Introduction Spatial Planning

Course manual 2019/2020

Course content

Cities are formed by social, spatial, political and economic dynamics, but also by policy interventions. The style, method, and tradition of planning interventions have changed over time. In this course, students gain insight into the change from modernist top-down and design-oriented planning approaches to the more bottom-up, society-oriented approaches of today. Second, students are introduced to the field of work of planning and the role of planners in policy-making from a broader governance / city governance perspective. Third, students learn how planning theory has shifted and evolved over time. Particular emphasis is placed on the connection with contemporary planning approaches and theories. The following questions are central to this course:

1) What is planning?

2) Who are planners?

3) What do planners do?

Study materials

Literature

• A number of articles are assigned as required reading (see links at the programme below).

   

  Lecture 2 – Contemporary context of planning practice

   

  Literature: Sager, T. (2016) Activist planning: a response to the woes of neo-liberalism? European Planning Studies, 24 (7): 1262–1280 (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09654313.2016.1168784?needAccess=true).

   

  Lecture 3 – Main arguments of the theories of planning

   

  Literature: Klosterman, R. (1985) Arguments for and against planning. TPS, Volume 56, Issue: 1

  (https://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/pdf/10.3828/tpr.56.1.e8286q3082111km4)

   

  Lecture 4 – Neoliberal context of planning: New state-market relations

   

  Literature: Adams, D. and Tiesdell, S. (2010) Planners as market actors: Rethinking state-market relations in land and property. Planning Theory and Practice, 11(2): 187-207. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14649351003759631)

   

  Lecture 5 – Governance: Diverse actors of urban development

   

  Literature: Tasan-Kok, T. (2010). Entrepreneurial governance: Challenges of larges-scale property-led urban regeneration projects. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie (TESG), 101(2): 126-149. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00521.x)

   

  Lecture 6 – New market dynamics and property-led planning

   

  Literature: Campbell, H., Tait, M., & Watkins, C. (2014). Is There Space for Better Planning in a Neoliberal World? Implications for Planning Practice and Theory. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 34(1), 45–59. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0739456X13514614#articleCitationDownloadContainer

Syllabus

• https://canvas.uva.nl/courses/10194

• Please see the full course outline published at the Canvas page

Objectives

• Students have an understanding of the area of planning, in particular of the role and location of the planner and the central conceptual apparatus of the planner.
• Students are familiar with the historical development of the planning discipline in relation to related scientific fields.
• Students understand the spatial institutional aspects of policy and planning.

Teaching methods

• Lecture
• Seminar

Learning activities

Attendance

Programme's requirements concerning attendance (OER-B):

• In case of practical sessions, the student is obliged to attend at least of 90% of the sessions and to prepare himself adequately, unless indicated otherwise in the course manual. In case the student attends less than 90%, the practical sessions should be redone entirely.
• In case of tutorials/seminars with assignments, the student is obliged to attend at least 90% of the tutorials/seminars and to prepare himself adequately, unless indicated otherwise in the course manual. In case the student attends less than 90%, the course cannot be finished

Additional requirements for this course:

Please note that the lectures are not recorded.

Assessment

Assessment diagram

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

Timetable

The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.

Last year's course evaluation

In order to provide students some insight how we use the feedback of student evaluations to enhance the quality of education, we decided to include the table below in all course guides.

Contact information

Coordinator

• prof. dr. M.T. Tasan-Kok

Staff