| CODE | SPI5103 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Planning Methods: Plan/Policy Formulation and Realization | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Spatial Planning and Infrastructure | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will consider different approaches to the formulation and implementation of plans and policies in the field of spatial planning. The first part of the unit will involve an in-depth review of the literature and the critical analyses by the students of both the covered literature and actual plan and/or policy documents that are currently in force in Malta or other countries. The students will also have the opportunity to meet practitioners in order to discuss their experiences in the filed. Given that there is no known ideal approach to plan and policy making and implementation, the students will be expected to familiarise themselves with the different approaches to which they would have been exposed and develop an awareness of the advantages and limitation of specific approaches. During the second part, the students will work on a project which would involve the formulation of proposals designed to address specific issues or problems, and the preparation of a programme for the implementation of the same proposals. Study-unit Aims The study-unit is designed to enable the students to acquire, develop, and apply problem-solving skills, through their observations of real-world experiences in the field and project work. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to compare different approaches to plan- and policy-making and identify the method which would be the most effective within a specific set of circumstances. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to be capable of participating in teams (initially as junior members) commissioned to prepare realisable proposals for plans and policies, concerning the issues and problems, the implications of which have a spatial dimension. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Berke, P., Godschalk, D. R., & Kaiser, E. J. (2006). Urban Land Use Planning (Fifth ed.). Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press. Bracken, I. (2008). Urban Planning Methods: Research and Policy Analysis. Abingdon: Routledge. Forester, J. (1999). The Deliberative Practitioner: Encouraging Participatory Planning Processes. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Forester, J. (2009). Dealing with Differences: Dramas of Mediating Public Disputes. New York: Oxford University Press USA. Friend, J., & Hickling, A. (2005). Planning Under Pressure: the Strategic Choice Approach (Third ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. Haughton, G., Allemendinger, P., Counsell, D., & Vigar, G. (2010). The New Spatial Planning: Territorial Management with Soft Spaces and Fuzzy Boundaries. Abingdon: Routedge. Kitchen, T. (2007). Skills for Planning Practice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Krumholz, N., & Forester, J. (1990). Making Equity Planning Work: Leadership in the Public Sector. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Levy, J. M. (2012). Contemporary Urban Planning (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Morphet, J. (2011). Effective Practice in Spatial Planning. Abingdon: Routledge. Perdicoulis, A. (2010). Systems Thinking and Decision Making in Urban and Environmental Planning. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Independent Study, Project & Seminar | |||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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