705-228 Australian Urban Planning | |
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Availability | Next available in 2005. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Associate Professor Nicholas Low |
Prerequisites | |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | Two hours of lectures and a one-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | The subject reviews the planning of Australian cities, with most emphasis given to the post-war period, and assesses the future of planning. Australian urban planning is set in an international and theoretical context discussing the values and understandings that gave rise to the institutions of governmental planning. The subject has four main themes: Australian urban planning practice today, with examples of policy making and implementation, the changing governmental context of urban planning, the tension between private sector development and its regulation, and the new agenda for planning in the twenty first century. |
Assessment | Tutorial papers to the equivalent of 3000 words (60%), and a two-hour examination (40%). |
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