Centre or Periphery? Town Planning and Spatial Political Economy

1994 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1111-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
J B McLoughlin
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Human Geography ◽  
Great Emphasis ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Planning Education ◽  
State Of Affairs

In this paper I argue that the debate about urban and regional planning is polarised into two competing ‘discourses’ of town planning and political economy. I assert that the language and concepts of town planning continue to take precedence in both the field of practice and in teaching and research and that this is a most unsatisfactory state of affairs. Town planners relegate urban and regional political economy to the periphery and place town planning at the centre. This is a conservative situation in that most town planning education places great emphasis on plans and very little on ‘how cities and regions work’. I recommend the abandonment of ‘planning’ education in favour of spatial political economy which might sit easiest in human geography.

scholarly journals ISLAMISATION OF TOWN PLANNING EDUCATION: A REVIEW ON THE COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azila Ahmad Sarkawi ◽  
Alias Abdullah ◽  
Norimah Md Dali
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Planning Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Planning Department ◽  
The Town

The Islamisation of the town planning education in Malaysia especially in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) could successfully be materialized via the smart team-teaching approach where lecturers from the town planning Department collaborate with their counterpart in the Islamic studies Kulliyyah. This paper reports a desk study on the status of Islamic inputs in the current town planning course content. Out of 140 credit hours of town planning core courses and University required courses, it was found that 34% have already embodied Islamic-related topics whilst the remaining 66% were silent. Enhancements via compatible Islamic inputs to strengthen the existing curricula need to be done for the former while for the latter new Islamic inputs need to be incorporated. This paper reiterates that the epistemological and methodological approach combined is the way forward for sustainable education.

scholarly journals ISLAMISATION OF TOWN PLANNING EDUCATION: A REVIEW ON THE COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azila Ahmad Sarkawi ◽  
Alias Abdullah ◽  
Norimah Md Dali
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Planning Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Planning Department ◽  
The Town

The Islamisation of the town planning education in Malaysia especially in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) could successfully be materialized via the smart team-teaching approach where lecturers from the town planning Department collaborate with their counterpart in the Islamic studies Kulliyyah. This paper reports a desk study on the status of Islamic inputs in the current town planning course content. Out of 140 credit hours of town planning core courses and University required courses, it was found that 34% have already embodied Islamic-related topics whilst the remaining 66% were silent. Enhancements via compatible Islamic inputs to strengthen the existing curricula need to be done for the former while for the latter new Islamic inputs need to be incorporated. This paper reiterates that the epistemological and methodological approach combined is the way forward for sustainable education.

Urban and Regional Planning Education in Mexico

2019 ◽  
pp. 0739456X1988966
Author(s):  
Sergio Peña
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
First Century ◽  
Rational Model ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Planning Education ◽  
Course Syllabi ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Education In Mexico

This analysis sheds light on planning education in Mexico. One important question that the paper addresses is: Are planning programs forming professionals capable of addressing the challenges that cities and regions face in the twenty-first century? The study draws upon a content analysis of 253 course syllabi and a database of 128 employed local planners. The results of the analysis suggest that planning curricula are still very much embedded in the rational model and there is a challenge for strengthening the curricula with more communicative skills that are valuable in a postmodern society.

scholarly journals Thesis Abstracts. T.I. Gunton. "Evolution of Urban and Regional Planning in Canada, 1900-1960." Ph.D. Thesis, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, 1981 Elizabeth Bloomfield. "City-building Process in Berlin / Kitchener and Waterloo, 1870-1930." Ph.D. Thesis, Department of History, University of Guelph, 1981 G. Drangushan. "Regional Planning in Alberta: The Evolution of Alberta's System of Regional Planning Commissions." M.A. Thesis, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, 1979 D. Hinds. "The Evolution of Urban Public Park Design in Europe and America: Vancouver Adaptation to 1913." M.A. Thesis, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, 1979 S.L. Kelly. "Senior Citizen Housing in Edmonton: A Spatial Perspective." M.A. Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Alberta, 1980 R.G.F. Higgings. "The Role of the State in the Development of Town Planning in England, 1875-1909." M.A. Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Alberta, 1980 Sara D.S. Gibson, "Sense of Place - Defence of Place: A Case Study of the Toronto Island." Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, 1981 Irene E. Robertson. "The Business Community and the Development of Victoria, 1858-1900." M.A. Thesis, Department of History, University of Victoria, 1981

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 67
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
Senior Citizen ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Public Park ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Role Of The State

scholarly journals Sustainability in Urban and Regional Planning Education in Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (92) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beyza KARADENİZ ◽  
Meltem BARUT ◽  
Ceren ÜNLÜ ÖZTÜRK ◽  
Pelin TATLI
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Planning Education ◽  
Education In Turkey

Dall'urbanistica al governo del territorio: i nuovi orientamenti della pianificazione e delle politiche urbane

ARGOMENTI ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 131-163
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Ranzato
Keyword(s):  
Regional Planning ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Political Dimension ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
The Third ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
The Relationship

- This article aims to explain the implicit complexity of planning, a notion which has been recently defined in Italy by the expression "governo del territorio". It is divided into three parts. The first describes the evolution of planning in Europe throughout a century of history: from the modernist urbanism to the comprehensive planning, from the decision making evolution up to the recent forms of governance. The second sums up the latest fifty years of planning in Italy, which is undergoing today a complex and innovatory change. The third examines some keywords relating to cities and metropolitan areas. They refer to the recent notion of "governo del territorio", which calls for a redefinition of the relationship between the technical-instrumental dimension of urbanism (design oriented and based on new structural and operational plans) and the socio-political dimension of planning, responsible for the coordination of new urban policies and governance processes.Keywords: Urbanism, Town planning, Urban and regional planning, Urban governance Parole chiave: Urbanistica, Pianificazione territoriale, Governo del territorio.

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