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Introduction
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Unit name | Regional Planning - Economy, Environment, Society, Infrastructure |
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Unit code | KGA522 |
Credit points | 25 |
Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences |
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Availability
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Learning Outcomes
1 | Explain and apply principles of regional planning, including integration of infrastructure, transport, land use, human settlement, the economics of cities and regions, and natural systems. |
2 | Apply the principles of climate change planning, including considering various adaptive and maladaptive strategies. |
3 | Implement strategic planning techniques and select processes and methods appropriate to a regional scale. |
4 | Access and deploy sources of information about environments and communities, including census and survey data, to address regional planning questions and problems. |
5 | Critically link regional plans to institutions and processes operating at sub- and supra-regional scales. |
Fees
Teaching
Teaching Pattern | On-campus students: interactive lectures and workshops (48 hours over 12 weeks), and field trip (8 hours in 1 week); Distance education students: online lectures each week of up to 90 minutes a week weekly online discussions and group work for approximately 2-hrs/week over 13 weeks |
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Assessment | 4,000 word case analysis (40%), two take-home tests (30%), group presentation (30%) |
Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
Required | None |
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