3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4018532EER for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Geography
Educational team
Kobe Boussauw (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

21 contact hours Lecture
27 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The course provides an overview of theory and practice of the discipline of urban and regional (spatial) planning. The starting point consists of a variety of common definitions of spatial planning, followed by an overview of the various planning theoretical approaches that were developed in the course of the twentieth century.
Then, the gap with planning practice is bridged. Within the threefold sequence of spatial analysis, spatial visioning, regulatory planning (as applied in the method of structure planning), we successively study aspects of the regional economy, of housing, open space, and mobility. These themes are positioned in the current debates on globalization, neoliberalism, and sustainability, and will be illustrated on the basis of an international selection of cases.
Finally, a link is established with planning practice in Flanders, on the basis of the Spatial Structure Plan for Flanders, as well as a selection of examples of municipal spatial structure plans and spatial implementation plans, and the planning process for the Policy Plan on Spatial Development for Flanders.
 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Documenten op Dokeos, Dokeos
Additional info

A syllabus will be available. The syllabus consists of book chapters and scientific articles, and should be considered together with the posted slides as the course material, which should be studied for the exam.

Learning Outcomes

Objectives

• Students are familiar with the vocabulary and the basic principles of the discipline of urban and regional (spatial) planning.
• The students can distinguish between and explain a number of important planning theoretical approaches.
• The students can explain the importance of spatial planning in relation to the sectors of regional economy, housing, open space, and mobility.
• Students can illustrate the threefold sequence of spatial analysis, spatial visioning and regulatory planning on the basis of current planning processes.
• Students understand the basics of the Flemish planning system.

Competences

 GENERAL COMPETENCES*

A1 thinking and reasoning skills: 3
A2 data collection and processing: 3
A3:elaborate an investigation independently: n/a
A4 act project-based and team-oriented: 1
A5 targeted communication: 2
A6 operate internationally: 2

 

SPECIFIC COMPETENCES

S1 analyzing and reading the spatial structure: 2
S2 design: n/a
S3 master tools and techniques: n/a
S4 operate in a wide field of actors, including the policy context: 3
S5 project management skills: 1
S6 awareness and social responsibility as a planner: 3

*competence levels: (0) no competence; (1) know; (2) know how; (3) show how; (4) act and can; (5) creatively and critically deal with competency. More detailed information see competency profiles.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • written exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

None

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Architectural Engineering: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Geography: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Political Science and Sociology: - afstudeerrichting sociologie, minor sociale geografie (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Urban Design and Spatial Planning: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)