Hands On Training

Socially-Responsible Real Estate Development

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Course Features

Duration

5 weeks

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Intermediate

Effort

5 hours per week

Teaching Type

Instructor Paced

Course Description

How can you determine if a proposed real estate development project is socially responsible? Or determine whether the developer used the tools of social impact assessment (SIA), environmental impact assessment (EIA), and public consultation effectively?

This course will teach you how to evaluate a development project and practice socially responsible real estate yourself by applying SIA, EIA, and consultation methods. It is also designed to help students build their own personal theory of what constitutes socially responsible real estate development.

Taught by a professor with more than forty-five years of teaching experience at MIT, using an applied case study method, this course will open new opportunities for real estate developers and urban planners to see how SIA, EIA, and stakeholder engagement are the keys to creating socially-responsible real estate development throughout the world.

Course Overview

Live Class

Human Interaction

Personlized Teaching

International Faculty

Case Based Learning

Post Course Interactions

Case Studies,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

Some understanding of basic microeconomics and urban politics recommended but not required.

What You Will Learn

Apply basic SIA and EIA to analyze large-scale real estate development projects

Articulate the key elements of both the theory and practice of EIA and SIA

Define a personal theory of socially responsible real estate development and a strategy for implementing it

Identify the key features of socially responsible real estate development

Understand how SIA and EIA can create value for all stakeholders in a real estate development project

Course Content

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Module 1: What is socially-responsible real estate development?

Module 2: Environmental Impact Assessments

Module 3: Social Impact Assessments

Module 4: Forest City Case Study and Dealing with an Angry Public

Course Instructors

Dr. Lawrence Susskind

MIT Professor and Vice-Chair of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School

In addition to serving as a negotiation mentor for several generations of MIT students, Larry helped to develop PON's Advanced Negotiation Master Class. He has provided negotiation training to more t...