This unit draws together several themes developed in earlier units in the human geography and planning major and introduces students to the specific issues confronting contemporary urban design. Topics covered include medieval cities, order and disorder in urban form, sense of place, townscape composition, spatial syntax, human ecology, civic values and imperatives for change associated with sustainable cities. The main focus is on understanding the importance of people in the urban environment. A specific inner-urban precinct is selected each year as a case study. Students work in groups to devise various levels of urban intervention strategies associated with the case study area. -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Linley Lutton
Prerequisites: PLNG2201 Geographies of Economic Development and PLNG2202 Social Geography and Planning; for pre-2012 courses: completion of 48 points and two of EART2201 Geographic Information Systems, EART2217 Geographies of Development, PLNG2202 Social Geography and P
