VGU Urban Development Planning Overview over Modules and ...
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Technical University Darmstadt www.urban-studies.de<br />
International<br />
Co-operation<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Urban</strong><br />
<strong>Development</strong><br />
Course description<br />
1 Course identification<br />
2.1.1-A<br />
2 Module<br />
3<br />
<strong>Urban</strong> <strong>Development</strong><br />
Strategies<br />
Name of course Strategic <strong>Urban</strong> <strong>Planning</strong><br />
4 Course instructor Prof. Julian Wékel (TUD, previously senate of Berlin)<br />
5 Contents /syllabus <strong>Urban</strong> development planning instruments have been<br />
constantly transformed <strong>over</strong> the last 50 years in order<br />
to cope with new contextual circumstances <strong>and</strong><br />
technologies. Many of the methods – like<br />
comprehensive master plans - that have been<br />
emphasized in planning courses 10 years ago may be<br />
outdated today <strong>and</strong> inefficient in a context of rapid<br />
growing cities <strong>and</strong> an unpredictable future.<br />
This course introduces principles of strategic <strong>and</strong><br />
discursive urban planning <strong>and</strong> decision-making in<br />
situations involving multiple objectives in the public,<br />
private <strong>and</strong> community realm. Processes <strong>and</strong><br />
techniques for identifying <strong>and</strong> establishing community<br />
aspirations <strong>and</strong> priorities, <strong>and</strong> evaluating trade-offs,<br />
especially in the context of rapid urban growth <strong>and</strong><br />
high dem<strong>and</strong> for jobs, housing <strong>and</strong> infrastructure are<br />
analysed. The role of strategic planning in promoting<br />
<strong>and</strong> achieving local economic development will be ,<br />
analysed. Environmental, economic <strong>and</strong> social<br />
frameworks for developing <strong>and</strong> evaluating plans are<br />
assessed <strong>and</strong> evaluated for their usefulness for<br />
achieving community <strong>and</strong> political support for strategic<br />
plans. Methods for implementing strategic plans, are<br />
examined. European <strong>and</strong> <strong>over</strong>seas case studies are<br />
compared <strong>and</strong> evaluated.<br />
The course is especially directed to planning<br />
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