| Faculteit | Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen |
| Jaar | 2021/22 |
| Vakcode | GESP1 |
| Vaknaam | Urbanism and Planning (SP) |
| Niveau(s) | propedeuse |
| Voertaal | Engels |
| Periode | semester I a |
| ECTS | 10 |
| Rooster | rooster.rug.nl |
| Uitgebreide vaknaam | Urbanism and Planning (SP) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leerdoelen | (1) Recall and juxtapose some of the most influential classic and contemporary writings on the city; (2) Recall the latest thinking in key disciplinary areas included (urban history, city and urban planning; planning history; urban geography; urban sociology; urban studies) and understand the evolution of urban governance and planning interventions in a historical perspective ranging from ancient and pre-modern models to the negotiation of competing interests in the contemporary plural, globalizing societies; (3) Describe the historical development of the Dutch landscape and its spatial patterns and relate these developments to challenges regarding in particular housing, water management, infrastructure and the environment; (4) Discuss and explain the historical development of (Dutch) spatial planning as both a theoretical and practice-oriented discipline in relation to (inter)national demographic, economic, socio-cultural developments and (inter) national developments in theories on urban geography and land use planning; (5) Explain planning as an argumentative scientific and practice-oriented activity where next to factual knowledge also opinions and diverging interpretations are crucial; (6) Describe and reflect on the role of the (urban) planner in the process of spatial planning by discussing the evolution of (urban) planning and governance and planning interventions, from ancient and pre-modern models to the negotiation of competing interests in plural societies. |
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| Omschrijving | ‘Urbanism and Planning’ is one of the first courses that regular students in the bachelor programmes ‘Spatial Planning and Design’ and ‘Human Geography and Planning’ will follow. Therefore, it is primarily an introductory course that aims to provide the students with a common and comprehensive package of knowledge and reference points to use as a strong fundamental basis for their further studies. The course amounts to 10 EC’s, which is the equivalent of 280 study hours. The course is taught in English. We encourage you to use English for both face-to-face and digital communication for the duration of the course. Content-wise, this course is constructed around two intertwined narratives. Below, we’ll briefly introduce the two narratives. Narrative 1: The origin and development of ‘the urban’, the city as a habitat for people and humans as an urban species. This narrative ensures that students are familiarized with the main theories, concepts, and schools of thought regarding the urban. As a result, students will obtain a broad basic knowledge and a better understanding of the main drivers behind urbanization with sensitivity to the historical and geographical context. Specific attention will be given to some of the main challenges for urban areas, such as related to social justice, sprawl, post-industrialization, globalization, and environmental issues. This narrative uses ‘The City Reader’ (7th Edition) by LeGates and Stout as textbook. Narrative 2: The development of spatial planning as a scientific and practice-oriented discipline, with focus on the Netherlands. In this narrative, the focus lies on the historical development of spatial patterns and spatial planning in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is often seen as a prime textbook example of what spatial planning can accomplish, and the way in which space has been and is planned in the Netherlands is often viewed upon with great interest abroad. But this is not something that happened overnight. Although we start in the Roman era, the focus will be on developments in the 20th century and how these have produced the landscapes, cities, and planning practices of today.o For this narrative, ‘Urban Planning – an Introduction’ by Chris Couch is used as a textbook. Together, these two narratives provide students with a comprehensive framework to work as a solid foundation on which to build their further studies in human geography and/or urban and regional planning. |
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| Uren per week | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Toetsvorm | Examination with open questions digital, Interim test with open questions digital | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vaksoort | propedeuse | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coördinator | M. Boisen, MSc. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Docent(en) | M. Boisen, MSc. ,dr. W.S. Rauws ,prof. dr. C. Zuidema | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opmerkingen | This course will be taught and graded in English. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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