Dr Alan Mace STC315a

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Regional And Urban Planning Studies and MSc in Urban Policy (LSE and Sciences Po). This course is available on the MSc in City Design and Social Science and MSc in Human Geography and Urban Studies (Research). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

The number of students that can be accommodated is limited. If the course is over-subscribed, places will be allocated at the Department’s discretion and a waiting list may be created. For further details, please contact your relevant Programme Coordinator.

The course will explore the relationship between key social, political and economic processes and urban planning. These relationships will be considered at national, regional and local scales with a focus on planning as a function of governance. Key concepts covered in the course include: claims for and against urban planning; the relationship between planning and markets; the role of neighbourhood and community, and; the effect of institutional structures on the planning system. The topics are supported through engagement with key strands of planning theory and the use of examples from planning practice.

10 hours of lectures and 13 hours and 30 minutes of seminars in the MT.

Students will submit a 1,500 word essay.

Friedmann, J., 2011. Insurgencies: Essays in Planning Theory, Routledge. Hall, P., 2014. Cities of Tomorrow, Wiley. Newman, P.; Thornley, A., 2004. Planning World Cities: Globalization and Urban Politics, Palgrave Macmillan.

Essay (100%, 4500 words) in the LT.