Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 50)
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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Mario Gutjahr.
Contact: Three hours of lectures and tutorials a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
At the conclusion of the subject students should be able to demonstrate:
- knowledge of the major concepts, ideas and developments associated with the emergence of modern urban planning as a professional discipline and technocratic activity.
- an understanding of the interrelationship between the physical (spatial) urban environment and its socio-cultural context.
- an understanding of the 'historical dimensions' of urban planning over the last two centuries, through a focus on the relationship between the 'agents' and 'victims' of urban development and changing perceptions and value systems.
Content:
A critical examination of the evolution of urban planning as a response to the conflicts generated by the rapid industrialisation and urbanisation of the last 200 years. The subject will focus on the 19th and early 20th centuries, the foundation period of modern urban planning, and include consideration of 19th Century responses to industrialisation and urbanisation in Northern Europe, North America, and Australia; alternative interpretations of 19th century planning; the interaction between public and private forces and the intervention of the State. The professionalisation of town planning and the development of planning method and machinery since 1914; British, European, American, and Australian ideas and initiatives between the two world wars.
Assessment:
Written assignments (project, essay, or class paper) totalling not more than 4,000 words and one 2-hour examination paper.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 50)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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