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Program of research leading to Master of City Planning arranged between student and a faculty member. Student register to this course starting from their third semester while the research program or write-up of thesis in progress

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Codebook preparation, data entry, data screening and cleaning, descriptive analysis, scale reliability, statistic selection, correlation, multiple regression, logistic regression, factor analysis, chi-square, and ANOVA will be covered throughout the course.

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This course prepares students to conduct original research on topics related to planning and design. It introduces them to the research process design and different qualitative, quantitative and nixed- method research approaches used by planners and designers. It addresses the selection, development, application, and analysis of various types of methodological instruments and procedures for conducting research about the physical environment. It also introduces students to ethical issues in research.

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Positive and normative theories of design; substantial and procedural aspects of design theory; models of man-environment relations; man-environment relations in the historical context and schools of design; urban elements; squares, house; Jungian approach to the analysis of urban elements.

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The need for intervention and its goals in modern societies; tools of intervention; the distortions stemming from intervention; neoliberal philosophy and rational choice theory versus critical approaches; systematic competitiveness; selling places or city marketing and local development initiatives; social spatial justice, justice in time; social governance capacity of the urban; conflict management and negotiation process; promoting quality of organizations and quality of life; intervention design.

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Enables the student to perform a detailed study of his/her thesis subject. Guidance in research and regular progress reports submitted to discuss specific problems of student’s research. Lectures on theoretical and empirical analysis, research design techniques, data collection and survey methods.

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