Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- Understand how planning thought and practice has evolved over the twentieth century and into the twenty first century in response to changes in society.
- Reflect on the manner in which developments in planning theory may impact on their future role in practice.
- Critically think about the type of broad socio-economic processes at work in 21st century society and how they affect people and places.
- Engage critically with planning literature and to question this literature.
- Understand the competing claims on the planner's role and the ethical issues facing planners.
- Reflect on planning practice and write an essay setting this in an appropriate theoretical context through extensive reading and analysis of the planning literature.