Graduate Education Institute · Urbanism and Urban Transformation · Doctorate
Course Objective
This course discusses planning history and theories in the context of capitalist urbanization processes of modern society. The aim of this course is to examine how and why planning, which is a form of intervention, has emerged in the last two centuries, from which phases, and how it reproduces and shapes cities in different scales interacting with capitalist urbanization. In this context, the urban practices of post-1980 period are examined in a historical perspective and contemporary debates and new theoretical approaches are examined in planning.
Course Content
The industrial revolution and the urbanization of capitalist societies in the process of development. The development and different manifestations of planning as a form of intervention. Theoretical discussions in planning, the different planning styles and the role of the planner. Problems of industrial society and visionaries. High modernism and criticism. Decentralization and metropolitan development after the Second World War. The post-1980 economic restructuring process, global urban-territories, mega-cities, new urban policies and planning dilemmas. Urban transformation and gentrification. New theoretical debates in urban crisis and planning: Urbanism, communicative approach and planning together, Just city concepts
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students will learn new theoretical debates emerging in the context of post-1980 economic, social and spatial transformations.
- Students will explore the different forms of intervention that occur in different periods, the role of the planner, and theoretical debates that arise in planning.
- Within the last two centuries, students will examine the relationship between industrialization, urbanization and planning within the cause-and-effect relationships.
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Midterm | 1 | 35 | 35 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 1 | 27 | 27 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 50 | 50 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planning and capitalist urbanization | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 2 | The contours of the theoretical debate in planning and the role of the planner | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 3 | Industrialization, the formation of industrial city and the forms of intervention | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 4 | Hausmanagement of Paris and the formation of modern urban planning | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 5 | Park Movement and urbanization of nature; Beautiful City Movement | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 6 | Garden as a paradigm from the city, closed-site neighborhoods | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 7 | High Modernism, urban renewal and criticism: J. Jacobs, neighborhood and community-based actions | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Mid-Term Exam |
| 9 | Post-war suburbanization, decentralization, multi-scale, multi-level management issues in metropolitan development | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 10 | The restructuring of the industry, the transformation of new production geographies and urban space | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 11 | Global urban-regional, mega-cities, the dilemmas of neo-liberalism and planning | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 12 | Political politics of urban transformation and gentrification | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 13 | New theoretical debates in urban crisis and planning | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 14 | New theoretical debates in urban crisis and planning | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 15 | New theoretical debates in urban crisis and planning | Selected articles and sections from books |
| 16 | Final Exam | Final Exam |