Critical review of sustainabledevelopment policies and

planning

Prof. dr. Joris Scheers

Critical review of sustainable development policies and planning

Objective is acritical assessment

of the impact of planning anddevelopment issues on space

Course objectives debate on sustainable development assess policies and the institutional

frameworks of policy making to selectively illustrate sustainable

development planning efforts in variouscontexts

to improve creative communication skills of course participants

who ?

- Full time policy advisor FlandersGovernment in Brussels

- Visiting professor, Urban and regionalplanner and Sociologist (PhD and MSc)

- Applied science: related with real life- UN-Habitat expert &(vice-)president ECTP- Latin America - Urban and regional planning

ContentSyllabus 2015

4 parts Course methods Course material Exam regulations Reader

Available with Paulien @ secretariatAll ppt and other material on Toledo

Course methods

Introductory and general lectures Advanced interactive courses on methods,

governance and capita selecta. Seminars: (external) lecture annex debate

and workshop

CRITICAL REVIEW ATTITUDE

Course material

Subdivided in 4 parts Introduction Methods, theories, approaches Governance Capita selecta

Hardcopy material in syllabus-reader (R), digital material via Toledo (T)

Exam regulations Objective is to critically analyse a concept,

a paradigm, a project related to the broader theme of spatial sustainability, in a rigorous a systematic way.

By March 30th 2015 all students submit by email their topic and the central questions

Be original !

Exam regulations All students hand in a short discussion

paper at the day of their scheduled exam session in June or September 2014.

Max. 7 pages During the exam session, the discussion

paper will be discussed in relation to course material

NO ppt & oral open book examination.

Marks Quotations will be given based on active

participation during courses (critical attitude), the quality of the paper and on the way the course material is used.

Critical review of sustainabledevelopment policies and

planning

Two Important Questions

Critical review of sustainable development policies and planning

Different continents, different scalesFocus on urban areas (in hinterland context)Methods as tools, apply how and when?Existing cases as teaching materialGroup interaction and case presentation

Any fool can criticizeand most fools doB. Franklin

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing Aristotle