Spatial Planning and Sustainable Regional and Local Development 4030-SP
The aims of the workshop are to introduce students to:
- the role and significance of spatial planning in achieving sustainable development goals,
- aims and principles of spatial planning based on the sustainable development paradigm,
- main current challenges of planning for sustainable urban and regional development,
- selected tools used in the regional and local planning in various countries,
- good practice of urban and regional planning implementation.
The course consists of 2 parts that reflect 2 planning challenges to be discussed. Each course part begins with an introductory lecture on exemplary problems and solutions of the general planning challenge (the second lecture will be held on the course of "Urban Sustainability"). The students' work on both problems and their solutions is structured as follows:
1. Problem posing / solving
2. Team homework on selected problem / solutions
3. Consultation of draft presentations
4. Presentation of the selected problem / solutions
The introductory lecture depicts a general subject matter of each course part. Aims of the small-group work are first to discuss, analyze and present a case planning problem that depicts the planning challenge introduced by the lecturer and then to discuss, develop and present common planning solutions to the case problem. The outcome of small-group work, that is posed case problems as well as developed solutions, will be then presented by each small group. The presentations will combine graphic, oral and visual methods.
Skills to be trained during the workshop are:
- problem posing,
- problem solving,
- discussing & critical thinking,
- decision making,
- individual work,
- collective work,
- design thinking,
- project elaboration & graphic presentation,
- oral & visual presentation.
Each course part will require both individual and collective work. The problem posing process will start with an inspiring lecturer’s introduction followed by individual or team work work at home. All case planning problems and problem solutions proposed by students will then be gathered and discussed in small groups. The collective work in small groups requires critical thinking, collaborative decision making and design thinking abilities. The case problem posed and the draft problem solutions elaborated during the class will then be respectively analyzed or developed by small groups at home. Elaborated outcomes in form of a case problem analysis or a planning solution project will then be presented in graphic, visual and oral form to the whole course group audience.
Key up-to-date planning challenges will be discussed (e.g. growth & shrinkage (incl. urban sprawl, downfall of town centres etc.), car traffic, provision of public urban infrastructure. The problem solving parts will focus on best practice examples of local and regional planning tools and policies that have been conceived to respond to these planning challenges (e.g. urban renaissance, central places system, compact city, transit-oriented development, green belts, land value capture etc.).
The course is integrated with the series of lectures "Sustainable Urban Planning" held within the framework of the "Urban Sustainablility" course. The attendace to these lectures is necessary to understand tasks to be done during the course.
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Learning outcomes
KNOWLEDGE
K_W02: the student is familiar with environmental, social and economic challenges in the global and regional scales; student understands mutual interconnections between them;
K_W03: the student recognizes the problems and challenges of sustainable development and is able to select the methods, tools and procedures leading to achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in various spatial (global, regional, local) and sectoral scales;
K_W05: the student knows and is able to apply in a correct manner social, legal, technological, planning and economic tools that serve to implement sustainable development in various areas of activity;
K_W06: the student is familiar with and able to choose correct indicators of sustainable development;
K_W09: the student knows where to search for reliable sources of information and databases and is able to verify this data.
SKILLS
K_U01: the student is able to initiate, actively participate and lead teams that prepare sustainable development implementation strategies or other documents in various institutions and management bodies of various scales, as well as citizen movements and other social initiatives;
K_U02: the student is able to work in an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral way, learn from various subject disciplines as well as institutional and independent sectors in order to synthesize new ideas and concepts;
K_U03: the student can evaluate measures undertaken to reach Sustainable Development Goals as well as make and present reports;
K_U04: the student poses critical questions and finds appropriate solutions;
K_U06: the student is able to take part in international and local initiatives as well as academic and practical debates on sustainable development issues;
K_U07: the student can identify weaknesses and strenghts of standard actions undertaken to handle sustainable development problems;
K_U09: the student applies modern information technologies (e.g. GIS, remote sensing).
ATTITUDES
K_K02: the student is ready to use new technologies and media in effective communication (e.g. public speech) and self-presentation;
K_K03: the student is ready to effectively communicate with the society and professionals in various fields in both written and oral manner;
K_K04: the student is ready to improve their professional skills;
K_K05: the student is ready to verify and respect other team members’ opinions, especially subordinates’ ones;
K_K07: the student cares about accuracy and reliability of their research work;
K_K09: the student is able to coordinate team work, especially in terms of sparing duties and time management.
Assessment criteria
Every student may be not present 2 times without any consequence. Further unexcused absence will affect the grade. 4 or more unexcused absences make course graduation impossible. Assessment methods: attendance control, continuous assessment, presentations. Participants’ activity in discussions and individual homeworks will be assessed. Case problem analyses & projects of problems solutions will be evaluated in terms of substantive quality and their graphic & visual & oral presentation.
Practical placement
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Bibliography
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