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Planning Theory and Context
Postgraduate | CUR-URP530 | 2022
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Draw on lessons from the past as you consider the state of planning theory in the present.Incorporate theories from Foucault and Marx. Spot the broad trends that characterise the planning field. Use theoretical thinking to solve a practical problem.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Planning Theory and Context
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain how planning theories and urban theories shape and inform contemporary planning practice
- contextualise and explain the historical development of the central ideas and practices associated with the field of urban planning
- critically analyse the role of the planner and urban planning practice within broader social, political and global contexts
- apply theory to analyse and address emerging planning challenges
- Justifications for planning
- Theories of Urban Form and Structure
- Utopian Planning
- Rational Planning
- Communicative Planning
- Justice in Planning
- Neoliberalism
- Critical perspectives
- The environment and planning
- Postcolonial, settler colonialism and Southern theory
- Planning futures
- Unit review
This subject was previously known asPlanning Theory and Methodology.
Develop an understanding of the relationship between planning theories and practice, critically examine past and present trends in planning theories and practice, and investigate the links between theory and practice by exploring contemporary issues and case studies in urban and regional planning.
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- Case Study (35%)
- Portfolio (30%)
- eTest (35%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-URP-MAS-2022 - Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Elective
- CUR-MAA-MAS-2022 - Master of Architecture
- CUR-SCP-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Environment and Climate Emergency
- CUR-SCP-GDI-2022 - Graduate Diploma in Environment and Climate Emergency
- CUR-SCP-MAS-2022 - Master of Environment and Climate Emergency
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Others
This subject is a prerequisite for another subject and must be taken prior to URP650 Planning Masters Dissertation.
Additional requirements
- Equipment requirements - Audio / Video Conferencing
- Software requirements - Standard Media. Web links. Embedded multimedia.
- Other requirements - Essential Textbook. Online Assessment. Printable format materials. Resources & Links.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-URP-MAS
PostgraduateCUR-MAA-MAS
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-GCE
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-GDI
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-MAS
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE