2021 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fundamentals of Infrastructure Planning

Academic unit or major: Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Instructor(s): Toru Seo / Daisuke Fukuda
Class Format: Lecture
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): 1-2 Tue (M114) / 1-2 Fri (M114)
Class: -
Course Code: CVE.D201
Number of credits: 200
Course offered: 2021
Offered quarter: 1Q
Syllabus updated: Jul 10, 2025
Language: Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

The infrastructure planning deals with the impact analysis of civil works (investigation/survey, forecasting and evaluations), procedural analysis (consensus building) and infrastructure management for the purpose of making a better society through the infrastructure construction and their management. This course teaches the fundamentals of infrastructure planning, particularly about the mathematical and social foundations of planning.

Course description and aims

To understand the foundations of:
- Mathematical oriented planning theory about planning process, survey, forecasting and evaluation,
and
- Social oriented planning theory considering that the infrastructure planning deals with human being and their society.

Keywords

Infrastructure planning, optimization, systems analysis, social theory

Competencies

Specialist skills
Intercultural skills
Communication skills
Critical thinking skills
Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

While teaching theoretical foundations of infrastructure planning, small quiz will also be conducted. Further, the final exam will also be carried out.

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	Civil works, civil engineering and infrastructure planning	- Plan and planning in Civil Works - Technology oriented planning and comprehensive planning
Class 2	Fundamentals of mathematical optimization: (1) Unconstrained case	- Fundamental thought of optimization - Univariate optimization without constraints - Multivariate optimization without constraints
Class 3	Fundamentals of mathematical optimization: (2) Linear programming	- Examples of linear programming - Graphical solution method - Gauss-Jordan method
Class 4	Fundamentals of mathematical optimization: (3) Basics of nonlinear programming	- Lagrangian method - Karush-Kuhn-Tucher condition
Class 5	Fundamentals of mathematical optimization: (4) Advances of nonlinear programming	- Maximum transport problem - Traffic assignment problem
Class 6	Fundamentals of mathematical optimization: (5) Algorithms for solving nonlinear programming	- Gradient based method - Convex planning method
Class 7	Mathematics of project management	- PERT - CPM
Class 8	Demand forecasting methods	- Fundamentals of statistical models - Travel demand forecasting
Class 9	Foundations of Cost Benefit Analysis	- Principles of cost benefit analysis - Project life and social discount rate - Computing benefits
Class 10	Mathematics of consensus building: (1) Fundamentals of Game Theory	- Strategic situations in infrastructure planning - Description of games - Typical game structures - Best response and Nash equilibria - Mixed strategy
Class 11	Mathematics of consensus building: (2) Applications of Game Theory	- Cooperative/Negotiation Games - Externality - Prisoners' dilemma - Environmental problem and economic problem
Class 12	Attitude/behavior modification oriented planning theory	- Psychology and infrastructure planning - Attitude theory - Mobility management
Class 13	Theory of social decision making, Sociology oriented planning theory	- Theory of social organism - Community theory
Class 14	Politics oriented planning theory	- Administrative power - Public involvement

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)

Satoshi Fujii "(Revised) Infrastructure Planning", Gakugei Shuppansha, 2018. (Handouts will also be distributed).

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Introduced at the class.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Small quiz in the class (40%)，Mid-term Assignment (30%), Final Assignment (30%)

Related courses

CVE.D210 ： Planning Theory for Civil and Environmental Engineering
CVE.D230 ： Urban and Transportation Planning Project
CVE.D301 ： Traffic and Transportation Systems
CVE.D402 ： Transportation Network Analysis
CVE.D403 ： Transportation Economics
CVE.D401 ： Mathematical Modeling of Individual Choice Behavior
CVE.D311 ： Public Economics
CVE.D211 ： Introduction to National Land Use and City Planning

Prerequisites

Particularly not.

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

Email: fukuda[at mark]plan.cv.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

Not particular schedule assigned for office hour. Please contact by email for the appointment.