Urban planning and development Maa20'317 3 cr

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Urban planning and development Maa-20.317 (3 cr)

• The course at the Department of Surveying on the
  topic of the system of urban development and
  planning, interaction between local planning
  policies and actors strategies. The role game
  called Urbax, which simulates the development of
  a city. Participants of the course will play the
  game in a differnt roles as a city council,
  private developers and industrialists.
• Lecturer Prof. Kauko Viitanen

Timetable Mon 13.3. 10-12 Mon 10.4.
10-12 Tue 11.4. whole day game session
(9.15 17.00) Wed 12.4. whole day game
session (9.15 17.00)
More information Course homepage
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• The system of urban development and planning
• Interaction between local planning policies and
  actors strategies
• Economic base theory
• Theoretical case study in a role game

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Pedagogical objectives of the Urbax game 1. To
understand the actors strategy local
authorities, public-private developers, and
industrialists. 2. To understand the urban
planning system and to be able to appreciate the
interaction between the various urban policies
in order to put forward a global urban planning
strategy. 3. To be able to use the planning tools
and methods relevant to a historic quarter, new
neighbourhoods and areas of economic activity.
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• Position
• Degree Program of Real Estate Economics, in the
  Major or Minor
• of Real Estate Economics and Valuation
• Graduate School in real Estate and Facilities
  Management
• (KIITO) (accetable in PhD studies)
• Connected to Leonardo da Vinci / Urbax 2 -
  project

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• Leonardo da Vinci / Urbax 2 project
• URBAX 2 is a European network on the topic of
  urban markets
• and planning system funded by the E.U. Leonardo
  da Vinci project
• (total budget 295,420 Euro)
• The network is constituted by 15 Partners from 9
  countries
• The Leonardo project promoter is polytechnic of
  Turin, Italy

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• Requirements
• Presentation of the team work
• Participation in the game session
• Learnig diary

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Comparison between France and Finland
1. Principles of administration 2. Planning
system 3. Planning implementation tools 4. Actors
and they roles in urban development 5. Urban land
policy 6. Fees and cash flows in the town economy
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• Urbax is a role game involving
• a city council
• a public housing agency
• private developers
• industrialists

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• Learning diary
• Learning diary should provide information
  regarding what students learned on the course?
  This should be small report 3-6 pages.
• One might, for example, show how the course
  contributes to my general understanding of the
  process of urban development?
• Another example of learning diary could be to
  describe what kinds of insights give you the
  experience from comparison between different
  countries? How playing the game from your
  position helps you to understand the process of
  urban development and planning?
• Due 2.05.2006
• Submission of learning diary sent by e-mail to
  course assistants
• Saija Ettanen, mail adress saija.ettanen_at_hut.fi
• Malgorzata Mierzejewska, mail address
  barbara_at_cc.hut.fi

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• Literature
• DiPasquale, Denise Wheaton, William D. Urban
  Economics and Real Estate Markets (20 pages)
• Thrall, Grant Ian Business Geography and New
  Real Estate Market Analysis (20 pages)
• Fanning et.al. Market Analysis for Valuation
  Appraisal (10 pages)
• Laakso Loikkanen Yritysten sijoittuminen,
  asukkaiden liikkuvuus ja kaupunkialueiden
  vuorovaikutus
• Mills Hamilton Urban Economics. Glenview,
  Illinois
• Viitanen (2000) Finsk reglaring av byggnadsmark I
  ett internationellt perspektiv (The Finnish Land
  Readjustment in an International Context)
• Viitanen, Palmu, Kasso, Hakkarainen, Falkenbach
  (2003) Real Estate in Finland. Kiinteistoopin ja
  talousoikeuden julkaisuja B107
• The basics of the Economic Base Theory from the
  web-site http//garnet.acns.fsu.edu/tchapin/urp5
  261/topics/econbase.htm

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• ECONOMIC BASE THEORY
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• The local economy is the key word
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• The state of the local economy depends on the
  amount of population. In times of economic
  trouble, an area often will experience a loss in
  population, which is a direct result of a
  stagnant economy.
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• The economic base technique
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• Local economy can be divided into two general
  sectors
• a basic sector (non-local)
• a non-basic sector (local)
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• Economic Base Theory assumes that all local
  economic activities can be identified as basic or
  non-basic.
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Basic Sector   Constitutes of local businesses
(firms) that are entirely dependent upon external
factors and non-local firms. The produced goods
are not consumed locally, but they are exported.
Manufacturing and local resource-oriented firms
like logging or mining are usually considered to
be basic sector firms.   Basic sector is the
engine of the local economy.   Non-basic
Sector   Constitutes of those firms that depend
largely upon local business conditions. Almost
all local services like drycleaners, restaurants
and grocery stores are identified as non-basic
because they depend almost entirely on local
factors. Non-basic goods and services are both
sold and consumed by the local polulation.  
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Economic Base Theory and employment   The impact
of the basic sector upon the local economy is the
ratio between total employment and basic
employment. How many non-basic jobs are created
by one base job? Employment multiplier KT/B,
where Kthe employment multiplier, T/Bthe
relationship between total employment and basic
employment   Economic Base Theory and Urbax   In
case of the hypothetical city, what is the local
economy? What are basic and non-basic sectors?
Impacts of your decisions on the local economy
(e.g. jobs and number of population) are
calculated by the program. How can your decisions
affect the citys development towards a better
future?