705-373 Institutional Context for Urban Planning

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705-373 Institutional Context for Urban Planning
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	2
Coordinator	Mr Nigel Flannigan
Prerequisites	421-255 Management for Engineers 1 or 702-206 Architectural Design 2B, or a level 2 Arts subject to the approval of the coordinator.
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	Twenty-four one-hour lectures and twelve one-hour tutorials. Lectures will be given at the rate of three hours per week for eight weeks, and the other weeks used for project and tutorial work
Subject Description	This subject explores the economic, social and institutional processes by which urban development occurs and the role of private and public real estate in it; the influence of aggregate decision-making behaviour of individuals and groups on the location, form, timing and rate of urban development; the distribution of decision-making powers across public and private institutions in Victoria; the accumulative effect of historic institutional decisions on the spatial land use pattern and physical form of Melbourne; and the theories that underpin urban planning in Victoria and the practice of urban planning under the Planning & Environment Act (Vic).
Assessment	One tutorial paper and two planning projects equivalent in total to 3000 words (60%), and one two-hour examination (40%).

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