| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| L9 |
Case Discussion (cont.) |
Study Questions (PDF) |
| R3 |
Review Session |
TA's extend discussion of the case, assignment. |
| L10 |
Student Briefings |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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