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.

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.

Assessment of Introductory Transportation Engineering Course and General Transportation Engineering Curriculum

2013 ◽  
Vol 2328 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rod E. Turochy ◽  
Jon Fricker ◽  
H. Gene Hawkins ◽  
David S. Hurwitz ◽  
Stephanie S. Ivey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Transportation Engineering ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
The Status ◽  
Primary Focus

Transportation engineering is a critical subdiscipline of the civil engineering profession as indicated by its inclusion on the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination and overlap with other specialty areas of civil engineering and as recognized by TRB, ITE, and ASCE. With increasing transportation workforce needs, low numbers of students entering the pipeline, and limited hours within undergraduate civil engineering programs, it is important to ensure that civil engineering students receive adequate preparation and exposure to career opportunities in the transportation engineering field. Thus, investigations into the status of transportation engineering within civil engineering programs and specifically the introductory transportation engineering course are essential for understanding implications to the profession. Relevant literature and findings from a new survey of civil engineering programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology is reviewed; that survey yielded 84 responses. The survey indicates that 88% of responding programs teach an introductory course in transportation engineering, and 79% require it in their undergraduate programs. Significant variation exists in the structure of the introductory course (number of credit hours, laboratory requirements, etc.). Common responses about improvements that could be made include adding laboratories, requiring a second course, and broadening course content. In addition, nearly 15% of instructors teaching the introductory course did not have a primary focus in transportation engineering. This finding should be investigated further, given that the course may be an undergraduate civil engineering student's only exposure to the profession.

scholarly journals The Role of The Town Planning Department towards Development and Socio-Economics in Kinta Valley, 1921-1941

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khairi Ariffin ◽  
Mohd Hairy Ibrahim ◽  
Mohd Kamal Kamaruddin ◽  
Sahul Hamid Mohamed Maiddin ◽  
Wan Norlizawati Wan Mat Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Town Planning ◽  
Planning Department ◽  
The Town

scholarly journals GIS Buildout Analysis and Urban Planning

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150006
Author(s):  
Carlos J. L. BALSAS
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
The State ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Industrial Land ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
The Town

A buildout analysis is an important methodology in land-use planning. The GIS technicalities of doing a buildout analysis tend to be the purview of professionals with a background in geographical sciences. However, it is argued that planners ought to be able to conduct buildout analysis in order to develop a better understanding of how land-use patterns could change sustainably over time depending on a community’s regulatory environment and pace of development. A state buildout analysis is compared and contrasted with buildouts conducted for two local jurisdictions on the opposite ends of Massachusetts: the towns of Amherst and Georgetown. The town of Amherst’s computations identified lower values of developable and new commercial/industrial land and 1,878 more new dwelling units than the state-led planning initiative three years earlier. In the case of Georgetown, the UMass Amherst planning consultancy identified lower values of developable land and fewer new dwelling units and 3.5 million square feet more of new commercial/industrial land than the state-led analysis. A series of implications for teaching buildout analysis in Urban and Regional Planning studio courses is presented.

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
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