CRP447 CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS ON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Course Content
The course is divided into four parts. The first one aims to bring together the theory and approaches that contribute to the growth and development of contemporary cities. A historical outline of the transition from modern to postmodem city will be provided by focusing on changing economic, social and cultural aspects of urban daily life. In the second part, the focus will be directed to the planning and development issues. Reading materials will be provided to discuss the paradigm shift within planning and development facing with previously mentioned economic, social and cultural changes. After establishing the background with the first and second parts, the course will focus on some contemporary issues in the third part. Urban policies and planning implementations, some producing negative outcomes others carrying potential to overcome experienced problems will be the subject matter of this part. The fourth and the final part of the course will consist of student presentations that are related to the analysis of national and international policies contributing to the development and planning of contemporary cities. Case studies from Turkey and international contexts will be guestioned with the help of framework provided at the beginning of the course.
