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SSUD71-205: Planning the City Region

Description

‘City regions’ have become the dominant form of urban development worldwide, as polycentric cities replace outdated 20th century notions of a high-rise CBD surrounded by sprawling suburbs.  This subject is an advanced Urban Design and Planning studio, supported by seminars presented by staff, students, visiting lecturers and distinguished practitioners.  The studio uses urban South East Queensland as the focus of a practical examination and intervention into metropolitan regional planning, in the light of global growth in coastal city regions and comparative planning frameworks that optimise long-term urban design outcomes.  The subject gains an interdisciplinary perspective through a partial overlap with the equivalent Architecture studio.

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: SSUD71-205
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Society and Design
Semesters offered:
  • January 2024 [Non-Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,450.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,560.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,860.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $6,220.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Define regional planning issues and processes in the context of the global phenomenon of expanding city regions and global sustainability concerns;
  2. Explain how regional urban structure affects urban design outcomes, particularly in relation to urban centres, major urban-regional facilities and transport infrastructure;
  3. Analyse regional urban planning issues in a variety of administrative contexts (including cross-border settings where relevant);
  4. Identify a range of approaches and techniques for regional planning;
  5. Demonstrate effective teamwork and an understanding of the role of interdisciplinary contributions to urban design and planning work;
  6. Implement written, spoken and graphic skills in communicating about urban design and planning.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Subject dates

  • Non-Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
    Semester start: 05/02/2024
    Subject start: 05/02/2024
    Cancellation 1: 17/02/2024
    Cancellation 2: 20/02/2024
    Last enrolment: 15/02/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 28/02/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 14/03/2024
    Teaching census: 27/02/2024
Non-Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
Semester start: 05/02/2024
Subject start: 05/02/2024
Cancellation 1: 17/02/2024
Cancellation 2: 20/02/2024
Last enrolment: 15/02/2024
Withdraw - Financial: 28/02/2024
Withdraw - Academic: 14/03/2024
Teaching census: 27/02/2024