Urban Transition. Practices and Lessons from Japan

h. 03:00 - 05:00 p.m. | Castello del Valentino, Torino

The PoliTo Japan Hub
PhD Program in Urban and Regional Planning
Erasmus+ HE Teaching Program

Lectures
Urban Transition. Practices and Lessons from Japan

How to achieve the goal SDG11 (To make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable)?
Prof. Akito Murayama (The University of Tokyo) will illustrate his planning approaches and empirical experiments in Japanese cities in two lectures for the PhD Program in Urban and Regional Development.
Introduced by prof. Claudia Cassatella and followed by a discussion among experts from Politecnico di Torino, the lectures are open to the interested public.

25 September 2023, h. 15-17, Sala Vigliano Tokyo Megaregion and its Diverse Urban Areas, Discussion panel: Marco Santangelo, Giancarlo Cotella
26 September 2023, h. 15-17, Sala Astengo Community-based Approach to Eco-Smart Districts, Discussion panel: Sara Torabi

Prof. Murayama, Associate Professor of urban planning at Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo specializes in land use planning and urban development, urban design as public policy, and planning methodology. Research partner of Politecnico di Torino since 2017 (UNI-NUA Project).
This lecture series is funded by Erasmus + HE Teaching Staff Exchange Program.

Convener and Organizer
prof. Claudia Cassatella (DIST) - claudia.cassatella@polito.it

Full Program (2 MB)