CRP601 NEW TENDENCIES IN PLANNING THOUGHT

Course Code:1210601
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:PhD
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. İLHAN TEKELİ
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives

The main objective of the course is to increase capacity of thinking in the theory of planning.


Course Content

Limits of predictabilities and instrumental rationality in planning. Critics of representative democracy. Human rights and citizenship. Civil society and governance. Emerging planning categories in the last two decades.


Course Learning Outcomes

Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
* increase student capacity in the use of main concept in planning thought;

* analyze the limits of scientific knowledge in planning practices;

* analyze the use of human right thoughts in planning practices;

* familiarize new discussions in planning theory and practices;

* get the capacity of design of planning procedures in different social contexts.