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2023　Social Infrastructure and Social SystemⅠ

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Instructor(s)
Ikeda Shintaro 
Class Format
Lecture / Exercise    (Livestream)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue11-12(CIC)  
Group
-
Course number
TIM.C518
Credits
1
Academic year
2023
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2023/4/11
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

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.

Student learning outcomes

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 that will be developed

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

Class flow

The first half of 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. In the second half of the class, students will work in groups to develop business plans or industrial promotion measures focusing on specific industries based on the knowledge covered in the class, and make presentations.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
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 Port and airport infrastructure and aviation business To understand the nature of ports and airports as social capital, and to understand recent trends in smart ports (upgrading of port facilities by ICT), smart airports, and aviation business.
Class 5 Road and transportation projects and advanced technologies After analyzing road projects from a policy perspective, students will understand the development trends and business models of ICT use and intelligent transportation systems in road maintenance projects.
Class 6 Group work 2 Discussion and consideration for group presentation
Class 7 Group work 2 Group presentation

Out-of-Class Study Time (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.

Assessment criteria and methods

Evaluation will be based on participation in lectures (40%) and submission of reports (60%).

Related courses

  • TIM.C519 ： Social Infrastructure and Social SystemⅡ

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Nothing

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