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planning theory URBS 300 - Spring 2023 Brettany Shannon, MPL, PhD

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today & thursday

today

• why planning theory

• the class

• the syllabus

thursday

• introductions

why planning theory ?

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why planning? (Planning Tank, 2020)

1. helps cities to grow

2. improves quality of life

3. predict [and prepare for] disasters

4. positive impact on economy

5. safe and healthy lifestyle for everyone

6. develop the nation

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why planning? (Planning Tank, 2020)

1. helps cities to grow

2. improves quality of life

3. predict [and prepare for] disasters

4. positive impact on economy

5. safe and healthy lifestyle for everyone

6. develop the nation

what are some of your

reasons?

what is the point of this class?

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critical thinking via planning theory

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professional development via

“learning by doing”

critical thinking via planning theory

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professional development via

“learning by doing”

critical thinking via planning theory

THOUGHTFUL PLANNING PRAXIS

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why does planning theory matter?

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The Myth of American City Planning M. Christine Boyer (1983)

“Planning documents became the mode through which...contradictions [between groups] found physical expression and idealistic resolution… These documents privileged certain planned improvements with recognition and left others unmentioned… Planning documents were written at an abstracted level of discourse never speaking of the motives and conflicts behind their production. They offered a normative resolution of what the American city ought to look like, while leaving aside structural limitations and practical barriers.”

Christine Boyer Dreaming the Rational City: The Myth of American City Planning (1983, pp. 67-8)

people make plans

“Planning documents became the mode through which...contradictions [between groups] found physical expression and idealistic resolution… These documents privileged certain planned improvements with recognition and left others unmentioned… Planning documents were written at an abstracted level of discourse never speaking of the motives and conflicts behind their production. They offered a normative resolution of what the American city ought to look like, while leaving aside structural limitations and practical barriers.”

Christine Boyer Dreaming the Rational City: The Myth of American City Planning (1983, pp. 67-8)

people make plans

“Planning documents became the mode through which...contradictions [between groups] found physical expression and idealistic resolution… These documents privileged certain planned improvements with recognition and left others unmentioned… Planning documents were written at an abstracted level of discourse never speaking of the motives and conflicts behind their production. They offered a normative resolution of what the American city ought to look like, while leaving aside structural limitations and practical barriers.”

Christine Boyer Dreaming the Rational City: The Myth of American City Planning (1983, pp. 67-8)

people make plans

“Planning documents became the mode through which...contradictions [between groups] found physical expression and idealistic resolution… These documents privileged certain planned improvements with recognition and left others unmentioned… Planning documents were written at an abstracted level of discourse never speaking of the motives and conflicts behind their production. They offered a normative resolution of what the American city ought to look like, while leaving aside structural limitations and practical barriers.”

Christine Boyer Dreaming the Rational City: The Myth of American City Planning (1983, pp. 67-8)

people make plans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Howard, http://www.whiteflint.org/2013/11/07/new-report-highlights-the-hidden-costs-of-suburban-sprawl/

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professional development via

“learning by doing”

critical thinking via planning theory

THOUGHTFUL PLANNING PRAXIS

semester themes

power democracy equity

• attendance sentences

• syllabus annotation

• professional background

• professional development

• midterm & final

looking ahead 1/24, today!

attendance sentence

1/26, Thursday attendance sentence

1/29, Sunday syllabus annotation due

1/31, Tuesday read through Burbank plan (skim to get familiar) take quiz on Canvas

2/2, Thursday read Berke & Godschalk take quiz on Canvas

2/5, Sunday plan evaluation due