2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Infrastructure and Social SystemⅠ)
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Instructor(s)
- Shintaro Ikeda
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 11-12 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TIM.C518
- Number of credits
- 0.50.50
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Infrastructure is a term that refers to the essential social infrastructure for daily life and economic activities, and is an aggregate of a wide range of industries. Infrastructure is recognized as something deeply related to traditional civil engineering and construction, such as roads, railroads, dams, and ports, but in recent years, digital technology has begun to be introduced to such legacy industries, and new technologies and businesses have been born both in Japan and overseas. However, in recent years, digital technology has begun to be introduced to such legacy industries, and new technologies and businesses are emerging both in Japan and overseas. Furthermore, the information and communication industry and the space industry are now recognized as important components of infrastructure.
In this lecture, we will focus on a specific infrastructure-related industry in each class, and organize domestic and international policies, technological development trends, and corporate activities, with the aim of gaining a broad understanding of the use of advanced technologies in infrastructure-related industries.
In this lecture, we will focus on infrastructure industries related to civil engineering and construction.
Course description and aims
By taking this course, students will understand the following:
(1) Understand the domestic and international policies and business activities related to infrastructure
(2) To understand the future prospects of advanced technologies and technological developments related to infrastructure
(3) To understand the characteristics of corporate activities and technological development in public projects
Keywords
Infrastructure, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Technology Development, Digital Transformation
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The class will consist mainly of lectures. Since the industries covered in the class are diverse, the content of the lecture is designed to provide a bird's-eye view of the entire infrastructure-related industries in consideration of beginners.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance, components of the infrastructure industry and overview of industry history | Understand the purpose of this lecture. To provide a bird's eye view of overall trends in infrastructure-related industries, including conventional civil engineering and construction infrastructures as well as modern information and communication and space infrastructures. |
| Class 2 | Public Works Policy | To understand the trends in infrastructure investment in Japan and abroad and the characteristics of PPP/PFI projects, which are public projects that utilize private sector funds and know-how. |
| Class 3 | Water Business | To understand the areas of water business (drinking water, seawater desalination, industrial water, reused water, sewage water, etc.) and domestic and international trends, as well as the characteristics of water services provided by the public and private sectors. |
| Class 4 | Ports and Shipping | To understand the state of ports and harbors as social capital, and then to understand recent trends in smart ports (advanced port facilities through ICT) and the shipping business. |
| Class 5 | Airports and Airlines | Based on an understanding of the role of airports as social capital, students will gain an understanding of recent trends in smart airports, aviation policy, and aviation business. |
| Class 6 | Roads and Railways | To understand recent policy and business trends based on an understanding of the state of roads and railroads as social capital. |
| Class 7 | Semiconductor | Understand domestic and international policy and business trends in the semiconductor industry, which is considered a critical infrastructure for the industry. |
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)
Nothing
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Related materials will be distributed during the lecture.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluation will be based on participation in lectures (40%) and submission of reports (60%).
Related courses
- TIM.C519 ： Social Infrastructure and Social SystemⅡ
Prerequisites
Nothing