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LIU, Yudi

Scopus Paper Info

Paper Count: 9 Citation Count: 115 h-index: 3

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Google Scholar Information (Citations per year)

Citation Count: 159 h-index: 4 i10-index: 3

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Affiliation

Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for Advanced Social Sciences

Job title

Assistant Professor(without tenure)

Research Experience

2023.10

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2024.03

The University of Tokyo The Graduate School of Engineering Department of Urban Engineering Project Researcher
2020.09

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2023.09

The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Urban Engineering UTokyo Fellowship Recipient

The University of Tokyo Fellowship
2018.01

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2019.05

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Research Assistant
2016.09

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2017.06

Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance Advanced Field Study Intern
2015.11

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2017.06

University of California, Irvine Metropolitan Future Initiative Undergraduate Student Researcher

Education Background

2020.09

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2023.09

The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering Department of Urban Engineering,

PhD in Urban Engineering
2019.09

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2020.09

University College London Bartlett School of Planning Inter-disciplinary Urban Design

Master of Research
2017.08

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2019.05

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Urban Planning

修士号
2013.06

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2017.06

University of California, Irvine Urban Planning and Public Policy Urban Studies

Bacholar of Arts

Professional Memberships

2025.07

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Now

Regional Studies Association
2025.02

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Now

Royal Geographical Society
2022

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Now

American Association of Geographers
2021

-

Now

International Association for China Planning
2021

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Now

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
2021

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Now

City Planning Institute of Japan

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Research Areas

Human geography Critical Transport Studies, Infrastructure Studies, Political Geography / Politics Urban Studies, Historical Institutionalism / Architectural planning and city planning City Planning, Planning History, Transit-Oriented Development

Research Interests

Public Policy
Historical Institutionalism
Urban Theory
Critical Transport Studies
City Planning

Awards

Dissertation Completion Award

2024.04 Association of American Geographers・Urban Geography Specialty Group
Dean's Award (Research) at the Graduate School of Engineering

2024.03 The University of Tokyo
Excellent Doctoral Research Award in Urban Engineering (Urban Planning)

2024.03 The University of Tokyo
Degree Classification: Distinction

2020.09 University College London
Graduation Honor: Advanced Field Study Award

2017.06 University of California, Irvine
Graduation Honor: Excellence in Research Award

2017.06 University of California, Irvine

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Papers

Explaining asymmetric urbanism: contingent infrastructure, conjunctural space, and ideational hegemony in Tokyo

Yudi Liu

Urban Geography 2026.07 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

DOI

Scopus
Historical institutionalism for critical transport studies: The politics of private railways in Tokyo

Yudi Liu

Urban Studies 2026.05 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

DOI

Scopus

1

Citation

(Scopus)
Placing Transit in New Towns: Planning Paradox, Property Institution, and Urban Sprawl

Yudi Liu

Planning Theory & Practice 2026.03 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

DOI

Scopus
How Under-Viaduct Spaces are Associated with Gentrification: A Comparative Study between the Urban Core and Periphery Areas in Osaka, Japan

Kojiro Sho, Jiarui Zhu, Bing-yu Chiu, Naoki Saito, Yongcheng Wang, Yudi Liu, Kazuyasu Yoshino

2026

DOI
Transition to a Carbon-Neutral and Sustainable Society

Washizu, A., Akao, K.-I., Liu, Y.

Sustainable Development Goals Series Part F1160 2026

DOI

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Explaining and Overcoming Barriers to Urban Carbon Neutrality: Historical Institutionalism in Transport-Land Use Coordination

Yudi Liu

Sustainable Development Goals Series 33 - 43 2025.11 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

DOI

Scopus

2

Citation

(Scopus)
Transit-induced restructuring: On the mobility inequalities in Tokyo

Yudi Liu, Erli Zeng, Lichen Luo, Kojiro Sho

Journal of Transport Geography 128 2025 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author

DOI

Scopus

2

Citation

(Scopus)
Historical institutionalism in action: Incremental prevalence of Transit-Oriented Development in Tokyo 1945-1982

Yudi Liu, Rikutaro Manabe, Ryoichi Nitanai, Akito Murayama

Progress in Planning 100850 - 100850 2024.01 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author

DOI

Scopus

7

Citation

(Scopus)
A Historical Institutionalist Approach to Transit-Oriented Development in Tokyo

Yudi Liu

Doctoral Thesis, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo 2023.09 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author

DOI
Institutionalization of Transit-Oriented Development in Tokyo 1868–1945

Yudi Liu, Ryoichi Nitanai, Rikutaro Manabe, Akito Murayama

Planning Perspectives 1 - 28 2023.03 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author

DOI

Scopus

8

Citation

(Scopus)
Transit-Oriented Development in Planning History: A West-East Dialogue in Regaining Social Goals

Yudi Liu, Akito Murayama, Rikutaro Manabe, Ryoichi Nitanai

Urban and Regional Planning Review 10 94 - 120 2023 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author

DOI
Transit-oriented development with urban sprawl? Four phases of urban growth and policy intervention in Tokyo

Yudi Liu, Nabamita Nath, Akito Murayama, Rikutaro Manabe

LAND USE POLICY 112 2022.01 [Refereed]

Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author

DOI

Scopus

95

Citation

(Scopus)
Transit-Induced Urban Transformation: A Comparative Study of Tokyo and Hong Kong

Liu, Yudi

Master's Thesis, Columbia University 2019.07

Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author

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In recent years, scholars increasingly advocate for rail transit development due to its subsequent benefits for sustainable development. In East Asia, Hong Kong and Tokyo have both developed financially self-sufficient rail transit systems. (1). in what ways has the rail transit system directed the two cities’ urban expansion? and (2).in what ways have public sectors’ land use regulation and private sectors’ project financing support rail transit development? To answer these two research questions, this study applies a qualitative approach to explore and compare factors of success in the two cities. First, through literature and data, the analysis confirms that the rail transit-induced urban expansion is an achievement involving supportive planning systems, transit corridor formation strategies, transit hub promotion regulations, as well as project financing solutions. In comparison, the study finds that Hong Kong has a strong public sector-led approach for funding, developing, and using rail transit to promote achieving urban expansion goals. In Tokyo, private sectors, especially private rail firms, play a more active role in the city’ urban expansion for decades. Public entities provide a variety of planning instruments to support rail transit development and recently also started participating in project development.

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Books and Other Publications

コミュニティはいかに計画されるべきか : ニューアーバニズムの理論と実践

Grant, Jill, 井上, 拓央, 劉, 雨迪, 白石, 智之, 似内, 遼一

水曜社 2026.04 ISBN: 9784880655956

Presentations

Regional Circular Economy under Transport Restructuring: Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen and the Changing Time-space Compression of Kashima City

Yudi Liu, Ayu Washizu, Osamu Soda

EcoDesign 2025 International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing

Presentation date： 2025.11
Irreversible Railway Privatization: Locked-in Institution and Contested Places in Japan

Yudi Liu, Xizi Xu, Kojiro Sho

Regional Studies Association (RSA) Student and Early Career Conference

Presentation date： 2025.09
Special Issue Panel: Urban Transport as a Social Construct (Urban Studies Journal)

Yudi Liu [Invited]

Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) Annual International Conference

Presentation date： 2025.08
Transit-Oriented Development through High-Speed Rail: Rethinking Spatial Integration and Regional Equity

Yudi Liu, Kojiro Sho

Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) Annual International Conference

Presentation date： 2025.08
Japanese Cities in Chinese Perspective Revisited: A Comparative-Historical Analysis of Transit Value Capture

Yudi Liu

International Association for China Planning (IACP) Conference

Presentation date： 2025.07
Towards relational-historical comparison: Transit value capture transcending space and time

Yudi Liu [Invited]

Development Finance and the Belt and Road Initiative Seminar at Waseda University

Presentation date： 2025.04
Transit-induced gentrification in place: 25 years of restructuring in Tokyo

Yudi Liu

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference

Presentation date： 2024.10
Rails, properties, plans, and politics: Kobayashi Ichizo and transit metropolis in Japan

Yudi Liu [Invited]

20th International Planning History Society (IPHS) Biennial Conference

Presentation date： 2024.07
Smart Transit-Oriented Neighborhoods in Japan: National Flagships by Private Corporations

Yudi Liu, Yushi Yoshida, Nabamita Nath, Akito Murayama

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 2023 Annual Conference

Presentation date： 2023.10

Event date：
2023.10

　

　
Transit-Oriented Development in Tokyo: Current Challenge and Historical Institutionalization

Liu Yudi [Invited]

Guest Lecture for Transportation Policy Course at University of California, Riverside

Presentation date： 2023.05
A Tale of Two Sectors: (Un)just Geographies of Tranist-Oriented New Towns in Postwar Tokyo

Yudi Liu

2023 American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting

Presentation date： 2023.03

Event date：
2023.03

　

　
Transit Oriented Development in Tokyo: A Historical Institutionalist Interpretation

Yudi Liu [Invited]

Roundtable at TOD-IS-RUS, University of Antwerp

Presentation date： 2022.10

Event date：
2022.10

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Research Projects

「包摂的交通体制」への制度転換―歴史的制度論と移動の正義に基づく理論・実証研究

日本学術振興会科学研究費助成事業

Project Year :

2026.04

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2030.03

劉雨迪
私鉄資本を問うー現代東京の公共交通指向型開発に関する歴史的制度論

日本学術振興会科学研究費助成事業

Project Year :

2024.07

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2026.03

劉雨迪

Syllabus

Global Lab 2: Field Inquiry (Hong Kong – Social Innovation)

School of Social Sciences

2026 an intensive course(spring)

Internal Special Research Projects

沿線開発の国際移転を探るー私鉄資本の政治史における比較歴史研究

2025

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本研究は、この一年間において着実な進展を遂げた。とりわけ、中国・英国で開催された四件の学会・研究集会への参加は、本研究を深化させる重要な契機となった。これらの機会は、研究者との意見交換にとどまらず、歴史的事例と現代的事例の双方を現地で観察する機会ともなり、沿線開発がいかに制度として定着し、また地域や国境を越えて移転・変容してきたのかを考えるうえで重要な知見をもたらした。とりわけ、中国では成都および厦門における近年の開発・再開発事例を視察し、英国ではロンドンの旧メトロポリタン鉄道沿線、即ち現在のロンドン地下鉄メトロポリタン線沿線につながる地域を訪れ、その形成過程と空間構造を確認した。加えて、各地の研究者・実務関係者との継続的な対話を通じて、沿線開発を支える制度、資金、計画思想の差異と共通性について理解を深めることができた。こうした進展は、土地利用と交通の総合をめぐる方法論および制度に関する現在の研究にも重要な示唆を与えており、新たな研究成果の形成にもつながっている。これらの海外調査と議論は、日本都市を対象とする継続中の研究とも密接に結びついており、その成果の一部は現在、査読付き論文として審査中である。また、関連する研究全体は、契約済みの単著書としても取りまとめを進めている。このように、本年度は、現地調査、国際的な学術交流、ならびに論文・著書の執筆が相互に連関しながら進展した一年であった。
私鉄資本の裏返しー現代東京の公共交通指向型開発における批判的研究

2024

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この一年間、都市計画・公共交通指向型開発（TOD）を中心テーマとして研究を深化させ、東京で文献や現地調査を行いながら、国際学会発表や論文執筆に積極的に取り組んだ。2024年年度において、主な成果として、アメリカ地理学会の都市地理研究グループ博士論文賞を受賞し、科研費（研究活動スタート支援）に採択されたほか、Progress in Planning誌に論文掲載を果たした。社会科学学術院の先生方が編集する英文書籍の章も執筆し、出版が近づいている。出版。また現在、英文学術誌に論文4本を査読中であり、5本目の投稿準備も進めている。2024年はアメリカ（シアトル・Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning）および中国(香港・International Planning History Society)で開催された国際学会において、都市計画や公共交通指向型開発をテーマとした研究発表を行い、セッションの座長も務めった。2025年度においては、6月末および7月初には、中国で開催される二つの国際会議(Urban China Research NetworkおよびInternational Association of China Planning)において土地価値還元に関する研究発表を予定している。8月には英国のRoyal Geographical Society年次大会に参加し、英語圏の著名な研究者とともにラウンドテーブルおよびプレオーガナイズド・セッションに登壇することが決定している。12月には早稲田大学で開催される国際会議EcoDesign 2025において、プレオーガナイズド・セッションにも参加予定である。これらの活動を通じて、引き続き国内外における研究の発信力を高め、持続可能な都市開発と公共交通政策への学際的貢献を目指していきたい。