Faculty Information - Hiroyuki Usui

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Hiroyuki Usui
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Creative Engineering

Master's Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Creative Engineering

Professor

■ Office

Tsudanuma Campus, No.1 Building,16th floor room 021603

■ Academic background

1.	2014/02 Degree Acquisition	The University of Tokyo, Ph.D
2.	2007/10～2009/09	〔Master Course〕 Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School, Division of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Completed, M.E. in Engineering
3.	2003/04～2007/03	College of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Graduated, B.A. in Policy and Planning Sciences

■ Present specialized field

Geography, Architectural planning and city planning, Safety engineering, Social systems engineering

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■ Research activities

1.	2008/04～	THE CITY PLANNING INSTITUTE OF JAPAN
2.	2008/04～	GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
3.	2008/04～	THE OPERATIONS RESEARCH SOCIETY OF JAPAN
4.	2009/04～	ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN
5.	2009/04～	ASSOCIATION OF URBAN HOUSING SCIENCES
6.	2017/04～	THE ASSOCIATION OF JAPANESE GEOGRAPHERS
7.	2019/04～	International Seminar on Urban Form
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■ Works

1.	Book	Introduction to GIS for Economics and Policy Analysis through Case Studies using QGIS, R, and GeoDa (Collaboration) 2022/10/08
2.	Book	Vague Spatiotemporal Information Analysis (Collaboration) 2020/12/09
3.	Article	Relative spatial variability in building heights and its spatial association: Application for the spatial clustering of harmonious and inharmonious building heights in Tokyo Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 51(4),pp.987-1002 (Single) 2024/05/01
4.	Article	Relative Variability in Streetscape Skeletons and Spatial Association: Application for Identifying Harmonious and Inharmonious Streetscape Skeletons in Tokyo Geographical Analysis 56(2),pp.358-383 (Single) 2024/04/01
5.	Article	Relationship Between Participation of Older Adults in Hobby Clubs and Sports Groups and Density of Neighborhood Facilities: A Case of Nagoya City Using JAGES Panel Data New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives pp.65-80 (Collaboration) 2024/03/07
6.	Article	Characteristics of the residence guided zone from physical urban form and population density - A Case study of Saitama Prefecture , Japan - Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.516-522 (Collaboration) 2023/10/01
7.	Article	How does the bike-sharing system have an impact on the number of visiting sites by tourists and their duration of stay? - A case study in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture - Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.143-152 (Collaboration) 2023/10/01
8.	Article	Spatial distribution of average residential population and households per building in basic census unit - Comparison with residential population and households in a small area and grid cell - Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.570-577 (Single) 2023/10/01
9.	Article	Development of workshop framework empowering local stakeholders for “place strategy” in a district: An implementation at Omotesando, Tokyo Research in Transportation Economics 100,pp.101318-101318 (Collaboration) 2023/09/01
10.	Article	Fear of street crime among Japanese mothers with elementary school children: A questionnaire survey using street montage photographs Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering pp.1-10 (Collaboration) 2023/06/26
11.	Article	Simulation of urban perforation after random vacant plot generation: Application of the thinning point process International Journal of Geographical Information Science 37(6),pp.1264-1287 (Single) 2023/05/01
12.	Article	Comparative Analysis of Public Toilet Location Plans by Municipalities - Accessibility evaluation of location policies by simulation - Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.48-57 (Collaboration) 2023/04/25
13.	Article	Automatic measurement of building setbacks and streetscape widths and their spatial variability along streets and in plots: integration of streetscape skeletons and plot geometry International Journal of Geographical Information Science 37(4),pp.810-838 (Single) 2023/03/01
14.	Article	Cost-efficient urban areas minimising the connection costs of buildings by roads: Simultaneous optimisation of criteria for building interval and built cluster size Networks and Spatial Economics 23(1),pp.65-96 (Single) 2023/03/01
15.	Article	Comparison of precise and approximated building height: Estimation from number of building storeys and spatial variations in the Tokyo metropolitan region Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 50(2),pp.487-499 (Single) 2023/02/01
16.	Article	How to harmonise variations in streetscape skeletons under zoning regulations: Considering their external diseconomies Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 50(2),pp.434-452 (Single) 2023/02/01
17.	Article	CHANGES IN DETERMINANTS OF POPULATION CHANGE IN LOCAL DISTRICTS UNDER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) pp.224-230 (Collaboration) 2023/01/01
18.	Article	Furthest Neighbour Distance Distribution Function: An Application to Evaluate the Relationship Between the Density of City Benches and the Required Continuous Walking Distance Distribution Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 15(4),pp.1469-1492 (Single) 2022/12/01
19.	Article	Association between neighborhood living environment and step counts of middle‐aged and older adults: Focusing on street systems from the perspective of traffic safety JAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW onlinefirst (Collaboration) 2022/11/28
20.	Article	Effect of assuming different distribution of intervals between adjacent building walls on fire-spreading risk -Quantification of built space configuration by theoretical distribution of intervals and its application - Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.306-319 (Collaboration) 2022/10/01
21.	Article	Statistical distributions of maximum and minimum intervals between adjacent building walls -Estimation from building density and building coverage ratio and its application to built-up areas - Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.52-64 (Collaboration) 2022/04/01
22.	Article	A normative model to estimate the number of persons not social distancing in a 3D complex built space International Journal of Geographical Information Science 36(3),pp.617-637 (Collaboration) 2022/03/01
23.	Article	Are patterns of vacant lots random? Evidence from empirical spatiotemporal analysis in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 49(3),pp.777-793 (Collaboration) 2022/03/01
24.	Article	Association between neighborhood living environment and step count of middle-aged and older adults -Focusing on street systems from the perspective of traffic safety- Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) pp.133-139 (Collaboration) 2022/01/01
25.	Article	A simulation of allocation of participants engaging in group activities at community salons: Accessibility and self-stigma Social Science & Medicine 292,pp.114547-114547 (Collaboration) 2021/11/01
26.	Article	Building height distribution under zoning regulations: Theoretical derivation based on allometric scaling analysis and application to harmonise building heights Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 48(9),pp.2520-2535 (Single) 2021/11/01
27.	Article	Analysis on the Evaluation of Shopper Circulation in Commercial Areas around Railway Stations - Focusing on Store Arrangement - Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.1152-1159 (Collaboration) 2021/10/01
28.	Article	Classification of residential buildings into spatial patterns of urban growth. A morpho-structural approach Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 48(8),pp.2402-2417 (Collaboration) 2021/10/01
29.	Article	Optimisation of building and road network densities in terms of variation in plot sizes and shapes Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 48(5),pp.1263-1278 (Single) 2021/06/01
30.	Article	How Does Urban Farming Benefit Participants’ Health? A Case Study of Allotments and Experience Farms in Tokyo International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(2),pp.542-542 (Collaboration) 2021/01/11
31.	Article	Relationship between built environment and residents' walking intensity in Yokohama city Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) pp.2209-2215 (Collaboration) 2020/10/01
32.	Article	Variography and Morphometry for Classifying Building Centroids: Protocol, Data and Script Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020. ICCSA 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp.415-424 (Collaboration) 2020/09/01
33.	Article	Three-Year Longitudinal Association Between Built Environmental Factors and Decline in Older Adults’ Step Count: Gaining insights for Age-Friendly Urban Planning and Design International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17(12),pp.4247-4247 (Collaboration) 2020/06/14
34.	Article	Size distribution of building lots and density of buildings and road networks: theoretical derivation based on Gibrat’s law and empirical study of downtown districts in Tokyo International Regional Science Review 43(3),pp.229-253 (Collaboration) 2020/05/01
35.	Article	A Comparison of neighbourhood relations based on ordinary Delaunay diagrams and area Delaunay diagrams: an application to define the neighbourhood relations of buildings International Journal of Geographical Information Science 34(11),pp.2177-2203 (Collaboration) 2020/04/01
36.	Article	Location of the hail-and-ride bus sections to minimize total travel time -Application to Mitakedai line in Yokohama, Aoba Ward- Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.688-695 (Collaboration) 2019/10/01
37.	Article	Statistical distribution of building lot depth: theoretical and empirical investigation of downtown districts in Tokyo Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 46(8),pp.1499-1516 (Single) 2019/10/01
38.	Article	The relationship between participation of older adults in hobby clubs and sports groups and density of neighborhood facilities -A case of Nagoya City using JAGES panel data- Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.1490-1495 (Collaboration) 2019/10/01
39.	Article	A bottom-up approach for delineating urban areas minimizing the connection cost of built clusters: Comparison with top-down-based densely inhabited districts Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 77,pp.101363 (Single) 2019/09/01
40.	Article	Building height distribution under zoning regulation: theoretical derivation based on Gibrat’s Law and allometric scaling analysis The 21st European Colloquium on Theoretical and Quantitative Geography (ECTQG), Book of Abstracts pp.211-212 (Single) 2019/09/01
41.	Article	Density of resting places and maximum continuous walking distance of elderly persons -Application to Tokyo central station and Otemachi station- Journal of Architecture and Planning pp.1779-1787 (Collaboration) 2019/08/01
42.	Article	Reconsidering definition of fire-inextinguishable area Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.64-71 (Single) 2019/04/01
43.	Article	Effect of building density reduction on fire spreading risk reduction -Probability distribution of fire spreading assuming squared building lot and its application to evaluating fire spreading risk in densely built areas- Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.1507-1514 (Collaboration) 2018/10/01
44.	Article	Estimation of geometric route distance from its topological distance: application to narrow road networks in Tokyo Journal of Geographical Systems 20(4),pp.387-412 (Single) 2018/10/01
45.	Article	Relationship between the occurrence of building renewal and residential environments in Tokyo Wards Area: Focusing on characteristics of building, location, resident, etc. Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.1485-1490 (Collaboration) 2018/10/01
46.	Article	CONTINUOUS WALKING DISTANCE AND CRITERIA FOR DENSITY OF RESTING PLACES:Application to Tokyo central station and Otemachi station Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) pp.1049-1056 (Collaboration) 2018/06/01
47.	Article	EFFECT OF VARIATION OF URBAN BLOCK PATTERNS ON VARIATION OF URBAN BLOCK SIZES:－Relaxation of square-grid block patterns－ Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) pp.475-482 (Single) 2018/03/01
48.	Article	PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF ALLEYS FOR THE PROMOTION OF POTTED PLANTS Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) pp.447-453 (Collaboration) 2018/03/01
49.	Article	Statistical distribution of building lot frontage: application for Tokyo downtown districts 20(3),pp.1-22 (Single) 2018/03/01
50.	Article	Size distribution of urban blocks in the Tokyo Metropolitan Region: estimation by urban block density and road width on the basis of normative plane tessellation 32(1),pp.120-139 (Collaboration) 2018/01/01
51.	Article	Statistical Distribution of Road Width:Estimation Based on Theoretical Model and Its Accuracy Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.487-492 (Single) 2016/10/01
52.	Article	Distribution Function of Lot Frontage and Building Density:Application of Distribution of Length of Poisson Voronoi Cells on Closed Curves Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.579-584 (Collaboration) 2014/10/01
53.	Article	Estimation of Mean Lot Depth and Its Accuracy Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.357-362 (Collaboration) 2013/10/01
54.	Article	Effects of Difference of Area shape and Road Network Patterns on Mean Frontage : Under Road Density Being Invariable 都市計画論文集 = Papers on city planning pp.829-834 (Collaboration) 2012/10/01
55.	Article	Setback Distance and Density of Buildings and Roads Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan pp.829-834 (Collaboration) 2011/10/01
56.	Article	An evaluation of road network patterns based on the criteria for fire-fighting 2011(Article 542) (Collaboration) 2011/06/01
57.	Article	Comparison of Accuracy of Methods of Judging Adjacency of Buildings to Roads GIS : 理論と応用 = Theory and applications of GIS pp.161-170 (Collaboration) 2010/12/01
58.	Article	Method for determining buffer distance for judging adjacency of lots to roads Journal of architecture and planning pp.1175-1180 (Collaboration) 2010/05/01
59.	Article	Changing Floor Area of Buildings by Focusing on Difference of Building Use and Building Stories Discussion Paper (Collaboration) 2010
60.	Article	Evaluation of Road Networks Focusing on Fire Inextinguishable Area 地理情報システム学会講演論文集 = Papers and proceedings of the Geographic Information Systems Association pp.509-512 (Collaboration) 2009/10/01
61.	Article	Evaluation of the Formation of Road Networks Based on Fire-Extinction Criterion (101) (Collaboration) 2009
62.	Article	Study on methods of judging adjacency of lots to roads by using GIS (95) (Collaboration) 2009
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■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense

1.	2024/04～2029/03	Development of methods for evaluating district's residential environment by physical density index considering complex physical urban form (Key Word : )
2.	2023/04～2024/03	Sequential location problems of city benches considering continuous walking distance of elderly persons (Key Word : )
3.	2020/04～2024/03	Dynamic evaluation of morphological urban areas: considering random accumulation of vacant plots (Key Word : )
4.	2019/04～2022/03	Improvement of streetscape harmony under the present zoning regulation: focusing on the variation of building lot shape and the trade-off between the freedom of each building’s form (external diseconomies) and streetscape harmony (Key Word : )
5.	2017/04～2021/03	Development of methods for delineating urban areas based on urban density and its application to evaluating urban shrinkage (Key Word : )
6.	2016/04～2021/03	Developmnent and Application of next-generation tool box for analyzing temporal-spatial information (Key Word : )
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■ Activity in society

1.	2016/12～2016/12	Relationship between continuous walking distance and density of resting places
2.	2016/12～2016/12	Probability density function of road width and its application

■ Committee and society

1.	2021/01/01～	International Seminar on Urban Form Task force 'Teaching urban morphology'
2.	2020/09/01～	International Seminar on Urban Form 2021 Scientific committee