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Faculty of Business and Law

School: Law and Justice

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Foundations of Planning

  • Unit Code

    PLN1600

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit asks the questions what is planning and why do we plan. It provides an introduction to the contributions to planning knowledge and skills, the development of planning thought and its application and to the influences and outcomes for traditional and contemporary planning in Australia and Western Australia.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PLN5600

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the fundamental planning knowledge and skill to simple development issues.
  2. Explain planning and why we plan, in historical terms.
  3. Interpret and communicate the foundations of planning knowledge and skills; and contemporary developments.
  4. Understand introductory planning concepts and principles from a variety of viewpoints.

Unit Content

  1. Built forms, places, landscapes and environments.
  2. Contemporary issues for planning and development.
  3. Contemporary planning issues in Western Australia.
  4. Economic entities and their interaction.
  5. Introduction to planning and development.
  6. Legislation and Institutions for planning and development .
  7. Origins and purposes of planning in a world context.
  8. People, community organisation and social structure.
  9. Planning ideas and concepts .

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be conducted in the on-campus and off-campus mode. The on-campus mode will be supported by materials located on the ECU Blackboard website and electronic communication between instructor and students. On-campus students have a weekly lecture and tutorial. Lectures are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through development of the planning concepts and their applications. Seminars allow students to workshop through questions that enable them to identify and apply the concepts presented in the lecture. A major project will consolidate learning by requiring students to prepare a simple strategy for a real location utilising planning concepts developed in the unit. This activity will be developed to be conducted on-line and involving on-campus and off-campus students sharing information through an on-line project and progress log. Off-campus students will access the program via the Blackboard website. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayPlanning Essay20%
ReportSite analysis and report30%
AssignmentSite plan30%
PresentationOral Presentation20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayPlanning Essay20%
ReportSite analysis and report30%
AssignmentSite plan30%
PresentationRecorded presentation20%

Text References

  • ^ Thompson, S., & Maginn, P. J. (Eds). (2012). Planning Australia: An overview of urban and regional planning (2nd ed.). Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
  • Miller, D., & de Roo, G. (2005). Urban environmental planning: Policies, instruments and methods in an international perspective (2nd ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • Low, N.P., Gleeson, B.J., Radovic, D., & Green, R. (2005). The green city. Sydney: UNSW Press.
  • Hedgcock, D., & Yiftachel, O. (1992). Urban and regional planning in Western Australia. Perth: Paradigm Press.
  • Hamnett, S., & Freestone, R. (Eds). (2000). The Australian metropolis: A planning history. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin
  • Gehl, J. (2010). Cities for people. Washington DC: Island Press.
  • Cullingworth, J. B. (2006). Town and country planning in the UK (14th ed.). London: Allen & Unwin.
  • Campbell, S., & Fainstein, S. (2003). Readings in planning theory (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Bayer, M., Frank, N., & Valerius, J. (2010). Becoming an urban planner. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Alexander, I., Greive, S,. & Hedgcock, D. (2010). Planning perspectives from Western Australia: A reader in theory and practice. Fremantle, W. A.: Fremantle Press.
  • Stephenson, G., & Hepburn, J. A. (1955). Plan for the metropolitan region, Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia, 1955: A report. Perth: Government Printer.
  • Gleeson, B., & Low, N. (2000). Australian urban planning. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin

Journal References

  • Planning Theory and Practice
  • Planning Theory
  • Planning Practice and Research
  • Planning Perspectives
  • Planning
  • Journal of Urban Design
  • Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
  • Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
  • Journal of the American Planning Association
  • International Planning Studies
  • European Planning Studies
  • Urban Studies
  • Australian Planner

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

PLN1600|1|1

Faculty of Business and Law

School: Law and Justice

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Foundations of Planning

  • Unit Code

    PLN1600

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit asks the questions what is planning and why do we plan. It provides an introduction to the contributions to planning knowledge and skills, the development of planning thought and its application and to the influences and outcomes for traditional and contemporary planning in Australia and Western Australia.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded PLN5600

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the fundamental planning knowledge and skill to simple development issues.
  2. Explain planning and why we plan, in historical terms.
  3. Interpret and communicate the foundations of planning knowledge and skills; and contemporary developments.
  4. Understand introductory planning concepts and principles from a variety of viewpoints.

Unit Content

  1. Built forms, places, landscapes and environments.
  2. Contemporary issues for planning and development.
  3. Contemporary planning issues in Western Australia.
  4. Economic entities and their interaction.
  5. Introduction to planning and development.
  6. Legislation and Institutions for planning and development .
  7. Origins and purposes of planning in a world context.
  8. People, community organisation and social structure.
  9. Planning ideas and concepts .

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit will be conducted in the on-campus and off-campus mode. The on-campus mode will be supported by materials located on the ECU Blackboard website and electronic communication between instructor and students. On-campus students have a weekly lecture and tutorial. Lectures are used to introduce the central concepts of the unit and to guide students through development of the planning concepts and their applications. Seminars allow students to workshop through questions that enable them to identify and apply the concepts presented in the lecture. A major project will consolidate learning by requiring students to prepare a simple strategy for a real location utilising planning concepts developed in the unit. This activity will be developed to be conducted on-line and involving on-campus and off-campus students sharing information through an on-line project and progress log. Off-campus students will access the program via the Blackboard website. Regular online access is required.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayPlanning Essay20%
ReportSite analysis and report30%
AssignmentSite plan30%
PresentationOral Presentation20%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayPlanning Essay20%
ReportSite analysis and report30%
AssignmentSite plan30%
PresentationRecorded presentation20%

Text References

  • ^ Thompson, S., & Maginn, P. J. (Eds). (2012). Planning Australia: An overview of urban and regional planning (2nd ed.). Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press.
  • Miller, D., & de Roo, G. (2005). Urban environmental planning: Policies, instruments and methods in an international perspective (2nd ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • Low, N.P., Gleeson, B.J., Radovic, D., & Green, R. (2005). The green city. Sydney: UNSW Press.
  • Hedgcock, D., & Yiftachel, O. (1992). Urban and regional planning in Western Australia. Perth: Paradigm Press.
  • Hamnett, S., & Freestone, R. (Eds). (2000). The Australian metropolis: A planning history. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin
  • Gehl, J. (2010). Cities for people. Washington DC: Island Press.
  • Cullingworth, J. B. (2006). Town and country planning in the UK (14th ed.). London: Allen & Unwin.
  • Campbell, S., & Fainstein, S. (2003). Readings in planning theory (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Bayer, M., Frank, N., & Valerius, J. (2010). Becoming an urban planner. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Alexander, I., Greive, S,. & Hedgcock, D. (2010). Planning perspectives from Western Australia: A reader in theory and practice. Fremantle, W. A.: Fremantle Press.
  • Stephenson, G., & Hepburn, J. A. (1955). Plan for the metropolitan region, Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia, 1955: A report. Perth: Government Printer.
  • Gleeson, B., & Low, N. (2000). Australian urban planning. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin

Journal References

  • Planning Theory and Practice
  • Planning Theory
  • Planning Practice and Research
  • Planning Perspectives
  • Planning
  • Journal of Urban Design
  • Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
  • Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
  • Journal of the American Planning Association
  • International Planning Studies
  • European Planning Studies
  • Urban Studies
  • Australian Planner

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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