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 705-441 Western Lineages of Urban Planning

Note

This subject is not available to students who have completed the subject 705-441/650 Origins of Modern Urban Planning.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr Mario Gutjahr

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

3 hours of lectures and seminars per week

Subject Description

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 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 or literature review, essay, or class paper) totalling not more than 4000 words and one 3-hour examination paper (which may take the form of a class paper).

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