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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Linda Kelly
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp at 2000 level or above including (GEOP212 or GEOP2080)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Strategic planning is a key practice for planners. This unit focuses on urban strategic planning at the State and local 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. On completion of this unit students will know how to approach urban strategic planning as an inter-agency/intra-department process. Students will gain practical experience in assessing the scope of issues covered in urban strategic plans and knowledge about effective strategy development, plan making and communication. |
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved,
(a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and
(b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
You are encouraged to complete the University iLearn Academic Integrity Module which is available on the unit iLearn site. A link to the Academic Integrity Policy is provided on iLearn as well as in the Policies and Procedures section of this Guide. Individual feedback to students will be provided via Turnitin.
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GEOP3080 will be taught in a three hour weekly session, which as the semester progresses will develop into a workshop format.
Recommended texts for this unit are:
Stein, L (2017) Comparative Urban Land Use Planning: Best Practice, Sydney University Press, Sydney.
Jackson, S, Porter, L, and Johnson, L.C (2017), Planning in Indigenous Australia, Routledge, NY
Gurran, N., 2011 Australian urban land use planning: principles, systems and practice, Sydney University Press, Sydney.
The following websites contain material that will be referenced in the unit:
Further resources will be posted on iLearn.
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Week 1: Introduction to unit. What is strategic planning?
Week 2: Strategic planning & metropolitan planning in NSW
Week 3: State and local policy and plans
Week 4: Current NSW planning issues
Week 5: Student video presentations
Week 6: Local centre planning
Week 7: Representing evidence on plans and maps
Week 8: Planning proposals
Week 9: Observing the everyday
Week 10: Planning workshop Part 1
Week 11: Planning workshop Part 2
Week 12: Planning workshop Part 3
Week 13: Student plan presentations
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