1997 QUT Handbook

vegetation species, groupings, their requirements, streets, plazas,
forecourts, roofs, urban forests, natural areas; water bodies
and their conservation as healthy features; urban wildlife: habitats
and contribution to the urban experience; landscape conservation
techniques in urban areas.
Courses: BN73, IF64, PS69
Credit Points: 4 Contact Hours: 1 per week
■ PSP434 URBAN SERVICES & FUNCTIONS
Urban services: functional services of power, telephone, gas,
water, stormwater and sewerage reticulation; controlling authorities,
planning requirements and controls relevant to urban
design. Community services related to health, safety and welfare,
such as medical, fire, emergency services, libraries, police,
community participatory groups; controlling authorities,
extent of services provided and controls relevant to urban design.
Origins and destinations of traffic movements. The road
hierarchy and its characteristics. Features of major terminals,
car parks, pedestrian and cycle networks. Modes of travel and
transport systems, railway and light rail, water, evaluation of
comparative system. Major traffic generators: airports, terminals,
CBD circulation. Related environmental and design issues:
noise, atmospheric pollution, physical and visual impacts
of different systems and traffic channels. Future trends in transport
and movement systems and related issues.
Courses: BN73, PS69
Credit Points: 4 Contact Hours: 1 per week
■ PSP441 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN URBAN
DESIGN
The use of computers to analyse and solve urban design problems
and communicate solutions. Feasibility studies; land use
studies; generation of envelope and space layouts; environmental
and service systems analysis; development control testing;
data handling and manipulation; computer graphics; interactive
integrated design systems.
Courses: BN73, PS69
Credit Points: 4 Contact Hours: 1 per week
■ PSP442 LAW & LEGISLATION IN URBAN
DESIGN
Legislative controls and law reform related to urban design
and the development process with specific reference to
Queensland. Topics include the potential range of legislative
controls, principal relevant legislation in Queensland and its
impacts on urban design, the development control authority,
arbitration processes of the state government and influence of
additional legislation (e.g. Group Title, Heritage Acts, pedestrian
malls) on the urban design process.
Courses: BN73, PS69
Credit Points: 4 Contact Hours: 1 per week
■ PSP501 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING &
ASSESSMENT
Applied studies in geology and geomorphology, climate, soils
and hydrology, the broad soil and plant community associations.
Sustainability and urban planning. Environmental economics.
Land capability. Environmental ethics. Environmental
impact studies and assessment techniques, including social
impact assessment. Public and environmental policy.
Approaches to land tenure and beliefs about land. Relevant
environmental policy development and alternative strategies
at national, state and local levels.
Courses: PS70, PS72
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PSP502 ECONOMIC & SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS
OF PLANNING
The historical development of planning in a social context.
Introduction to social theory. Planning for social benefit. Urban
economics; the economics of community and local development.
Local labour markets. Structural economic change
and the global economy. Public interest and individual preferences.
Australian government and urban policy development
and alternatives at national, state and local level.
Courses: PS70, PS72
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
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■ PSP503 PLANNING & RESEARCH METHODS
The structure, methodological context and elements of the
planning process. The role of objectives, information, interpretation,
policy formulation, generation of alternatives, evaluation
and monitoring. The use of quantitative methods and
reasoning. Qualitative research, including case studies. Survey
design, administration and analysis. Use of maps and other
cartographic resources. Computer-based methods of analysis
and presentation of data. Research design, including writing
of research proposals. Oral and written presentation.
Courses: PS70, PS72
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PSP504 URBAN SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE
Population models, population changes, use of census materials,
demographic analyses and projections as the basis for
understanding community needs. Land use generation and
allocation. Housing and the urban system. Transport and other
infrastructure planning. The urban land development process.
Planning for commercial, industrial and related economic
enterprises. Urban systems and hierarchies. Urban infrastructure
management and coordination.
Courses: PS70, PS72
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PSP505 PLANNING IN SOCIETY
Major issues in contemporary society, including gender,
multiculturalism, etc.; public policies in Australia, relating to
employment, housing, urban and regional development, health,
income and education. Public participation and community
action; planning aid and advocacy planning. Conflict management,
resolution and negotiation. Social impact assessment.
Courses: PS70, PS72
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PSP506 PLANNING THEORY & ETHICS
Major contributions to planning and decision-making theory,
including the rational comprehensive, incrementalist, mixed
scanning and other models. Critical and political economy
theory and other theories for planning. The nature and role of
a professional and professionalism; codes of practice and ethics;
the role of the professional planner in the private and public
practice; situations of professional conflict; the role of the
expert witness.
Courses: PS70, PS72
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PSP507 PLANNING PROCEDURES & LAW
Planning law and administration in Queensland and Australia,
with international comparisons. Corporate and strategic planning,
project management. Planning communication and negotiation
skills, particularly in implementing planning proposals.
Evaluation of planning projects and their outcomes.
Community and local economic development.
Courses: PS70, PS72
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PSP508 PLANNING PRACTICE I
The core of this unit is a problem-solving group project set in
an inner metropolitan or small town location, normally undertaken
in conjunction with local communities and councils.
A subdivision exercise may be included as part of the major
project or as a separate scheme. This unit offers scope for the
application of knowledge and skills in the fields of site analysis
and planning and land development. Lectures on these and
other related topics provide relevant inputs to this practice
oriented unit. Lectures will include relevant aspects of planning
legislation. The unit will include examples of recent best
practice in the planning field (e.g. through the commonwealth
Local Approval Review Process review or related programs).
Courses: PS70, PS72
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ PSP509 REGIONAL & METROPOLITAN POLICY
Theories of regional and metropolitan development. Regional
analysis methods, including input-output models, economic
base studies and the like. The impact of the Australian federal