SDG Detail

URBPLAN 704 : People, Communities and Urban Planning

Postgraduate course

Project description

A critical analysis of the urban social issues and relevant urban planning responses.

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

The aims of this course are to: provide an introduction to the social aspects of planning, to ensure that students understand the issues affecting different groups of people and how planning may respond. The two assignments have been carefully designed to enable students to demonstrate the learning outcomes/ objectives. This course will use the public realm to tackle the learning outcomes. Other courses will focus on housing, the environment and transport.

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the social issues affecting individuals, families and communities in urban areas, including the provision of social infrastructure, with a focus on the public realm/open spaces. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.2, 3.3, 5.3, 6.1 and 6.2) Demonstrate an understanding of relevant current urban planning and urban design responses and the global context. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and 6.2) Formulate policies, plans and urban design responses for more inclusive and sustainable urbanism (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and 6.2) Demonstrate an understanding of cultural competency and have the ability to apply the concepts within a range of cultural contexts (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2) Demonstrate an understanding of qualitative research methods. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3) Demonstrate Academic Literacy Skills of literature searching and using RefWorks (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.2, 2.3, 3.2, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1 and 6.2 (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1 and 4.2)