| CODE | SPI3722 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Urban and Regional Development | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Spatial Planning and Infrastructure | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | In this study-unit the term ‘development’ refers to the processes which contribute to quality-of-life improvements. According to this view, the principal role of spatial planning, as defined in the study-unit SPI2721, should be the preparation and realisation of strategies/plans, the objectives of which would the the attainment of such improvements. This study-unit will initially focus on the literature which discusses the synergies between urban growth; urbanisation; political, economic, and cultural processes; and environmental factors. This part of the unit is intended to make the students aware of the strong linkages that exist between ‘the spatial’, 'the economic' and ‘the social’. In as far as spatial planning is concerned, it is therefore essential for development strategies to be formulated and implemented with reference to specific locations, hence the role of spatial planning as envisaged by in the European Regional/Spatial Planning Charter. The second part of the unit will thus discuss issues connected with regional disparities and the policy frameworks which have been formulated in order for significant spatial and social inequalities to be reduced. At the end of the semester each student will prepare a research paper in which the issues raised in the different sessions are discussed analytically with respect to specific cases. Each student's paper will subsequently be discussed in detail during an oral examination. Study-unit Aims: To introduce the students to the types of issues and problems that modern spatial planners should expect and be expected to address, with respect to recent and current development of ideas within the European Union regarding the role that spatial planning should play within public policy making and implementation. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to demonstrate through different media the ability to identify and assess the issues and problems which can be addressed through spatial planning, as an approach to public policy making and implementation through which the economic, the social, and the environmental are integrated. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to provide written and verbal presentations which explore, describe, and assess issues and problems which have a spatial dimension, through the consideration of factors through which wealth is generated and [re]distributed with reference to specific social and geographic milieus. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Ache, P., Andersen, H.T., Maloutas, T., Raco, M. & Tasan‐Kok, T. (eds) (2008). Cities between competitiveness and cohesion: Discourses, realities and implementation, Springer - Birch, E. (Ed.). (2008). The Urban and Regional Planning Reader. Abingdon: Routledge - Blake, E. J., & Green Leigh, N. (2009). Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice (Fourth ed.). London: Sage Publications - Dimitriou, H. T., & Thompson, R. (Eds.). (2007). Strategic Planning for Regional Development in the UK. Abingdon: Routledge - Dühr, S., Colomb, C., & Nadin, V. (2010). European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation. Abington: Routledge - European Commission, Directorate General for Regional Policy. (2012a). Regional Policy - Inforregio. Retrieved from EUROPA: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.cfm - European Commission, Directorate General for Regional Policy. (2012b). Territorial cohesion. Retrieved from EUROPA: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/what/cohesion/index_en.cfm - Faludi, A. (2010). Cohesion, Coherence, Co‐operation: European Spatial Planning Coming of Age?, Taylor & Francis - Government of Malta. (2012, February). Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development. Retrieved from Malta Environment and Planning Authority: http://www.mepa.org.mt - Hague, C., Hague, E., & Breitbach, C. (2011). Regional and Local Economic Development. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan - Hall, P., & Tewdwr-Jones, M. (2011). Urban and Regional Planning (5 ed.). Oxford: Routledge - Harper, T. L., Hibbard, M., Costa, H., & Gar-On Yeh, A. (Eds.). (2010). Dialogues in Urban and Regional Planning (Vol. 4). Abingdon: Routledge - Haughton, G., Allmendinger, P., Counsell, D. & Vigar, G. (2009). The New Spatial Planning: Territorial Management with Soft Spaces and Fuzzy Boundaries, Taylor & Francis - Knox, P., & Pinch, S. (n.d.). Urban Social Geography: An Introduction (Fifth ed.). Essex: Pearson Education Limited - Ministry for the Development of the Infrastructure. (1990a, December). Structure Plan for the Maltese Islands - Draft Written Statement and Key Diagram. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from Malta Environment and Planning Authority: http://www.mepa.org.mt/lpg-structureplan - Ministry for the Development of the Infrastructure. (1990b, December). Structure Plan for the Maltese Islands - Explanatory Memorandum. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from Malta Environment and Planning Authority: http://www.mepa.org.mt/lpg-structureplan - Ministry for the Development of the Infrastructure. (1991, January). Structure Plan for the Maltese Islands - Summary of Public Consultation. Retrieved February 12, 2012, from Malta Environment and Planning Authority: http://www.mepa.org.mt/lpg-structureplan - Müller, B. (Ed.). (2010). Urban Regional Resilience: How Do Cities and Regions Deal with Change? . Berlin: Springer - Pacione, M. (2009). Urban Geography: a Global Perpective (Second ed.). Abingdon: Routledge - Pike, A., Rodriguez-Pose, A., & Tomaney, J. (2006). Local and Regional Development. Abingdon: Routledge - Wong, C. (2006). Indicators for Urban and Regional Planning: The Interplay of Policy and Methods. Abingdon: Routledge |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Seminar & Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Jacques Borg Barthet Wendy-Jo Mifsud Antoine Zammit |
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