SES # | TOPICS | CASES | KEY DATES |
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1 | Unit A. Course introduction, role and dilemmas of planning, learning from theory and context (cases) | Rebuilding Los Angeles (RLA) | |
Discussion section | Led by teaching assistants (instructors) | ||
2 | Case retrospective and "questions for reflective planners" (what's the use of theory?) | RLA re-analyzed, plus planning's traditions and dilemmas overviewed, transition to briefing case and exercise | 500-word writing diagnostic (essay) due |
3 | Unit B. Decision case and team briefings | New Orleans recovery: Case introduction and teams | |
Communication workshop: Oral briefings | |||
4 | Case discussion, including guests | ||
5 | Case prep | ||
Required team dry-run briefings | |||
Final team briefings | |||
Discussion section | Preliminary debrief of New Orleans / briefing experience, preview of Unit C | ||
6 | Unit C. Planning history and theory: Planning as social reform through expert design | Public housing redevelopment in Boston Guest lecturer: Prof. Lawrence Vale | |
7 | Planning as social reform through expert design (cont.) | Guest lecturer: Prof. Lawrence Vale | |
Discussion section | |||
8 | Planning as interest-group politics | Sustainability planning and politics in Curitiba, Brazil | |
Debrief your briefing (6 teams) | |||
Discussion section | |||
9 | Planning as interest-group politics and citizen participation | Curitiba neighborhood planning scenario | |
Debrief your briefing (other 6 teams) | |||
10 | Planning as facilitation | "A Towering Dilemma" (resource conflict) | |
Student-led discussion section | Exam distributed | ||
11 | Planning as facilitation (cont.) | Micro-settings | |
12 | Planning styles in conflict | Transportation planning | |
Discussion section | Exam due | ||
13 | Unit D. Planning ethics | Land takings in fast-growing economies Guest lecturer: Prof. Annette Kim | |
14 | Planning ethics (cont.) | Guest lecturer: Prof. Annette Kim | |
Communication workshop: Professional writing | Types of memos, audiences, content | ||
15 | Multi-level planning: Means and ends | Case: Energy, environment, and development in modern India Guest lecturer: Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal | |
16 | Multi-level planning: Means and ends (cont.) | Guest lecturer: Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal | |
Discussion section | Draft decision memo due | ||
17 | Planning and cultural diversity | Siting cultural facilities in Australia | |
Discussion section | Final decision memo due the day before Ses #18 | ||
18 | Planning and cultural diversity (cont.) | Two cases: Culture, power and communication | |
19 | Participatory planning revisited | Redevelopment and historic preservation in Singapore's Chinatown | |
20 | Participating the grassroots and "grasstops": Planning and civic capacity | Case: Managing sprawling growth in the American West | |
21 | Participating the grassroots and "grasstops": Planning and civic capacity (cont.) | Case: Slum redevelopment in India | |
Discussion section | |||
22 | The planned city, 21st century style | Guest Lecturer: Prof. Dennis Frenchman | |
23 | Rethinking New Orleans recovery planning | ||
Discussion section | Observation memo due the day before Ses #24 | ||
24 | Planning together debrief | Assignment debrief and implications | |
25 | Final class | Course review and looking ahead (your planning education and career) |