Module Details
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Title TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING: AN INTRODUCTION
Code ENVS110
Coordinator Prof CR Couch
Geography and Planning
C.Couch@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2013-14 Level One First Semester 15

Aims

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This module aims to provide an introduction to the history, theory and practice of town and country planning in Britain.   


Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the module, students should:

a)  be conversant with the growth and development of town planning in Britain;

b)  be familiar with the operation of the current planning system;

c)  be able to discuss selected issues in contemporary planning theory and practice.


Syllabus
All 

The changing city and the need for planning. 

The origins of modern town planning.  

The development of planning theory and practice through the 20th century..  

Alternative contemporary approaches to planning in theory and practice. 

Agencies and structures in planning. 

The contemporary planning system: plans and their implementation. 

Planning and economic change.

Planning for sustainable communities. 

Planning for environmental protection.

 

Teaching and Learning Strategies

The module provides a programme of lectures that students will be expected to follow up through guided reading.


Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 20

           20
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 130
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Exam  2 hours  First  75       
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Coursework  2000 words  First  25    Standard University Policy applies - see Department/School handbook for details.   

Recommended Texts

Cullingworth J B and Nadin V, 2006, Town and Country Planning in the UK, (14th ed), London, Routledge

Hall P, 2002, Urban and Regional Planning (4th Ed), London, Routledge

Hall P,2002, Cities of tomorrow : an intellectual history of urban planning and design in the twentieth century (3rd Ed), Oxford, Blackwells

Rydin Y, 2003, Urban and Environmental Planning in the UK (2nd ed), London, Palgrave Macmillan

Ward S, 2004 Planning and Urban Change (2nd ed), London, Sage