LNAA10089U Theories of Urban Planning and Governance
This course is about urban planning and governance in a complex,
disorderly and dynamic planning situation. The course focuses on
recent theories about urban planning and public governance to
understand the processes of planning and the political and
administrative context of urban design. New paradigms like
relational planning and complexity planning, and theories about new
forms of organisation and about new roles for politicians,
planners, developers, citizens etc. illustrate efforts to
comprehend the complex planning conditions in (post)modern
societies. The course concentrates on three main themes of great
importance for contemporary planning:
• Conceptualising of relational space and planning
• New forms of organisations and cooperation in urban planning
practices
• Democratic planning and participation
Cases from planning practices in Danish regions and municipalities
will be used to illustrate the influence of different planning and
governance paradigms and different forms of organisations and roles
in planning practices. Planning practices could be both plans and
projects. E.g. the development of: a regional climate strategy, a
municipal plan strategy, a project for a residential area or former
industrial area into new functions, a transport or a landscape plan
etc. How are the processes organised? Who are involved and why?
What are the political conditions for the projects and how does
politics and public administration influence the project? What is
the role of the planners and the designers? How is the cooperation
between designers, developers and citizens organised?
Etc.
Course aims: Students will afterwards know and be able to use the knowledge about different forms of planning and governance processes in a critical-reflective way in their own design and planning practices.
Knowledge:
Student will obtain an overview of advanced approaches, theories
and discussions about (post)modern planning and governance
processes, understand central points of discussion within the
theories and in practice and their effect on the development of
contemporary cities.
- Students will be able describe and characterize the main differences between planning paradigms: e.g. Rational planning, Collaborative Planning and Strategic/Relational Planning
- Students should be able to compare and
characterize two different modes of governance: Hierarchical
government and network governance in relation to 1) democratic
norms, 2) the role of planners, politicians, citizens and other
private actors, 3) The involved knowledge forms and 4) the
institutional set-up.
- Students will be able to explain the development
from rational to relational planning in relation to the general
developments in society as well as reflect on how the paradigms
affects the development of contemporary cities.
Skills:
The students will be able to use the knowledge in a
critical-reflective way and to develop positions of their own. They
will be able to show this ability in their way of handling and
organising planning processes in practice.
- Students will be able to present texts on planning theory and deduce the main characteristics and points of discussions.
- Students will be able to initiate and facilitate a discussion of theoretical concepts in relation to contemporary urban development
- Students will be able to analyze a contemporary planning process in relation to planning paradigm(s) and governance form(s) in a written group assignment
- Students will be able to plan a participatory process that is in accordance with the goals and scope of a specific urban plan, and be able to argue for whom and how to involve relating to both democratic norms and pragmatic considerations.
Competences:
The students shall be able to use theoretical points of reference when making their own projects and when relating to issues of contemporary planning processes in a critical-reflective way.
Will be made available during the course
- Category
- Hours
- Colloquia
- 46
- Exam
- 10
- Excursions
- 15
- Lectures
- 35
- Project work
- 100
- Total
- 206
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 minWritten assignmentDescription of Examination: oral examination based on assignment and general literature
Weight: 30 % assignment 70 % oral examination - Exam registration requirements
- Group assignment must be handed in. Students must state which part of the assignment they are responsible for. Otherwise they must state that they have each contributed equally to the entire assignment.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Several examinators
Criteria for exam assesment
The students will be assessed acording to the intended learning
outcome described above
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- LNAA10089U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 block
- Placement
- Block 2
- Schedule
- B (Mon 8-12 + Tues 13-17 + Fri 8-12)
- Course capacity
- 40
- Continuing and further education
- Study board
- Study Board of Geosciences and Management
Contracting department
- Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management
Course responsibles
- Dorthe Hedensted Lund (3-73777b4f78767d3d7a843d737a)
- Karina Sehested (3-7a70814f78767d3d7a843d737a)
Lecturers
Karina Sehested og Dorthe Hedensted Lund