Postgraduate CUR-URP640-2021

Participatory Planning

Open up the planning process to include community and stakeholder feedback.Unpack the history of participation in different areas of planning. Design your own participation program and oversee a participatory workshop using established techniques.

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

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Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

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Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

explain participation theories with reference to practical case studies
critically evaluate participatory practices
design a participation program for a planning case study
organise a participatory workshop using facilitation techniques.

Topics covered

- Introduction and history of participation in planning
- The institutional context for participatory planning
- Participatory planning and democracy
- Participation typologies
- Participatory planning and difference
- Information, knowledge and change
- Formal and informal participation and power
- Participation techniques
- Skills for participatory planning - negotiation, facilitation, moderation
- Planning a participation program
- Evaluating participation
- Overview

Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

Additional requirements

Equipment requirements - Access to hardware: webcam, speakers and microphone

Description

Examines the role of community and stakeholder participation in the planning process and governance of urban and regional places. Critical evaluation of participatory practices and theories.

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Assessments