OIC

AS463

English

This course is equivalent to "Urban Housing and Policy." The class is divided into two parts. The first half of the class covers the theoretical issues related to urbanization, housing, and policy. Starting from the period of rapid urbanization in industrial cities in the late 19th century, the course focuses on understanding the historical evolution of modern cities, the land use patterns of city areas, characteristics of urban housing, the emergence of urban/housing problems, and public efforts, and recent issues of urbanization and shrinking cities around the world. This half of the class tends to employ socio-economic and spatial viewpoints of understanding urban housing so that students obtain fundamental knowledge that can be applied to understanding the housing conditions of different cities and countries.

The second half of the class focuses on understanding and learning from the urban housing experiences of Japanese cities, particularly in the Kansai Metropolitan area (and cities of some other countries also covered). As these cities have experienced a long period of industrialization and urbanization, they work as a reference to understand the process of urbanization and housing development and provide a background for discussing how housing development styles differ among cities and times.

Students are expected to obtain:
-Theoretical and practical knowledge of fundamentals of urban housing and policy
-Ability to apply it to understanding and critically evaluating historical and contemporary housing problems and related policies

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors)	Theme
	Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1	What is housing?
	Housing as home and commodity, the unique characteristics of housing 【+R-Jugyo】Information for “+R-Jugyo” will be posted on manaba+R.
2-4	Housing and land markets
	housing and land price, tenure choice
5-7	Housing, family, and society
	Housing and life course, residential mobility and migration, rationale for housing policy
8-10	Urbanization, housing problems, and policies
	Urbanization, slum upgrading, suburbanization, urban forms and transportation modes, changing housing problems and policies
11	Post-growth housing problems
	Deindustrialization, shift in housing policy, vacant housing
12-14	Contemporary topics of urban problems
	Affordability, Urban poverty and space, segregation, discrimination, linkage with welfare policies, and rental subsidies.

14 classes on Face to Face basis.

Students are recommended to explore and observe the housing conditions of their neighborhoods to deepen their understanding of class contents.

Kind	Percentage	Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)
Report Examination (A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)
Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　 (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)	100	Active participation in class discussions, quizzes, presentations, and assignments.

Course schedule may be changed depending on the size of student enrollment and the interests/learning pace of students.

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