Skip to main content

MITx: Socially-Responsible Real Estate Development

Explore socially responsible real estate development, including the role of impact assessment and public consultation.
Socially-Responsible Real Estate Development
5 weeks
3–5 hours per week
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
This course is archived
Socially-Responsible Real Estate Development

About this course

Skip About this course

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.

At a glance

  • Institution: MITx
  • Subject: Business & Management
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Prerequisites:
    Some understanding of basic microeconomics and urban politics recommended but not required.
  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated skills: Real Estate Development, Environmental Impact Assessments, Real Estate, Public Consultation

What you'll learn

Skip What you'll learn
  • Identify the key features of socially responsible real estate development
  • Articulate the key elements of both the theory and practice of EIA and SIA
  • Apply basic SIA and EIA to analyze large-scale real estate development projects
  • Define a personal theory of socially responsible real estate development and a strategy for implementing it
  • Understand how SIA and EIA can create value for all stakeholders in a real estate development project

Syllabus

Skip Syllabus
Week 1: What is socially-responsible real estate development?
Introduction to the concept of socially-responsible real estate development and overview of estimating the social and environmental impacts of real estate development.
 
Week 2: Environmental Impact Assessments
Focus on the EIA process and its role in socially-responsible real estate development.
 
Week 3: Social Impact Assessments
Focus on the SIA process and its role in socially-responsible real estate development.
 
Week 4: Forest City Case Study and Dealing with an Angry Public
Overview and analysis of the ongoing Forest City case study in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Discussion of when to use EIA and SIA, dealing with angry publics, negotiating compensatory agreements, and the role of continuous adaptive management.
 
Week 5: Conclusion: Creating Shared Benefits
How to create shared benefits, meet stakeholder interests, and integrate the tools and processes you have learned in practice.
 

Ways to take this course

Choose your path when you enroll.

Verified Track

Audit Track

Price

$99 USD

Free

Access to course materials

Unlimited

Limited

World class institutions and universities

edX support

Shareable certificate upon completion

Graded assignments and exams

Read our FAQsin a new tab about frequently asked questions on these tracks.

Interested in this course for your business or team?

Train your employees in the most in-demand topics, with edX For Business.
Purchase nowRequest information