| CODE | SPI1301 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | From Town Planning to Spatial Planning | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Spatial Planning and Infrastructure | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The students will explore the development of modern physical planning from - the first decade of the 20th century, when the practice was introduced in order to provide a framework for the orderly implementation of housing projects in the UK which had to be embarked upon in response to the problems experienced in fast growing towns and cities during the industrial revolution, to - the recent and current developments within the European Union, after the practice of spatial planning was formally recognised, in 1983 in the European Regional/Spatial Planning Charter, as the 鈥溾�� geographical expression to the economic, social, cultural and ecological policies of society鈥� at the local, regional, national, and trans-national levels. The term spatial planning, therefore refers to the formal and systematic integration of activities which have traditionally been identified through terms such as urban planning, land-use planning, economic planning, transport planning, environmental planning and so on. The students will be expected to go through and critically evaluate selected texts which refer to both spatial planning and fields which are directly or indirectly connected with this practice. The unit will therefore consist of the following: 1. lectures, through which fundamental concepts are identified and explained, with reference to their emergence and development in specific political, economic, and cultural contexts; and 2. seminars, through which the students will be provided with the opportunity to explore the literature and present and debate their findings with their lecturer and fellow students. The organisation of the seminars would depend on the number of students registered for the study-unit, with the preference being for collaborative team-work, with the roles of individual students being clearly defined. At the end of the semester, each student will prepare a report in which the readings covered in the seminars shall be evaluated. Study-unit Aims: To expose students to the essential ideas and developments connected with the practice of spatial planning, as an activity through which economic, social, and environmental policies are formally integrated and implemented. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. classify the world views, interests, and perceptions underlying different and often divergent positions regarding the role which spatial planning should be expected to play in the development of communities; 2. explain the considerations which would need to be given regard in the formulation and implementation of spatial plans; 3. exemplify the relationship between sustainable development and integrated spatial planning; 4. compare the requirements pertaining to sectoral, social, and environmental policy with spatial development policy. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. report analytically on the introductory texts on spatial planning and related matters that they would discussed and debated in the course of the study-unit. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main texts - Faludi, A & Waterhout, B. (2002). The Making of the European spatial development perspective: no master plan. Routledge. - Fonseca, M & Fratesi, U (2017). Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe: spatial disparities and human capital. - Greed, C & Johnson, D (2014). Planning in the UK: an Introduction. Palgrave MacMillan. Supplementary texts - Council of Europe. (2010). Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT): Basic texts 1970-2010. (M. D茅jeant-Pons, & Spatial Planning Division of the Council of Europe, Eds.) Retrieved from Council of Europe: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/heritage/Landscape/Publications/CEMATBasicTexts1970-2010_en.pdf (online) - ESPON (2017). Mapping urban structures, accessibility patterns and territorial cooperation in Europe. ESPON (online) - European Council of Spatial Planners (2013a). The Charter of European Planning. Retrieved from: http://www.ectp-ceu.eu (online) - European Council of Spatial Planning (2013b). A Centenary of Spatial Planning in Europe. ECTP. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and 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 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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