Lecture Notes

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Each class session includes up to three types of lecture notes. Each session is introduced by a "Reading Tips and Study Questions" handout. Some sessions also include presentations given by the faculty, and/or class notes taken by students.

All guest lectures are courtesy of the person named and are used with permission.

SES # TOPICS CASES LECTURE NOTES
1 Unit A. Course introduction, role and dilemmas of planning, learning from theory and context (cases) Rebuilding Los Angeles (RLA) Reading tips and study questions (PDF)
2 Case retrospective and "questions for reflective planners" (what's the use of theory?) RLA re-analyzed, plus planning's traditions and dilemmas overviewed, transition to briefing case and exercise

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

3 Unit B. Decision case and team briefings New Orleans recovery: Case introduction and teams

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

4 Case discussion, including guests   Reading tips and study questions (PDF)
5 Case prep  

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

6 Unit C. Planning history and theory: Planning as social reform through expert design

Public housing redevelopment in Boston

Guest lecturer: Prof. Lawrence Vale

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

7 Planning as social reform through expert design (cont.) Guest lecturer: Prof. Lawrence Vale

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

8 Planning as interest-group politics Sustainability planning and politics in Curitiba, Brazil

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

9 Planning as interest-group politics and citizen participation Curitiba neighborhood planning scenario

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

10 Planning as facilitation "A Towering Dilemma" (resource conflict)

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

11 Planning as facilitation (cont.) Micro-settings

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

12 Planning styles in conflict Transportation planning Reading tips and study questions (PDF)
13 Unit D. Planning ethics

Land takings in fast-growing economies

Guest lecturer: Prof. Annette Kim

Overview of final unit (PDF)

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

14 Planning ethics (cont.) Guest lecturer: Prof. Annette Kim

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

15 Multi-level planning: Means and ends

Case: Energy, environment, and development in modern India

Guest lecturer: Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

16 Multi-level planning: Means and ends (cont.) Guest lecturer: Prof. Balakrishnan Rajagopal

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

17 Planning and cultural diversity Siting cultural facilities in Australia

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

18 Planning and cultural diversity (cont.) Two cases: Culture, power and communication

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

19 Participatory planning revisited Redevelopment and historic preservation in Singapore's Chinatown

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)

20 Participating the grassroots and "grasstops": Planning and civic capacity Case: Managing sprawling growth in the American West

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Class notes (PDF)

21 Participating the grassroots and "grasstops": Planning and civic capacity (cont.) Case: Slum redevelopment in India Reading tips and study questions (PDF)
22 The planned city, 21st century style Guest Lecturer: Prof. Dennis Frenchman Reading tips and study questions (PDF)
23 Rethinking New Orleans recovery planning   Reading tips and study questions (PDF)
24 Planning together debrief Assignment debrief and implications

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)

25 Final class Course review and looking ahead (your planning education and career)

Reading tips and study questions (PDF)

Presentation (PDF)