| CODE | GEO5203 | ||||||
| TITLE | Planning and the City | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Geography | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is concerned with the study of the planning process and of how different notions have emerged and developed in different political and cultural areas. This study-unit will take into consideration the relationships between economic and technological development, urbanisation, politics and culture, all from a planning point of view. Students will also examine and assess selected institutional frameworks devised for city governance, in the context of contemporary political, economic and social issues affecting urban areas. Students will be assessed by analysing planning practices and procedures applied to current development projects. The objective of the study-unit is to enable the student to assess policies, planning procedures, apply impact assessment procedures and understand impact on the surrounding environment. Reading List - Cameron, R. (2000) Megacities in South Africa: A solution for the new millennium? In Public Administration and Development, 20 (2), 155-165. - Healey, P. (1997) Collaborative Planning: Shaping Places in Fragmented Societies Macmillan. - Luccarelli, M. (1995) Lewis Mumford and the Ecological Region. The Politics of Planning Guilford Press. - McCarney, P. (2000) Considerations in Governance from a Local Perspective: Towards a Framework for Addressing Critical Disjunctures in Urban Policy in Collins, op cit.: 179-196. - Scott, C. and Fainstein, S. [Eds] (1998) Readings in Planning Theory Oxford: Blackwell. - Allmendinger, P. (2001) Planning Theory. Palgrave Macmillan. - Hall, P. (2002) Urban and Regional Planning. Routledge. - Hall, P. (2002) Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in the Twentieth Century. Blackwell. - Lynch, K. (1960) The Image of the City MIT Press. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Fieldwork | ||||||
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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 Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.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 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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