HUT-209: Planning and Urban Theory

Semester: Not Offered

Credit: 1.0

Faculty: Susan Fainstein

Schedule

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Description

Historical and analytical readings and case studies address the following questions: What is the relationship between conscious public policy and the economic, social, and political framework in which it operates and the urban space which it affects? Is planning and policymaking simply the resultant of social forces or does it shape those forces?  Where do planners derive their goals; what is the relationship between the goal-setting process, the quality of policy, and the character of cities and regions? What ethical constraints govern planning practice? How can the planner enhance his or her control over social outputs; by what mechanisms should the public control him or her?  Who benefits from urban and regional planning?  What is the relationship between race and gender and planning outcomes?  How does the capitalist political economy influence the nature of planning, and to what extent is there variation under capitalism?

Also offered by the Graduate School of Design as GSD 5487, but not offered in 2008–09.