Shu Yamamura, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Urban Science and Policy,
Tokyo Metropolitan University
keywords: Creative industry, Knowledge-city, Urban Regeneration, Walkable neighborhood, Urbanity capital, Location principles of business establishments
Dr. Shu Yamamura is an urban planner and researcher. He is an associate professor of Planning at the Department of Urban Science and Policy, Tokyo Metropolitan University.
He completed his undergraduate studies at Waseda University and worked for several ICT companies. After six years of job experience as an investment manager being in charge of M&A of high-tech startups, he returned to the Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering at Waseda, and he gained a master's degree in architecture and a Ph.D. in engineering.
His research interests lie at the crossroads of interdisciplinary research between urban planning and social sciences. His current research projects and interests relate to creative industry clusters in Tokyo (ICT, animation, apparel design, etc.), business location theories, knowledge-city policies, inner-city problems and revitalization, urban structural transformation of the Tokyo Metro Area, etc.
Dr. Yamamura has various teaching experiences including "Advanced Topics in Architectural Design and Engineering A (Spring)", "Topics in Modern Cities and Regions (Fall)", etc. He is also coordinating two urban design studios: "Design Exercises - F (Spring)", "Sydney University - Waseda University International Urban Design Workshop (Fall)".
Papers
Location patterns and determinants of knowledge‐intensive industries in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area [Full paper in English]
Japan Architectural Review, 2018
Shu Yamamura and Haruhiko Goto
A study on the going-out activity of the elderly and the proximity of parent-child household : Through face-to-face investigations into the elderly residing in Sakado city, Saitama prefecture [English Abstract]
Shin Matsumoto, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Papers on city planning Vol.52(3), 2017.10
Value and Significance of "Non-Authorized Industrial Modernization Element" in Inclusive Conservation of the Industrial Heritage : Case Study of the Ashio Copper Mine Heritage Site [English Abstract]
Chungmin RHEEM, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Papers on city planning Vol.53(3), 2017.10
Study on the Transition of Commercial Facilities Located in the Matured Large-scale New Town : Focusing on the Functional Changes in Neighborhood Centers and its Usage in Tama New Town
Yasutaka TAJIMA, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Papers on city planning Vol.51(3), 960-965, 2016.10
Planning and Planning Education in Asia 2015 : Contributions from six countries - Japan : Contributions from six countries - Japan
Shu YAMAMURA and Haruhiko GOTO
disP - The Planning Review Vol.51.4, 2015.12
The Transition Process of Animation Industry Location Preference in Western Tokyo : Focusing on the Change in Work Process following Digitization- [English Abstract]
Hirotaka AKIMA, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Papers on city planning, Vol.50(3), 2015.10
Spatiotemporal transformation of narrations in housing advertisements as the representations of values of living environment within the Tokyo metropolitan area
Shun YOSHIE, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Journal of Architecture and Planning, 2015.10
Study on "Third Place" as a learning place for university students
Ryota ENDO, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Papers on city planning Vol.49(3), 1083-1088, 2014.10
The process for expansion of community activities and networking by the community cafe which has special theme:Case study of the the community activity event that Café Slow in Kokubunji and the related groups
Marina HAMADA, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Papers on city planning Vol.49(3), 783-788, 2014.10
Managment method and sociological role of business venture rental shared house targeting fatherless families:Targeting Parenting Home Takatsu in Takatsu ward of Kanagawa prefecture
Yasumasa TANAKA, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Papers on city planning Vol.49(3), 975-980, 2014.10
Regional redistribution patterns of knowledge intensive business services and their generating mechanism within the Tokyo metropolitan area [English Abstract]
Shu YAMAMURA and Haruhiko GOTO
Journal of Architecture and Planning Vol.79(703), 1913-1922, 2014.9
Formation mechanism of knowledge-based industry clusters within the Tokyo metropolitan area : Evidence from path analysis based on municipal scale database and questionnaire for KIBS companies [English Abstract]
Shu YAMAMURA and Haruhiko GOTO
Journal of Architecture and Planning Vol.78(689), 1523-1532, 2013.7
Accumulation process of small knowledge service enterprises in the suburbs of Tokyo metropolitan area : The relationship between location preference of the manager and the regionality of Kamakura & Zushi seaside accumulation area [English Abstract]
Yuhki YAGINUMA, Haruhiko GOTO, Shu YAMAMURA and Yoshito YAMAZAKI
Journal of Architecture and Planning Vol.78(688), 1311-1320, 2013.6
Study on the effects by the urban fabric morphorogy to sequential scenery from the car on the metropolitan expressway
Shota TAKAMINE, Haruhiko GOTO, Kiyomasa BABA and Shu YAMAMURA
Journal of Architecture and Planning Vol.78(686), 857-865, 2013.4
Living environments in self-sustaining regions within the suburbs of the Tokyo metropolitan area
Shu YAMAMURA and Haruhiko GOTO [English Abstract]
Journal of Architecture and Planning Vol.77(676), 1381-1390, 2012.6
The role of religious institutions in the supporting network of minimum ethnic groups comencing with residential support : The case study for Burmese Chin Community
Yasunari YAMACHIKA, Haruhiko GOTO and Shu YAMAMURA
Papers on city planning Vol.47(3), 955-960, 2012.10
Restructure of basin area by social network : In case of wood industry in basin of Tenryugawa
Mayuko TSUKURA, Haruhiko GOTO, Hirosuke SATO and Shu YAMAMURA
Journal of Architecture and Planning Vol.77(673), 593-600, 2012.3
The cause and impressions of scenic change within the sequential landscape from the car on the Metropolitan Expressway
Shota TAKAMINE, Haruhiko GOTO, Hirosuke SATO and Shu YAMAMURA
Journal of Architecture and Planning Vol.76(668), 1903-1910, 2011.10
Agglomeration mechanisms of enterprises from the view point of spatial structure transformation in the suburbs of Tokyo Metropolitan Area [English Abstract]
Shu YAMAMURA and Haruhiko GOTO
Journal of Architecture and Planning Vol.75(658), 2845-2853, 2010.12
Conferences
Regenerating urban space with urbanity capital - case of Tennoz, Tokyo : Transforming the former industrial site into attractive workplace for knowledge businesses -
Shu YAMAMURA
Urban Regeneration International Conference, Korea University, 2015.1
Company office Location within the spatial structure transformation in the suburbs of Tokyo metropolitan area
Shu YAMAMURA and Haruhiko GOTO
2010 WSE Conference, The World Society for Ekistics, 2010.11
Regional Structure Plan in Hague Region : A Study on theories and methods of European City-Regional planning Part 3
Satoshi MIYAKE, Haruhiko GOTO, Hirosuke SATO and Shu YAMAMURA
General Conference at AIJ, 2010.7
Special Planning and City-Regional planning in Belgium : A Study on theories and methods of European City-Regional planning Part 2
Hirosuke SATO, Haruhiko GOTO, Satoshi MIYAKE and Shu YAMAMURA
General Conference at AIJ, 2010.7
Publications
Mukeigaku-e: Towards the study of intangible phenomena
Haruhiko GOTO [ED], Satoshi MIYAKE, Yoshito YAMAZAKI, Yasutomi SAKUMA, Hirosuke SATO, Shu YAMAMURA et al.
Suiyosha Press, 2017.4
The Spatial Dynamics of Industrial Distribution Transformed by the Socio-economic Changes within the Suburbs of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area : Focusing on the Rise of Knowledge Economy and its Influence on the Intrametropolitan Location of Business Establishments
Shu YAMAMURA
Waseda University Press, 2015.2
Academic Awards
Encouragement Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan 2015
FORMATION MECHANISM OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED INDUSTRY CLUSTERS WITHIN THE TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA - Evidence from path analysis based on municipal scale database and questionnaire for KIBS companies
The Architectural Institute of Japan, 2015
Sanae Prise (Best paper award of Waseda Architecture)
Master's thesis for Waseda University, 2009
Memberships
2010 - present Member, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ)
2010 - present Member, City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ)
2015 - present Member, Japan Society of Lifology