| SES # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| Unit One: Introduction to Planning Traditions and Dilemmas - Prof. de Souza Briggs | ||
| L1 | Course Overview, What is Planning, Learning from Theory and from Context (Cases) |
Rebuilding Los Angeles: A public-private-nonprofit partnership. "Effective Teamwork." - Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| W1 | Part One: Required Workshop on Professional Communication | "A Briefing on Briefings." - Prof. Abbanat and Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Workshop Introduction (PDF) |
| L2 | Major Planning Traditions and Global Influences | RLA re-analyzed + scoping the field of planning as a global concern, planning traditions. "Planning Traditions." - Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| L3 | From Traditions to Dilemmas | Core dilemmas of the field (and course). "Planning Dilemmas." - Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| W2 | Part Two: Required Workshop on Professional Communication | |
| Unit Two: (Case 1) Public Housing Redevelopment in Boston - Prof. Vale | ||
| L4 | Case Introduction: Expert vs. Indigenous Knowledge; Power and Limits of Physical Design; Planning in Diverse Contexts (Race and Class) | Housing the poor: Public housing redevelopment in Boston. "Boston: Developing and Redeveloping Public Housing." - Prof. Vale (PDF - 4.5 MB) Case Background (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| R1 | Review Session - Same Classroom, Remaining Reviews | TA's extend discussion of the case, assignment |
| L5 | Case Discussion (cont.) | Study Questions (PDF) |
| L6 | Student Briefings | |
| R2 | Review Session | TA's extend discussion of the case, assignment. |
| L7 | Revisiting Planning Theory and Action | Discussion of planning traditions and dilemmas in light of the case unit just completed. "Revisiting the Field." - Prof. Vale (PDF - 1.2 MB) "Debriefing the briefings: Public Housing Redevelopment." - Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| Unit Three: (Case 2) Development and Mobilization - Narmada in India - Prof. Rajagopal | ||
| L8 | Case Introduction: Planning from Above vs. Planning from Below (Social Mobilization); Planning in a Global/Transnational Age; Planning Politics | "Development and Mobilization: Narmada in India." - Prof. Rajagopal (PDF) Case Background (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| S1 | Required Film on Narmada: Multiple Screenings | |
| L9 | Case Discussion (cont.) | Study Questions (PDF) |
| R3 | Review Session | TA's extend discussion of the case, assignment. |
| L10 | Student Briefings | |
| L11 | Revisiting Planning Theory and Action | Discussion of planning traditions and dilemmas in light of the case unit just completed. "Revisiting the Field: Planning from 'above' and 'below'." - Prof. Rajagopal and Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| Unit Four: (Case 3) The Growth Machine and the Public Interest - Reinventing the Anacostia Waterfront in Washington, DC - Andrew Altman, MCP '88 | ||
| L12 | Case Introduction: Comprehensiveness vs. Incrementalism; The City as Growth Machine; Power and Limits of Physical Design Guest Lecturer: Andrew Altman, MCP '88 | The Growth Machine and the Public: Reinventing the Anacostia Waterfront in Washington, DC. (PDF) Altman, Andrew. "Washington, D.C." Presented to the Urban Age Mexico City Conference. Urban Age, New York, NY, February 2006. (PDF - 2.6 MB) Study Questions (PDF) |
| L13 | Case Discussion (cont.) | "Community Economic Development" - Prof. Seidman (PDF) Economics Review - Prof. Levy (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| R4 | Review Session | TA's extend discussion of the case, assignment. |
| L14 | Student Briefings | |
| L15 | Revisiting Planning Theory and Action | Discussion of planning traditions and dilemmas in light of the case unit just completed. Study Questions (PDF) |
| Unit Five: Stakeholders, Agreements, and Planners in the Middle | ||
| L16 | Negotiation and Facilitation: Stakeholder Analyses, Conflict and Consensus, Interested Parties vs. Neutrals | Introduction to concepts, planning as mediation and decision-making process design. Role play instructions and prep materials distributed. "Introduction to Negotiation and Dispute Resolution." - Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| S2 | Out-of-class Negotiation Exercise, In Assigned Groups | |
| L17 | Debrief Negotiation Exercise | Discussion of negotiation and its application to our three cases + practice in the field. "Negotiation and Coalition Building Skills." - Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| Unit Six: Human Diversity and Cities of Tomorrow | ||
| L18 | Cities of Tomorrow, your Role and your Education | Cities of difference, revisiting the case for planning. "Planning and Human Diversity: Lessons from History and the World We Know Today." - Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| L19 | Course Review | Review of themes, final exam is discussed. "Course Review." - Prof. de Souza Briggs (PDF) Study Questions (PDF) |
| L20 | Final Exam | |