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Announcement about Special International Seminar on HSR Station Development with Metro and Land Development

We would like to cordially invite you to attend a special international seminar on HSR Station Development with Metro and Land Development where Dr Jin Murakami, Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) will make a presentation about his latest research achievements. Anybody who is concerned with this seminar can join it. The details are shown below. Please contact Prof. Hironori Kato (kato[at]civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for more details.

1. Time and date: 18:30-19:30, December 13 (Tuesday), 2016

2. Place: Seminar Room of International Project lab, Engineering Building No.11, Hongo Campus The University of Tokyo (Campus map is available at http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html)

3. Presentation title: Developing High-Speed Rail Hubs with Metro Extensions and Land Leases: Evidence from Wuhan, China

4. Presenter: Jin Murakami, Ph.D., Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

5. Abstract:

The inter-city access changes brought by nationwide high-speed rail (HSR) network development are expected to reconfigure intra-city land use patterns and generate long-term economic development benefits, most significantly in regional business and tourism hubs. While such a political justification for multibillion-dollar public spending in HSR is debatable worldwide, this empirical research examines the geographic relationships between HSR terminal locations, metro line extensions, and public land auctions in Wuhan, China. A set of spatial econometrics models were applied to estimate the capitalization effects of inter-city access changes on transaction prices of public lands leased for commercial, residential, and industrial uses during the period of 2004–2016 around three HSR stations and along four metro extensions, respectively. Findings and lessons gained from this spatiotemporal analysis on Wuhan are of particular importance for local policymakers, transportation planners, land administrators, private developers, and international bankers who seek strategic land management and innovative infrastructure finance in HSR-hub cities of emerging economies under state leasehold systems.

6. Keywords: high-speed rail; metro extension; public land leasing; urbanization; local public finance.

7. Short bio of presenter

Dr. Jin Murakami is a transnational city planner and academic researcher. He has specialized in the areas of transportation and economic development, spatial planning and development strategy in globalization, and project management and land policy. His studies focus principally on “spatial” and “financial” matters that influence city-regions’ global competitiveness and local livability. His recent works include an international study of transit-oriented developments (TODs) across Asia and North America, an empirical analysis of the impacts of railway network evolution and airport access improvement on business agglomeration patterns in U.S. metropolitan areas, megaprojects and value capture opportunities in Asian capitalist cities, and a case study of technology, mobility and spatial planning for aging communities in Japan, North America, and China. Dr. Murakami completed his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley (2010). He also holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Tokyo (1999). He was previously working as a Research Fellow in the Institute of Urban and Regional Development (IURD) at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California Transportation Center (UCTC). For further information about Dr. Jin Murakami, visit his website @ www.jinmurakami.net.

8. Participation: Free of charge. Please contact Ms Tomoko Samukawa (samukawa[at]ip.civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) for your participation.

9. Language: English and/or Japanese

10. Contact: Professor Hironori Kato, The University of Tokyo (kato[at]civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp)