The unit will begin with a consideration of the nature of planning. The notions of ethical planning practice and the public interest will be explored along with the idea of conflict of interest. From this abstract starting point the unit will engage with the major theories that have informed Western planning before locating Australian planning in this context. In particular, the unit will consider Colonisation as the foundation for Australian planning along with City Improvement and City Beautiful movements, The Garden City ideal, Modernity and Post-Modernity and the Marxist, Feminist and Ecological critiques of planning as well as the contemporary frameworks of New Urbanism and ... -- Course Website
Instructor: L Johnson
