Faculty
City and Town Management by Public-Private Partnerships Adjunct Associate ProfessorRyota SAITO
- 【Specialized Fields】
- Administrative Practice (Urban Planning and Urban Policy)
- 【Subjects】
- City Planning and City Management
- 【Background】
- Graduated from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University, and completed the Graduate School of Economics at the University of Tokyo.
After working in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Policy Bureau, Urban Affairs Bureau, and Housing Bureau, Secretary to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and Director of the Social Capital Development Policy Division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, among others, and has been Director of the Urban Planning Division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism since July 2024 (current position).
- 【Publications】
- Impact of Inundation Hazard on Land Prices in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Quarterly Journal of Housing and Land Economics, Fall 2005, pp. 19-27, 2005.
- 【Message】
- The environment surrounding the region is becoming increasingly severe, with a declining population, a declining birthrate and an aging population, global warming, aging infrastructure, etc. In this environment, let's think together about what is needed to advance sustainable and livable urban planning.