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GEOP370 – Urban Strategic Planning
2017 – S1 Day
General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Linda Kelly
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| Credit points |
Credit points
3
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(39cp at 100 level or above) including (ENVG281 or GEOS280 or GEOS281 or GEOP181)
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
Designed to be a planning applications unit, this unit focuses on urban strategic planning at the regional and local government level, drawing on existing strategic plans at both levels of government in the Australian context. This unit allows students to develop practical skills for urban strategic planning, while also drawing on recent academic research published in major academic journals. On completion of this unit students will know how to approach urban strategic planning as an inter-agency/intra-department process. They will also have gained practice experience in assessing the scope of issues covered in urban strategic plans and the keys to effective strategy development.
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Important Academic Dates
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- A clear understanding of the underlying principles of urban strategic planning
- A sound appreciation of urban strategic planning in the recent Australian context
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
- A capacity to research and apply current academic literature to urban strategic planning issues.
- A sound understanding of how to develop an urban strategic plan.
- Experience in working as a team in urban strategic planning
General Assessment Information
Assessment tasks are designed to ensure you are learning during the unit. Please let the unit convenor know as soon as possible if you need clarification about the expectations for each task. Some general information:
- All assessment tasks must be submitted in order to pass this unit
- late assignments will incur a 10% penalty per day late, including weekends. This penalty will be applied unless a valid medical certificate is supplied or alternative acceptable documentation. Please contact the unit convenor as soon as possible if you are unwell and unlikely to make a deadline.
- Familiarise yourself with the University's policy on plagiarism.
- All assignments should be properly referenced using the Harvard system of referencing.
- Text should be a minimum of 11 point font, 2 cm margins and line spacing of 1.5.
- When using images and diagrams always cite the source and provide a description.
- Proof read your work at least twice.
- Use Australian English.
- Assessment tasks 1 and 3 should be submitted via the iLearn site.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Greater Sydney Commission | 20% | No | 22 March Week 4 |
| Community video | 30% | No | 3 May Week 8 |
| Preparing a strategic plan | 40% | No | 14 June |
| Attendance & Participation | 10% | No | throughout semester |
Greater Sydney Commission
Due: 22 March Week 4
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task requires you to undertake a discussion and critical evaluation of aspects of the Greater Sydney Commission (GSC) as well as considering the draft District Plans that are currently on exhibition. You need to prepare a 2,000 word essay that addresses the following questions:
- What is the GSC and what was it established to do?
- Who are they key players?
- What legislation supports it and its plan making functions?
- What are the Sydney Planning Panels? What is their function and what are they established achieve?
- Select a district within greater metropolitan Sydney and access the relevant draft District Plan. Read the Introduction and the Liveable City chapters, and discuss what is planned for this District under the draft plan.
- There are a number of videos on the GSC website including "Greater Sydney's Three Cities" and "GPOP launch video". Discuss the objectives of these videos and what key concepts are introduced. How effective do think they are?
On successful completion you will be able to:
- A sound appreciation of urban strategic planning in the recent Australian context
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
Community video
Due: 3 May Week 8
Weighting: 30%
You are to imagine that you are working for an organisation which has decided to prepare an urban strategic plan addressing one of these issues:
1. short term holiday lettings in Bondi (such as Airbnb)
2. the 30 minute city on the Northern Beaches
3. graffiti management in Surry Hills
4. community gardens in Lane Cove
Choose an issue from the above list and prepare a three minute video which would be part of a community consultation strategy that is aimed at engaging the community in participating in the preparation of the plan. You want to motivate the public to want to know more about the project and ask them for their ideas.
Your video would begin by explaining the decision of your organisation to prepare the plan, what the plan means and the issues that would be covered. You would finish with a "call to action".
This assessment is not to test your film making and editing skills but rather to get you to experiment with a different media for community consultation. I would expect that you would speak in the video and utilise an appropriate background or images to keep your viewers' attention. Background music or other sounds could be used. These videos will be posted on You Tube (private setting) and shown in class for marking and discussion.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- A clear understanding of the underlying principles of urban strategic planning
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
- A sound understanding of how to develop an urban strategic plan.
Preparing a strategic plan
Due: 14 June
Weighting: 40%
This assessment requires you to prepare a small strategic plan for Angourie, on the north coast NSW. You will work in a group in class to develop the aims/objectives of the plan. Each member will prepare one chapter of the plan from the following list (no doubling up):
- Housing
- Open space and recreation
- Culture and heritage
- Natural environment and biodiversity
The finalisation and presentation of the document shall be undertaken as a group. The group mark for objectives and presentation will be 10%.
The assessable mark on the individual student's own work on the chapter of the plan will be 30%.
The word limit for this assessment is 1,000 words per chapter.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- A clear understanding of the underlying principles of urban strategic planning
- A sound appreciation of urban strategic planning in the recent Australian context
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
- A capacity to research and apply current academic literature to urban strategic planning issues.
- A sound understanding of how to develop an urban strategic plan.
- Experience in working as a team in urban strategic planning
Attendance & Participation
Due: throughout semester
Weighting: 10%
You are expected to attend at least 90% of all scheduled classes. The unit is being taught involving you in active learning which will require you to participate in activities in each session. The activities are designed to provide you with essential skills for working as a planner. In order to achieve maximum marks for this assessment it will not be sufficient to simply turn up, you will need to demonstrate engagement and participation. Attendance will be recorded at each class. Failure to attend will impact upon other assessments as well as your mark for this component.
4 marks out of 10 will be allocated to your attendance, and 6 out of 10 will be allocated to participation in class activities and discussion.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- A clear understanding of the underlying principles of urban strategic planning
- A sound appreciation of urban strategic planning in the recent Australian context
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
- A sound understanding of how to develop an urban strategic plan.
- Experience in working as a team in urban strategic planning
Delivery and Resources
GEOP370 will be taught in a 3 hour weekly session involving the following components:
- a lecture
- a session of student presentations, and
- a practical session.
Unit Schedule
2pm - 5pm Wednesdays in Room W5C 335
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Lecture topic |
Tutorial |
Assessment |
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1 MAR |
Introduction to unit and assessments What is strategic planning? |
What do you already know about Sydney? |
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8 MAR |
History of metropolitan planning in Sydney |
Introduction to Draft North Coast Plan "Towards our Greater Sydney 2056" |
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15 MAR |
Strategic planning in NSW
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Week 2 readings discussion Student presentations – Site transformations |
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22 MAR |
Local strategic planning |
Preparing submissions
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Assessment 1 due |
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5 |
29 MAR |
SITE VISIT (tbc) Planning for the nation's capital? |
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6 |
5 APR |
Strategic Policy |
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7 |
12 APR |
Strategic Plans |
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MID SEMSTER BREAK |
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8 |
3 MAY |
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Student video presentations |
Assessment 2 due |
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9 |
10 MAY |
Social equality in strategic planning |
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10 |
17 MAY |
Planning Proposals |
Group work – determining project objectives |
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11 |
24 MAY |
Site planning and community engagement
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Student planning exercise Part 1 - responding to the design brief |
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12 |
31 MAY |
Developing a plan Unit overview |
Student planning exercise Part 2 |
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13 |
6 JUN |
Group work |
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Policies and Procedures
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy_2016.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Complaint Management Procedure for Students and Members of the Public http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/complaint_management/procedure.html
Disruption to Studies Policy (in effect until Dec 4th, 2017): http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html
Special Consideration Policy (in effect from Dec 4th, 2017): https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Student Code of Conduct
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
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Graduate Capabilities
Creative and Innovative
Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- A capacity to research and apply current academic literature to urban strategic planning issues.
Assessment task
- Preparing a strategic plan
Discipline Specific Knowledge and Skills
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- A clear understanding of the underlying principles of urban strategic planning
- A sound appreciation of urban strategic planning in the recent Australian context
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
- A capacity to research and apply current academic literature to urban strategic planning issues.
- A sound understanding of how to develop an urban strategic plan.
- Experience in working as a team in urban strategic planning
Assessment tasks
- Greater Sydney Commission
- Community video
- Preparing a strategic plan
- Attendance & Participation
Critical, Analytical and Integrative Thinking
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- A clear understanding of the underlying principles of urban strategic planning
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
- A sound understanding of how to develop an urban strategic plan.
Assessment tasks
- Community video
- Preparing a strategic plan
- Attendance & Participation
Problem Solving and Research Capability
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- A clear understanding of the underlying principles of urban strategic planning
- A sound appreciation of urban strategic planning in the recent Australian context
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
- A capacity to research and apply current academic literature to urban strategic planning issues.
- Experience in working as a team in urban strategic planning
Assessment tasks
- Greater Sydney Commission
- Community video
- Preparing a strategic plan
- Attendance & Participation
Effective Communication
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- Experience in working as a team in urban strategic planning
Assessment tasks
- Community video
- Preparing a strategic plan
- Attendance & Participation
Engaged and Ethical Local and Global citizens
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- An understanding of the role of urban strategic planning in shaping our cities.
Assessment tasks
- Community video
- Preparing a strategic plan
- Attendance & Participation
Socially and Environmentally Active and Responsible
We want our graduates to be aware of and have respect for self and others; to be able to work with others as a leader and a team player; to have a sense of connectedness with others and country; and to have a sense of mutual obligation. Our graduates should be informed and active participants in moving society towards sustainability.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcome
- A sound understanding of how to develop an urban strategic plan.
Assessment tasks
- Community video
- Preparing a strategic plan
- Attendance & Participation