economic benefit analysis.This year, Following topics are researched.
i)Hednic Price Analysis on the Environmental Value of Historical Courtyard Houses in
Beijingii)Change of attitude on continuous revitalization project: Art festival in Tohkamachicity

3. Structure of demand and supply in housing market
Fumiko Ito
The structure ofdemand and supply in housing market are analyzed by the data of

consumers‟consciousness and data of the resale housing market. This research isfunded by FRK and will be continued in 2014.

3) List of Research Activities in 2013

1. Refereed papers
ITO Fumiko and FUJIKI Yoshifumi,(2013)
Analysis of the Relation between Complexity and Impression of Street Network [inJapanese]
Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan (48), 327-332.
Manabe,R.,Aiba,S and Ito,F.（2013）"Keikan-Brain,"a Device that Builds Knowledge and Consciousness about a Townscape.
" CUPUM2013”,CD-rom.
Tsuchiya,Y.,Ito,F.,Tagashira,N.,Baba,K and Ikeya,T.(2013)"Analysis of Purchase Preferences for Electric Vehicles and Its Determinant Factors",
20thITS WORLD CONGRESS TOKYO.

2. Proceedings of Oral Presentations
Nishio,S. and Ito,F. （2013）
Relation between the change in sky factor and impression while walking,
Joint Meeting of Korean, Chinese and Japanese Scholars, Development andCorporation among the Mega-cities in East Asian Countries.
Ito,F.（2013）
Hednic Price Analysis on the Environmental Value of Historical Courtyard Houses in
Beijing,
Joint Meeting of Korean, Chinese and Japanese Scholars, Development andCorporation among the Mega-cities in East Asian Countries.
FUJITANI Motoki , AIBA Shin , MANABE Rikutarou , ITO Fumiko(2013)
The proposal of the landscape element extraction technique using a citizen contribution
type scene image datebase [in Japanese]
Summaries of technical papers of annual meeting 2013(City Planning), 231-232.
MANABE Rikutarou , INOUE Kinuko , AIBA Shin , ITO Fumiko , SANUKI Ryo(2013)
Study on the recognition of the city and patrol behavior of residents of disaster in thedensely built wooden : part 1, Disaster prevention patrol workshop method [inJapanese]
Summaries of technical papers of annual meeting 2013(City Planning), 319-320,
2013-08-30
INOUE Kinuko , MANABE Rikutarou , AIBA Shin , ITO Fumiko , SANUKI Ryo(2013)
Study on the recognition of the city and patrol behavior of residents of disaster in thedensely built wooden : part 2, Recognition of the city seen from the results of disasterprevention patrol workshop [in Japanese]
Summaries of technical papers of annual meeting 2013(City Planning), 321-322.
TANABE Akane , ITO Fumiko , TSUCHIYA Yoriko(2013)
Change of attitude on continuous revitalization project : Art festival in Tohkamachi city[in Japanese]
Summaries of technical papers of annual meeting 2013(City Planning), 329-330.
KANAI Yusuke , ITO Fumiko(2013)
Attractiveness of overflowing goods from the small-scale retail stores : in KOENJI
shopping district [in Japanese]
Summaries of technical papers of annual meeting 2013(City Planning), 755-756.
ITO Fumiko (2013)
The Lifestyle to live with historical house buildings : Hednic price analysis of housing
price nearby courtyards in Beijing, China [in Japanese]
Summaries of technical papers of annual meeting 2013(Research Committee
onArchitecture System and Management), 293-296.

3. Others
3-2. Research Reports / Papers
Shoko Nishio and Fumiko ITO(2013)
Proposal for sky factor calculation system using panoramic image of Google street view[in Japanese]
Papers and proceedings of the Geographic Information Systems Association of Japan,
vol22,6C-4.

<< Satoru KATO >>1) Staff

Satoru Kato

Prof./ Dr. Eng.

Chemical Engineering, Phase Equilibria, Information Technology
Rm.9-148/ Tel. 042-677-2824

kato-satoru@c.metro-u.ac.jp

2) Overview of research activities

1. Infinite dilution partial molar excess entropy-enthalpy compensation for thiophene,carbon dioxide and water in ionic liquids
Satoru KATO
Infinite dilution partial molar excess entropy-enthalpy compensation for polar solutes
in ionic liquids (IL) is investigated using the literature data of infinite dilution activity
coefficient, lnγ1∞. It is shown that entropy-enthalpy compensation holds for the polar
solutes, such as thiophene and CO2, and non-polar solutes, such as heptane and toluene.
For the water + IL binaries, a converged linear relationship between infinite dilution
partial molar excess entropy and enthalpy holds. Using the compensation rule, it isshown that, for the efficient removal of thiophene and CO2 with IL solvents, ILs having
weaker molecular interactions with thiophene and CO2 are advantageous, because theentropy terms control the lnγ1∞ values.

2. An empirical consistency test using thermodynamic consistency lines for the binary
VLE data
Satoru KATO
An empirical consistency test is proposed for application to polar binaries. Using asignificant number of the Margules binary parameters from the literature reported bydifferent authors using different equipment, it was shown that polarity exclusion factor,β, converges to a straight line drawn on a log-log scale formulated as β=aPb using thesystem pressure, P, of the constant－pressure data or the average vapor pressure of theconstant － temperature data. It was also shown that β is a polarity-independent
variable. An application of the test to ternary LLE data is demonstrated

3. Vapor-phase mole fractions determined from the P, x data using the Margules
equation for high-pressure binary VLE systems including carbon dioxide
Satoru KATO
High-pressure P, x data for CO2+hydrocarbons, +methanol. +ethanol and+water binaries were correlated using the Margules equation. The average relative
difference between experimental data and the correlation was as low as 1 % at T<Tc1,
where T and Tc1 denote the system temperature and the critical temperature of thelighter component. It was found that the average relative difference of the vapor phasemole fractions from the Margules equation representing the P, x data is 0.6 % for theasymmetric and non-azeotropic binaries. A criterion for identifying the non-azeotropic
binaries is proposed. The strength of molecular interactions and molecular order wereidentified for the azeotropic and zeotropic mixtures using partial molar excess
enthalpies and entropies at infinite dilution. A method for the high-precision correlationof infinite dilution activity coefficients is proposed．

4. Influence of ionic liquids on enzymatic enantioselectivity
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Hideki CHIBA, Manabu KIKUTA, Satoru KATO
The

enantioselectivity

ofα-chymotrypsin

in

the

esterificationofN-acetyl-tryptophan withethanolwas examined in aprotic ionic liquids.
The enantioselectivity was found to be strongly affected by a kind of solvent, watercontent,

andreaction

temperature.

The(kcat/KM)L/(kcat/KM)D

ratio

in

1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide ([C2mim][FSI]) containing 1.0%(v/v) water at 25oC exhibits 32000, while that in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium
tetrafluoroborate ([C2mim][BF4]) containing 1.0% (v/v) water at 25oC shows 190. The(kcat/KM)L/(kcat/KM)D ratio in [C2mim][BF4] at 25oC varies from 190 at 1.0% (v/v) water to
65000 at 5.0% (v/v) water. Moreover, the (kcat/KM)L/(kcat/KM)D ratio in [C2mim][FSI]
containing 5.0% (v/v) water can be forced to induce a 7-fold increase simply by switchingfrom 25oC to 40oC. The enantioselectivity tended to correlate with enzyme reactivity inionic liquids.

5. Adsorption of α-chymotrypsin on plant biomass charcoal
Hidetaka

NORITOMI,

Keito

HISHINUMA,

Shyunichi

KURIHARA,

JumpeiNISHIGAMI, Tetsuya TAKEMOTO, Nobuyuki ENDO,Satoru KATO
The adsorption of α-chymotrypsin onto plant biomass charcoal (PBC), which
was prepared from plant biomass wastes such as bagasses and dumped adzuki beans by
pyrolysis, has been examined. The PBC was characterized by SEM, specific surface area,and pore size distribution. The adsorption isotherms were successfully correlated by the
Freundlich equation. The amount of α-chymotrypsin adsorbed on PBC was dramaticallydependent upon the solution pH and temperature. Maximum adsorptions of
α-chymotrypsin on adzuki bean charcoal and bagasse charcoal were observed at weakacidic and near neutral pH, respectively. The amount of α-chymotrypsin adsorbed on
PBC decreased with an increase in the concentration of salts. Plots of the amount of
α-chymotrypsin adsorbed on PBC versus temperature exhibited an optimum
temperature.

6. Formation and solubilization property of water-in-oil microemulsions of alkyl
glucosides
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Yuki ISHIDA, Tomokadzu YAMADA, Hiroaki SAITO, Satoru
KATO
The dependence of solubilization properties on the alkyl chain length of alkyl
glucosides (AG) in AG/isooctane/n-butanol/water system was investigated. The stable
Winsor II system consisting of a water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsion phaseand an aqueous
phase was formed in AG/ isooctane/n-butanol/water system. The apparent critical
micelle concentration of AG reverse micelles in organic phases was markedly dependent
upon the alkyl chain length of AG. The limiting amount of solubilized water increased
with an increase in the alkyl chain length of AG. The solubilization capacity of methyl
orange (MO) was superior to that of methylene blue (MB), and the solubilization
capacities of MO and MB tended to increase with increasing the alkyl chain length of
AG. Reverse micelles of dodecyl glucoside (AG12) exhibited the significant solubilization
capacities of cytochrome c and lysozyme, while ribonuclease A was not solubilized by
AG12 reverse micelles.

7. Application of reverse micelles of alkyl glucosides to synthesis of silver

nanoparticles
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Saori MIYAGAWA, Naohiro IGARI, Hiroaki SAITO, Satoru
KATO
Silver nanoparticles were prepared in reverse micelles of alkyl glucosides by
the injection method. The TEM image showed that the obtained silver nanoparticles
displayed a wide variety of shapes.

The size of silver nanoparticles was strongly

dependent upon a kind of reducing agents, and tended to slightly increase with anincrease in reaction temperature. The size of silver nanoparticles was hardly dependent
upon the molar ratio of water to surfactant and the alkyl chain length of surfactants.
Silvernanoparticles

havingvarioussizes

andshapeswereobtainedathighconcentration by the solid-liquid extraction method. The resultant silver colloid could bepreserved for at least one month without precipitation.

8. Efficient protein refolding using surfactants at high final protein concentration
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Yoshiyuki KATO,Satoru KATO
The refolding of denatured hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) was examined bysurfactants

at

a

high

final

refolded

HEWL

concentration(1

mg/mL).

Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sucrose fatty acid monoester(DK-SS) were used to dissolve denatured HEWL without denaturants such as
guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) and urea. When denatured HEWL was perfectly
dissolved in buffer solutions containing surfactants and dithiothreitol (DTT), theconcentration of CTAB was about one-twentieth times less than that of DK-SS. The
concentration of CTAB strongly affected the refolding yield, and the maximum refolding
yield was obtained at 0.88 mM CTAB, which is around the critical micelle concentrationof CTAB. The refolding yield was influenced by the molar ratio of oxidized glutathione(GSSG) to DTT, and the maximum refolding yield was obtained when [GSSG]/[DTT]
was 1.5. The refolding yield was markedly dependent upon the solution pH of HEWL,
and exhibited 80 % at pH 5.2.

3) List of research activities

1. Refereed papers
Satoru KATO, Peter GOSTOMSKI, Akiyoshi ODA, Joerg FREITAG, Seiya HIROHAMA,David Bluck 2013 Prediction of mutual solubility and VLE using high precision
correlation, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 357, 36-42.
Satoru KATO 2013 Vapor-liquid equilibria with the data, measurements, calculations
and their prospects, Kagaku Kogaku, 474-477.
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Hideki CHIBA, Manabu KIKUTA, Satoru KATO 2013 How canaprotic ionic liquids affect enzymatic enantioselectivity?, J. Biomedical Sci. Eng., 6,
pp.954-959.
Hidetaka

NORITOMI,

Keito

HISHINUMA,

Shyunichi

KURIHARA,

JumpeiNISHIGAMI, Tetsuya TAKEMOTO, Nobuyuki ENDO,Satoru KATO 2013 Adsorption of
α-chymotrypsin on plant biomass charcoal, J.Surf. Eng. Mater. Adv. Technol., 3(4),pp.269-274.
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Yuki ISHIDA, Tomokadzu YAMADA, Hiroaki SAITO, Satoru
KATO 2013 Formation and solubilization property of water-in-oil microemulsions ofalkyl glucosides, Advances in Nanoparticles, 2(4), pp.366-371.
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Saori MIYAGAWA, Naohiro IGARI, Hiroaki SAITO, Satoru
KATO 2013 Application of reverse micelles of alkyl glucosides to synthesis of silver
nanoparticles, Advances in Nanoparticles, 2(4), pp.344-349.
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Reona ISHIKAWA, Daiki IWAI, Nobuyuki ENDO, Satoru KATO
2013 Activity and stability of HEWL adsorbed onto plant biomass charcoal, , Enzyme
Engineering XXII, Poster Number 69, Toyama.
Hidetaka NORITOMI, Yoshiyuki KATO,Satoru KATO 2014 Efficient protein refolding
using surfactants at high final protein concentration, J.Surf. Eng. Mater. Adv.Technol,
4(1), pp.9-13.

2. Proceedings of Oral Presentations
S. Kato 2013 Prediction of ternary LLE using thermodynamic consistency lines, Proc. ofAnnual Meeting 2013 of SSPEJ, SI-8.
S. Kato, H. Yagi 2013 Prediction of phase equilibria using thermodynamic consistency

lines, Proc. of Annual Meeting 2013 of SSPEJ, SI-P4.
S. Kato, H. Kuramochi 2013 Prediction of vapor-liquid equilibria for asymmetricbinaries, Proc. of Annual Meeting 2013 of SSPEJ, SI-P5.
S. Kato 2013 Application of thermodynamic consistency lines to extractions, Proc. ofAnnual Meeting 2013 of SSPEJ, S5-1.
S. Kato, H. Yagi 2013 Prediction of phase equilibria using thermodynamic consistencylines, Proc. of Kita-Kyushu Meeting of JPE, P20.
M. Ichikawa, S. Kato, S. Kurita 2013 VLE measurements for CO2 + methanol binary
near the critical point, Proc. of Kita-Kyushu Meeting of JPE, P21.
S. Kato 2013 Prediction liquid-liquid partition coefficients using thermodynamic
consistency lines, Proc. of 45th Autumnal Meeting of Soc. Chem. Eng., Japan, XG303.
S. Kato 2013 Accurate prediction of VLE using thermodynamic consistency lines, Proc.
of 79thAnnual Meeting of Soc. Chem. Eng., Japan, I124.
H. Noritomi, D. Iwai, K. Hishinuma, N. Endo, S. Kato May 2013 Structure of biomass
charcoal and adsorption of proteins onto biomass charcoal, Proc. Of Annual Meeting2013 of SSPEJ, S4-P1, Chiba.
J. Nishigami, H. Noritomi, N. Endo, S. Kato May 2013 Activity of α-chymotrypsin
adsorbed onto biomass charcoal in organic solvents, Proc. of Annual Meeting 2013 of
SSPEJ, S4-P3, Chiba.
S. Kurihara, H. Noritomi, N. Endo, S. Kato May 2013 Activity of α-chymotrypsin
adsorbed onto biomass charcoal on aqueous solutions, Proc. of Annual Meeting 2013 of
SSPEJ, S4-P2, Chiba.
H. Noritomi, R. Ishiyama, D. Iwai, N. Endo, S. Kato September 2013 Influence of theinterface of plant biomass charcoal on the performance of hen egg white lysozyme, Proc.
Of The 64th Divisional Meeting on Colloid and Surface Chemistry, P152, Nagoya.
S. Kurihara, H. Noritomi, N. Endo, S. Kato October 2013 Thermal stabilization of
α-chymotrypsin immobilized onto bamboo charcoal, Proc. of CSJ 3rd Chemistry Festa,
P2-84, Tokyo.
J. Nishigami, H. Noritomi, N. Endo, S. Kato October 2013 Increase in activity of
α-chymotrypsin immobilized onto bamboo charcoal in nonaqueous media , Proc. of CSJ
3rd Chemistry Festa, P2-81, Tokyo.

<< Motoki NAGANO >>1) Staff

Motoki NAGANO
Associate Professor/ M. Political Science
Urban Administration, Local GovernanceRm.9-559, +81426771111 Ext.4163

nagano@tmu.ac.jp

2) Overview of Research Activities in FY 2013

1. Study of policymaking in local governments and citizen participation in local
assemblies
For this investigation of policymaking dynamics in Japanese local governments, I havefocused on citizen participation in local assemblies. Using path analysis, my research
examined national panel survey data on local-assembly reformation in municipal
assemblies (excludingordinance-designated cities) from FY 2009to FY 2013. The
research also considered legislators‟ voting histories and the presence or absence ofdeliberation between legislators in assemblies as variables to determine whether thepresenceof

official

dialogues

betweenassemblies

andcitizens

indirectly

affectedlegislation or the amending ofbills by house members in each assembly.

2. Study of the relevance of random sampling-type citizen participation methods for
disputed policy issues in municipal governments
I have investigated the methods and relevance of using citizen participation samples,in which participants are selected randomly from the basic resident register (recently
called “Mini-Publics”), for the handling of disputed policy issues in municipal
governments. As part of my research, I analyzed questionnaire survey data (survey
period: January to February 2013) on how program reviews (jigyoushiwake) are
implemented in all the municipalities of Tokyo Metropolis, Saitama Prefecture andKanagawa Prefecture, focusing in particular on how “Mini-Public” citizen participation
methods are being used in the reviews. In addition, I conducted participatory
observations and interviewsofmunicipal officers,in whose municipalities I participatedin the reviews as a coordinator or as a member of an official management committee.

3) List of Research Activities in FY 2013

2. Proceedings of Oral Presentations
Motoki Nagano, “Brief on the results of the annual progress survey on local-assemblyreformation in Japan 2013”. 13th Exchange Conference Between Citizens andLegislators for Creating Local Ordinance 2013, July 2013, Ichigaya, Tokyo, Housei
University (in Japanese).
Motoki Nagano, “Project assessment by deliberative democracy-based participation ingovernment: A case study of the Citizen Conference on the Second Municipal
Implementation Plan for Shinjuku City, Tokyo”. 2nd International Conference,
Development and Cooperation among the Mega-cities in East Asian Countries: Korea,
China and Japan, September 2013, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea

3. Others
3-1 Technical Books[Co-author]
Katsuya Hirose and Local Assembly Reformation Forum, eds., White Paper of Local
Assembly Reformation 2013, Seikatsusha Ltd., Tokyo, July 2013 (in Japanese).
[Contributions]
Motoki Nagano, “Analysis of local assembly fundamental ordinance articles:
Reformation trends revealed in local assembly fundamental ordinances issued in
2013”. pp. 74-93.
Motoki Nagano, “Summary report of the annual progress survey on local assemblyreformation in Japan 2013”. pp. 124-133.
Motoki Nagano, “The outcomes of local assemblies‟ reformation and legislation by housemembers”. pp. 243-247.
3-3. Monographs
Commentary/Critical Essay
Motoki Nagano,“What are the outcomes of citizen participation on municipal
assemblies?” Local Autonomy Daily (Jichinippo), September 2013 (in Japanese).
3-4. Book review

Motoki Nagano, Book review: Masaru Nishio‟sReconsideration on Local Autonomy andDecentralization in Japan, Public Administration Review Quarterly (143), pp. 43-46,
September 2013 (in Japanese).
3-5 Lecture
Motoki Nagano, “Does the citizen deliberation meetings really contribute to municipal
governments‟

decision-making?”.

7thCitizen

Deliberation

Meeting

Fair,

Nippon-Seinenkan, Tokyo, March 2014 (in Japanese).
3-6. Awards
Encouragement Prize of Japan Association of Local Government Policy Studies 2013,
November 2013.

<< Kenji TAKEMIYA >>

1)

Staff

Kenji TAKEMIYA Professor / Dr. Eng.
Architectural Planning，Environmental Behavior
Rm.9-869，+81-42-677-2795

takemiya-kenji@tmu.ac.jp

2) Overview of Research Activities in 2013

(1) Architectural Planning of Medical Emergency Center
This study aims at making clear the characteristics and architectural planning of
medical emergency center. This year the spatial configuration and development s
tatus of the emergency center of the ER type was verified.

(2) Studies on the facility planning that corresponds to the progress of cancer careThis study is intended to show the planning requirements of the support environ
ment for cancer patients and their families. This year, some remarkable results w
ere got as follows:
1) A survey of the use of Cancer Counseling-Support Centers and cancer and salo

nwas conducted, and the comprehensive cancer consultation support environmentw
as verified.
2) The characteristics of the usageof consultation support facility in out-of-hospital
was examined.
3) The actual usage of the clinics that provides palliative care was verified.

(3) A study on architectural planning of neonatal intensive care ward
This study is intended to show the planning requirements of the support environ
ment for patients and their family in the neonatal intensive care unit. The statusof the neonatal intensive care ward in Japanwas verified. A survey of the pione
ering neonatal intensive care ward was conducted, and the knowledge of a new w
ard plan was derived.

(4) Residential Care System and Milieu for the Elderly and People with Disabiliti
esThis study aims at improving the quality of living environment for the elderly an
d disabilities. This year, some remarkable results were got as follows:
1) The facility management and usage of small-scale facilities for the elderly to p
rovide voluntary services business in the old folks' home 'A' was examined.
2) The management and planning of day service centers with severe motor disabilities was verified.

3) List of Research Activities in 2013

2．Proceedings of Oral Presentations
Kenji TAKEMIYA, UEAKASAKA Noriyuki
Analysis of present state of home-based care and the respite care facilities for children
with serious disease and disabilities, Study on architectural planning of the respite carefacilities for children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities. PART.4,
Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting E-1, AIJ, pp.563-564，2013 (inJapanese)
UEAKASAKA Noriyuki, TAKEMIYA Kenji
Analysis of present state of Day-Care and Short-Stay Service in the facilities forchildren with severe motor and intellectual disabilities, Study on architectural planningof the respite care facilities for children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities.
PART.3, Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting E-1, AIJ, pp.561-562，2013(in Japanese)
JEON Yong-Il, TAKEMIYA Kenji
Report on the existing conditions of cancer salon in Japan, Study on the planning ofhealth care facilities for developed treatment for patients with cancer (7), Summaries ofTechnical Papers of Annual Meeting E-1, AIJ, pp.151-152，2013 (in Japanese)
YOKOMORI Kei, SHIMAZU Erena，KOBAYASHI Kenichi and TAKEMIYA Kenji
Analysis of the Medical System and the Facilities Planning of Emergency Medical
Centers at Medical Depopulated Areas, Research on Treatment Environment in
Emergency Medical Center Part 8, Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting
E-1, AIJ, pp.149-150，2013 (in Japanese)
AOKI Sakurako, TAKEMIYA Kenji, ISHIBASHI Tatsuo, KOBAYASHI Kenichi
Study on treatment and care environment of neonatal intensive care ward, Summaries
of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting E-1, AIJ, pp.199-200，2013 (in Japanese)
ICHIKURA Kenta, TAKEMIYA Kenji
Reports of a participant observation study in the clinic „HT‟, Study on the facility
management and planning in the clinics to provide palliative care Part. 2, Summaries ofTechnical Papers of Annual Meeting E-1, AIJ, pp.215-216，2013 (in Japanese)
ISHIKAWA Sakiko, TAKEMIYA Kenji
Study on management and facility planning of nurseries near the station, Case study ofnurseries held by railway companies in Tokyo, Summaries of Technical Papers ofAnnual Meeting E-1, AIJ, pp.313-314，2013 (in Japanese)
KITAHARA Hideaki, TAKEMIYA Kenji
Characteristics of utilization of the adjoining rooms in the old folks' home'A', Study on
the small-scale facilities for the elderly which utilized the spatial structure of Japanese
old folks houses, Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting E-1, AIJ,
pp.537-538，2013 (in Japanese)
KIM Sung-Ryong, TAKEMIYA Kenji
Analysis of the user records for 13 years in the old folk‟s home KS, Summaries ofTechnical Papers of Annual Meeting E-1, AIJ, pp.539-540，2013 (in Japanese)
AYUMI Mineno, TAKEMIYA KenjiStudy on supportive environment for strolling by the visually handicapped person basedon their behavioral characteristics, Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting
E-1, AIJ, pp.817-818，2013 (in Japanese)
Bui Thi Thu Ha, TAKEMIYA Kenji
Study on the facility management and planning in the international house, Summaries
of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting E-1, AIJ, pp.409-410，2013 (in Japanese)<< Hidenori TAMAGAWA >>1) Staff

Hidenori TAMAGAWA

Professor／Dr. Eng.

Urban and Regional Analysis, Urban and Regional Planning
Rm.9-556, +81 426 77 1111 Ext. 4275 htama@tmu.ac.jp

2) Overview of Research Activities in 2013FY

1. A Fundamental Study on the Characteristics of Urban Model and GIS application
Hidenori TAMAGAWA
To exchange the research information with foreign researchers, I made presentations
about TMU, my department and my studies at University of Toronto, MIT, and ITC(The Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente).
Moreover I also observed the research activities of them, especially the projectworkshop at MIT. The experiences will be utilized for my further education andresearch.

2. A Study on Urban Theory
Hidenori TAMAGAWA and Hiroshi MIYAZAKI
Precise materials about Jane Jacobs were collected at the special corner “Jane Jacobs
Papers” of Burns Library in Boston College. I also dedicated the DVD movie of myinterview to Jane Jacobs in 1990 to the library. The DVD of my another interview to her
in 1999 had already been stored. Moreover I conducted the interview to Mr. James

Jacobs who is a sun of Jane Jacobs, watched the revitalization projects in Boston city,
surveyed the statistics of Boston region at BRA (Boston Redevelopment Authority) andtalked with Dean Melvin King of SETC (South End Technology Center) . Some parts ofthese results consist in a part of the reserach report issued by the Housing Research
Foundation Jusoken.

3. A Study on the Recovery of the Damaged Area by the Earthquake Disaster
Hidenori TAMAGAWA, Shinji KAWAMURA, Taro ICHIKO and Yasuchi NOZAWA and
Their Students
To make up the recovery planning for Noda village in Iwate prefecture which is themost north locality that is damaged by the Higashi-Nihon great earthquake, the fieldsurvey, work shop discussion and presentation are conducted. In 2013FY, charette
workshop with real job experiences was conducted in August and public presentation tovillagers was conducted in February, 2014. This activities are funded by Grants-in-Aid
for Scientific Research by JSPS from 2012FY to 2014FY.

3) List of Research Activities in 2013FY

1. Refereed Papers
Akiko Yamazaki, Hidenori Tamagawa and Itsuki Nakabayashi, “The Relation of the
Narrow Street Arrangement Measures and the District Characteristic in a
Community Rearrangement Work Area ―Part2 A study on the direction of narrow
street arrangement measures and the district characteristic in tokyo ward(ku) - area―”,
Journal of architecture and planning, No. 694, pp.2547-56，2013.12

2. Proceedings of Oral Presentations
Masahiro Kameyama and Hidenori Tamagawa, “Land use simulation model andcontiguity indices with its applications by three dimensional vector data”, Joint Meetingof Korean, Chinese and Japanese Scholars, Cooperative Development of Great Cities inNorth East Asia, 2013.09

3. Others
3-2. Research Reports/Papers

Hiroshi Miyazaki and Hidenori Tamagawa, “A Study on Planning Theories to Improve
the Living Amenity of Common Japanese Urban Area –Revaluating Jane Jacobs Urban
Theory and its Applying Feasibility to Japanese Cities”, Papers of the Studies Grantedby the Housing Research Foundation Jusoken, No.40 － Study No.1207 、 pp.71-82,
2014.03
3-4. Works/Others
Hidenori Tamagawa, “Tokyo Metropolitan University and Department of Urban Science”
and “Sustainable Cities - especially as for stability of population”, presentation at ITC（ The Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University ofTwente）, 2013.11.25
Department

of

Urban

SystemScience,editedbyHidenori

Tamagawa,“Interdisciplinary Global Educational Exchange Program on Urban Issues in AsianRegion”, Final Report of TMU Program for Enhancing the Quality of University
Education (TMU-GP, 2012FY-2013FY), 2014.03<< Kahoruko YAMAMOTO >>1) Staff

Kahoruko YAMAMOTO
Associate Professor/Ph.D.(Sociology)
Urban Sociology, Community Study, Migrant Study
Rm.9-154, +81 426 77 1111 Ext. 4233
kahoruko@tmu.ac.jp

2) Overview of Research Activities

1. Urban Sociological Study on Social Structural Changes and Reconstruction of Urban
Inner Area
The Study has been focused on social structural changes in urban inner areas,taking a case of Kotobuki, Yokohama and Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, Canada,
focusing on the issues below; 1) change in industrial structures with Globalization andpost-industrialization, 2) town development plan engaged by public administration andNPOs, 3) activities of local supportive organizations. The academic aim is to clarify 1)
how these three points affect over changes and reconstructing of local communities, and2) how social lives of residents have changed.

2. Research on Social Condition of the Evacuees from Fukushima
As a research group, we have conducted interviewing research to bring out
the social condition of the evacuees from Fukushima, especially from Tomioka Town.

3. Research on Social Changes of Ex-Mining Town
The research has been conducted in Kushiro-City, Hokkaido Prefecture,
focusing on social structural changes in the era of degradation of the local mining
industry.

3) List of Research Activities

1. Refereed Papers
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, „Changes and the Restructuring of the Social Issues of the
Urban Underclass Area with Increasing Needs of Welfare: A Case of Kotobuki,
Yokohama, The Annals of Japan Association for Urban Sociology, 31: 95-110., 2013.

2. Proceedings of Oral Presentations
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO,

Relations between Art Projects and Local Community in

Urban Inner Area: A Case of Yokohama, The Annual Conference of Japan Association ofRegional and Community Association, in Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, May 11th,
2013.
Yusuke Yamashita, Akihiko Sato, Kahoruko Yamamoto and Ryosuke Takaki, „Social
Structure of the Evacuees from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident (1)‟, The
Annual Conference of Japan Association of Regional and Community Association, in
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, May 11th, 2013.
Akihiko Sato, Yusuke Yamashita, Kahoruko Yamamoto and Ryosuke Takaki, „Social
Structure of the Evacuees from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident (2)‟, The
Annual Conference of Japan Association of Regional and Community Association, inRitsumeikan University, Kyoto, May 11th, 2013.
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, „Who is the Evacuees from the Fukushima Nuclear Power
Plant Accident?‟, The Annual Conference of Kanto Sociological Society, in Hitotsubashi
University, Tokyo, June 16th, 2013.
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, „The Social Structural Change and the Social Activity in the
Urban Underclass Area in Vancouver, Canada‟, The Annual Conference of Japan
Association for Urban Sociology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, September 16th,
2013.
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, „Social Inequality and Policy for the Evacuees from the
Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident‟, UOS-TMU Joint Seminar, University ofSeoul, Seoul, September 27, 2013.

3. Others
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, „Gentrification Issues in North America: A Case of DTES,
Vancouver‟, 10+1 website, July 2013, http://10plus1.jp/monthly/2013/07/issue02.php