CRP710 PLANNING, ACTION AND INSTITUTIONS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PLANNING THEORIES
| Course Code: | 1210710 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | City and Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. AYDA ERAYDIN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The goal is to create new planning sensibilities, enable students to criticize existing theories and planning practice and make them familiar to the new discourses on urban and regional planning. It also aims to promote thinking about what work planning theory should do, what its scope should be, and how theorising should proceed. The student is expected to acquire not only knowledge but a critical thinking on existing theoretical debates and gain insight into innovative thinking for the future of planning.
Course Content
Comprehension the planning theories. Analysis of planning theories regarding the rationality and substance. Criticisms on instrumental and communicative planning. Alternative planning paradigms. Resilience thinking in planning.
Course Learning Outcomes
To enhance understanding theories and debates on planning and enable students to criticise them as well.