T URB 450
Examines the growing impact of global sustainability on local spatial planning systems, especially in the US, UK, Europe and South Africa. Specific topics include the philosophies, theories, goals, techniques, and institutional politics of
T URB 450
Examines the growing impact of global sustainability on local spatial planning systems, especially in the US, UK, Europe and South Africa. Specific topics include the philosophies, theories, goals, techniques, and institutional politics of sustainability planning.
This course examines the new global goal of sustainable development from an urban perspective and with special reference to spatial planning systems. The course has five main parts. Part 1 introduces the proposition that sustainable development is an attempt to balance three equally important societal goals: economic development; ecological sustainability; and social equity. Part 2 links this proposition to the urban context and provides additional concepts that allow us to re-conceptualize cities as ecological systems as well as economic and social formations. Students begin to explo