Introduction to City Planning: History, Theory and Practice

1 Course Unit

This course introduces students to the history, theories, and contemporary practice of city and regional planning. Readings, lectures, class discussion, and walking tours focus on: • The evolution of planning ideas, strategies, institutions, and powers, and of planning’s influence on cities and regions around the world; • The structures and dynamics of urban change; • The ways planners and social and environmental scientists have understood and responded to social, economic, political, and environmental conditions and change over time; including how planners have theorized our roles in the world; • The development of the planning profession and its relationships with allied fields, examining various types of planning, urban development, and design. Fall 1 Course Unit