Central City Planning: Issues and Approaches
Central City Planning: Issues and Approaches examines social, economic, environmental, and fiscal trends affecting older American cities, along with critical policy issues and planning responses.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.67 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2018: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Use ideas and information to understand specific planning practice impacts with respect to growth and development of places over time and across space.
Understand the purpose and meaning of the city, an increased appreciation of the behaviors and activities available to residents, and an appreciation of the organizational contexts associated with their activities.
Practice fundamental planning research used for assembling and analyzing ideas and information from prior practice and scholarship, and from secondary sources.
Prepare standard written and graphic communication modalities for use in documents and presentations.
Carry out an applied project with a stakeholder from initial concept to presentation.
Practice values and ethics used in professional planning and more accurately, in a democratic society.
Evaluate ethical questions of public decision-making, research, and client representation, governance and participation, sustainability and environmental quality, and growth and development from the different roles of elected officials, stakeholders, and community members.
Source: UW Guide
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2014: 3.67 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2018: 3.83 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).
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Topics
- Social, economic, environmental, and fiscal trends in older American cities
- Critical policy issues and programmatic responses for central city decision-makers
- Professional planning values and ethics in a democratic society
- Ethical evaluation of public decision-making, governance, sustainability, and growth
Skills
- Analyze social, economic, environmental, and fiscal trends affecting older American cities and their policy implications.
- Conduct planning research by assembling and analyzing information from prior practice, scholarship, and secondary sources.
- Prepare written and graphic communication materials for professional documents and presentations.
- Manage an applied planning project with stakeholders from concept through final presentation.
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