Introduction to Planning

• • Introduction to Planning
  • Planning Ethics
  • The Origins of Modern Planning
  • The Seers: Pioneer Thinkers in Urban Planning
  • The Seers: Pioneer Thinkers in Urban Planning (European)
  • Post WWII Planning
  • 1960s Planning
  • 1970s - 1990s Planning
  • Planning Theories: From Modernism to Post-Modernism and Beyond
  • The Planning Systems
  • Substantive Planning Issues
  • Insurgent Planning

Others

This subject is a prerequisite for other subjects and must be completed prior to URP560 Integrated Plan Making and URP570 Planning Dissertation Preparation

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Access to hardware: webcam, speakers and microphone
• Other requirements - Audio video equipment required. Access to the Internet. Admission to degree may be required.

The subject will cover the origins, evolution and development of the planning of settlements and cities, from indigenous planning to 21st Century planning. The emergence of modern planning as a profession and as a response to the health issues and problems associated with the industrial city. Utopian ideas and pioneer thinkers in planning. An overview of key planning theories, the evaluation of planning documentation and the ethics of planning practice.

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

• Exercise (40%)
• Presentation (20%)
• Portfolio (40%)

For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).