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PLAN40060

Academic Year 2024/2025

Urban and Regional Development (PLAN40060)

Subject:
Planning
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Architecture, Plan & Env Pol
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Brendan Williams
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

In this module students explore the changing dynamics of urban development internationally. The implementation of growth management and development strategies is often proposed by national plans or guidelines and is a recurring theme in many areas experiencing rapid urbanisation internationally. The engagement of the development process is necessary in achieving positive development outcomes. This includes understanding:
- The nature of supply side responses, roles and relationships within the property development process;
- Public sector development and its requirements;
- Private sector development and its requirements; - Development appraisal and decision-making;
- Feasibility, profitability and input sensitivity analysis;
- Feasibility and decision-making in development case studies.
International policy initiatives relating to Public private partnerships and urban regeneration are examined critically with a focus on the evaluation of the outcomes of such interventions.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

• On completion of the module students should be able to understand the urban development process and its relationship to planning and development policies.

• In addition students are expected to develop an understanding of the key issues driving the urban property development process.

• On completion of the course students should appreciate the varying perspectives of those involved in the planning and development process.

• In addition the module gives students an appreciation of the development appraisal decision-making process as applied in both the public and private sectors.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Autonomous Student Learning

76
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module is taught with a combination of lectures and in class group work.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Urban and Regional Development (PEP40250)


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Quizzes/Short Exercises: In class test based on class exercises included in lectures- Held during normal class time. Standard closed book test and no personal notes are allowed. Week 6 Graded No
40
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Assignment project including group and individual component based on the development appraisal process. Week 12 Graded No
60
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will be given written feedback on their in class assessment

Name Role
Ms Bei Gao Tutor

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Wed 14:00 - 15:50
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