705-441 Western Lineages of Urban Planning

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.

Written assignments (project or literature review, essay, or class paper) totalling not more than 4000 words and three short class tests.