2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
Introduction to Urban Development
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Urban Design and Built Environment
- Instructor(s)
- Norihiro Nakai
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Fri (Zoom)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- UDE.D447
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course explains minimum necessary knowledge of property rights and describes actual project practice particularly facusing on institutional aspacts. It also explains project finance based on current economic circumstances.
Students are expected to understand minimum necessary knowledge of urban development projects, such as players, system, process, plan-making and project finence, and to understand its role on built-up environment.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) understand the kinds and system of urban development projects;
2) understand the project planning of urban development;
3) obtain basic knowledge necessary for planning urban development project.
Keywords
Urban Development, Land Readjustment Project, Urban Redevelopment Project, Project Planning, Development Finance, Property Right
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course will be basically by lectures, but there will be exercise problems occasionally within the class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Property rights: for possession | Understand the definition of real estate; understand the property right for possession |
| Class 2 | Property rights; for use | Understand the property rights for use |
| Class 3 | Players, system and process of urban development projects | Understand the players, system and process of urban development project |
| Class 4 | System of land readjustment project | Understand the system of land readustment project |
| Class 5 | System of urban redevelopment project | Understand the system of urban redevelopment project |
| Class 6 | Structure of project plan | Understand the project planning; simple exercise of project plan-making |
| Class 7 | Financing for urban development | Understand the basic knowledge of development finance |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Original text material will be uploaded to the OCW
Reference books, course materials, etc.
To be announced
Evaluation methods and criteria
Level of understandings of basic knowledge necessary for urban development. Minor exercises (30%) and final examination (70%)
Related courses
- UDE.D413 ： Urban Renewal
Prerequisites
none
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Nakai, Norihiro nakai.n.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance