Module No: TRP 407/615 The Political Ecology of Countryside & Natural Resource Planning Level: 4 Module Coordinator: Matthew Cotton (m.cotton@shef.ac.uk)) This module explores how the theory and practice of planning is applied to open space and to the management of agriculture, natural resource development (forestry, mining, etc), cultural heritage, and outdoor recreation. It places particular attention on the range of actors and institutions involved in the governance of open space, including the ecological tools, theories and approaches that are brought into these planning processes. The module is grounded in ideas of political ecology, or the relationships and tensions between the different values, needs, aspirations and tools that shape our relationships with the natural world. You will be encouraged to see these places not as idyllic pastoral landscapes, nor as a kind of wild hinterland ripe for development, but rather as sites of political, economic, social and cultural contestation and as potential sites of planning innovation. The module will combine the theoretical literature with illustrative case studies to look critically at both the scientific and governance practices of natural resource and countryside planning. Who is involved in making these planning decisions, using what forms of authority? How well do they balance ecological conservation and economic development? And how are the needs, values and aspirations of local communities and cultural groups accommodated? As one of the key places where the political and ecological dimensions of open space planning meet, National Park planning will form of a significant component of the module. We will ground our investigation in the nearby Peak District National Park, but will also draw in examples from other parts of the world. Group Presentation (25%) & Individual Essay (75%) The Political & Ecological Terrain of Natural Resource & Countryside Planning: Introduction & Orientation to the Module Landscape Ecology and the Science of Open Space The Governance of Open Space: Political Authority & Community Engagement Introduction to the Peak District & Group Project Set-up Political & Biophysical Boundary-work: Exploring Issues Related to Scale, Hierarchy and Mismatch Community & Cultural Land Rights: Exploring Issues Related to Access, Use & Ownership
Module No: TRP 406/ 617 Sustainable development: a critical investigation Level: 4 Module Coordinator: Steve Connelly (0114 222 6916; S.Connelly@sheffield.ac.uk) This module provides critical, in-depth analysis of a concept which is central to planning and development, yet is notoriously ambiguous and impossible to define in an uncontested way. Through lectures, critical reading and examination of case studies students will come to an appreciation of the fundamentally political nature of the concept, how it has come to the forefront of policy making, and its relationship to other policy goals such as social justice and responding to climate change. Drawing on cases appropriate to their own interests, students will develop analytical skills relevant for both professional practice and further academic study. 3000 word essay sustainable development as an essentially contested concept the history of sustainable development, from radical margins to global mainstream sustainable development and o public participation o poverty o spatial planning o climate change alternatives to sustainable development.
Module TRP410 Title Transport Planning Credits 15 Level 4 Semester Module Coordinator Andy Wild and Ed Ferrari (e.t.ferrari@shef.ac.uk) This module will provide students with an introduction to transport planning and policy. The module develops students ability to think critically about the framing of transport policy using UK transport planning as an example. It will focus on how planners in localities give shape to effective transport strategies, which balance a range of environmental, social and economic objectives. Individual Report (75%) & Group Presentation (25%) Session 1 An overview Session 2 Sustainable Transport Session 3 Transport and Local Economic Development Session 4 Putting Passengers First? Session 5 Transport and Social Exclusion Session 6 The Future Of Urban Transport
Module No: TRP449 Local Action Planning Project Credit Value: 30 Level: 4 Autumn Module Coordinator: Ed Ferrari The unit is a semester length project involving both individual and group working. The project consists of (i) a problem identification exercise based on an analysis of spatial development issues in a locality in the Sheffield city-region, and (ii) the preparation of an action plan for this area, containing proposals which, on implementation, would bring about sustainable development and the resolution of the detailed planning problems identified in the earlier exercise. Group Presentations & Individual Coursework
Module No: TRP450 Critical Perspectives on Planning Practices Credit Value: 30 Level: 4 Autumn Module Coordinator: Andy Inch and Lee Crookes This module encourages students to develop critical perspectives on how contemporary planning operates. It aims to challenge your assumptions about why and how we plan, to deepen your knowledge of different socio-cultural contexts, and to equip you with knowledge and skills that will help you to operate effectively in the future workplace. The module is based on an inquiry led method that requires you to work together to investigate key contemporary planning issues. You are encouraged to approach this in as creative a way as possible, making use of a wide range of different forms of inquiry. Group enquiry (10%), Group report and presentation (60%) and 3,000 word reflective essay As described above the module is based on an inquiry led method that requires students to work independently, both in groups and individually, to explore and critically reflect on key contemporary planning issues. The module therefore relies heavily on student initiative, creativity and effort rather than traditional format teaching sessions. Module staff will largely act as supervisors, meeting student groups weekly to monitor their progress and provide support and assistance. For the majority of the module, students will work in groups, forming a committee to investigate a key contemporary planning issue (issues will be decided and agreed in class in weeks 2 and 3). The aim is to produce an in-depth analysis of a key contemporary planning issue of your group s choosing. The models for this enquiry are the independent reviews of policy periodically commissioned by government (e.g. the Barker Review, or the Portas Review).
Module No: TRP451/ 651 Managing Cities: The Seoul Field Trip Level: 4 Module Coordinator: Aidan While (a.h.while@shef.ac.uk) This unit provides students with the opportunity to explore and research the management and development of major cities, and is based on an in-depth case study and field visit to Seoul in the Republic of South Korea to enhance their understanding. The module will provide students with direct experience of the contemporary management and governance of sustainable and global urban development, with exposure to real practices and to the socio-economic and physical contexts experienced by the population of a major South-East Asian metropolitan area. The module contributes to students' transferable skills through teamwork, research design and implementation, overseas collaboration and presentation skills. 3,000 words Fieldwork Report Most of the teaching on this module takes place during the case study field trip to Seoul where students will engage in a variety of interactions with members of Seoul Metropolitan Government and the University of Seoul. The field course will be supported by sessions in Sheffield, supplemented by independent study.
Module No: TRP 453 Sustainable Development in Practice Level: 4 2014 Module Coordinator: Lee Crooks and Andy Inch This module provides students involved in TRP s community engagement initiative an opportunity to further develop their knowledge and understanding of community planning through a process of guided reflection on their experiences of community planning practice. The initiative will involve students working with particular communities to help them plan creatively for the future of their local area. The exact nature of the work involved will vary from year to year and according to the particular needs of the communities involved. The module will provide space for critical reflection on the knowledge and skills being developed through this work. NB: This module is restricted to those students who are involved in TRP s community engagement initiative. Course Structure and Content: Six seminars (2 hours each) Fieldwork (forty hours) Independent reading Assignments and s This module is assessed entirely through coursework. Students will be required to produce a 3,000 word reflective diary made up of weekly reflections on their practice, and its link to key themes and ideas covered in seminars and relevant literature. They will also be asked to provide supplementary evidence of the community planning practice they have been engaged in by way of appendices.
Module No: TRP 454 Sustainable Development in Practice Level: M Module Coordinator: Nick Taylor Buck This module will explore the delivery of sustainable developments through different regulatory and strategic contexts, including the planning system, construction phase and investment strategies. Students will learn to identify commercial and residential development actors, their motivations, and potential conflicts of interest. The BREEAM and LEED accreditation schemes will be examined, and students will be encouraged to differentiate between holistic sustainable development and a disjointed or tokenistic approach. Students will critique international case studies, and learn about the need for integration and inter-disciplinarity. Delivery will be through a mixture of lectures, group work and presentations which will simulate the development process. 3,000 word mock Sustainability Statement (100%) Week Lecture Topic Workshop Focus (1 hour) 1 Holistic Sustainable Development Choose Client type. Develop Client outline business case. Identify 3 case studies each of individual interest. 2 Regulatory & Strategic Develop strategic brief and choose Site type Contexts 3 Passive Design Identify constraints: Physical, Policy, Local Need 4 Brief, Vision, Objectives Prepare client briefing note identifying constraints and recommending course of action 5 Accreditation & Metrics Identify Project objectives - Quality Objectives, Project Outcomes, Sustainability Aspirations etc. 6 Commercial & Residential Development Actors Review accreditation objectives and research cost implications 7 Renewable Energy & Water 10 min Presentation of plans / ideas, with 10 mins feedback from rest of students, who will act as either Client or Planners 8 Materials & Landscape 10 min Presentation of Amended plans / ideas, with 10 mins feedback from rest of students, who will act as either Client or Planners
Module No: TRP 4007/6014 Cities of the South: planning for informality Level: 4/ Masters Convenors: Tom Goodfellow and Glyn Williams The course aims to develop a critical understanding of informal settlement in and around the cities of the Global South. Through a mixture of seminars and group work it explores the patterns and causes of informal settlement, introducing and critiquing a range of theoretical approaches, and examines the responses of planners to informality. Students have the chance to study informality in depth in a case-study city of their choice Group Presentation (10%) & 3,000 Word Essay (90%) Seminars will get the class to explore each of the following questions, in relation to both existing literature and the specific context of their own case-study city: What is informality, and why is it an issue for planners and urban development? What are the causes of informality? How do people access shelter informally what are the consequences for their own living arrangements, and the wider urban environment? How do people access work informally what do these working practices involve, and what are their consequences for urban economies? How have governments responded to informality what policy approaches have dominated, and how might these be challenged/changed? What alternative responses to dealing with informality are there how have existing divisions between formal and informal been questioned/challenged by NGOs, social movements and poor people s own agency? The course will conclude with student presentations in which they will present group-based research on their own case study city, as an intermediate step in developing their individual casestudy based essays.
Module No: TRP 4012/6019 Governance and Participation in the Global South Level: M/ RTP Convenor Glyn Williams and Tom Goodfellow (t.goodfellow@shef.ac.uk) This module will look at two themes which have risen to global prominence since the close of the twentieth century within international development and planning: the quality of governance, and the role of people s participation in the design and delivery of development programmes. Both themes are fundamental to specific policy agendas around delivering good governance, enhancing public participation and deepening democracy, all of which have become important in directing the activities of a variety of international development agencies since the 1990s. This module will look critically at these policy agendas, their underlying assumptions, and their impacts on people living in the Global South. Who is shaping these agendas? How well are their objectives suited to the vastly different practices of governance which exist across the Global South? What are their effects in transforming the relationships between citizens and states in the places where they are implemented? As such, this module addresses questions which are vital to understanding how international development works in an era in which it is increasingly concerned with plans to change the ways in which the Global South is governed Short Group Presentation (10%) & 3,000 Word Essay (90%) Starting Points Week 1 Seminar Experiencing the Everyday State in the Global South Week 2 Seminar Governance and Governmentality in the Global South Policy Agendas Week 3 Seminar Good Governance and State Reform Week 4 Seminar Participation and Empowered Participatory Governance Week 5 Seminar Decentralisation and Localising Democracy Case Studies: evaluating practice Week 6 Workshop Selecting and researching your case study Week 7 Independent study: preparation for presentations Week 8 Workshop Group Presentations
Module No: TRP4270/ TRP6280 Public Participation Level: 4/ Masters/ PhD Module Coordinator: Hendrik Wagenaar The aim of this module is to explore relationships between theories of planning, politics and democratic governance and the practices of public participation in governance. Its objectives are to: develop a critical understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different concepts of, and approaches to, public participation; examine the relationships between concepts of public participation, democracy and governance; link concepts and theories to analysing and evaluating practice. Throughout the module students should reflect on the twin questions: what is participation for? and what is good participation? 3,000 Word Essay 1. What participation is and why it matters: participation in its contemporary context 2. Participation in planning, governance and democratic theory 3. Practices of participation (i) in participatory spaces 4. Practices of participation (ii) invited versus uninvited participation 5. The dark side 6. Rethinking participation in the context of planning and governance: what professionals can do in practice
Module No: TRP4350/ TRP6350 Local and Regional Economic Policy Level: 4/ Masters Module Coordinator: Dr Jamie Gough In Britain and most other developed countries since the 1970s there has been a rapid growth of initiatives, and much institutional innovation, at the local and regional levels aimed at improving the economy and/or the supply of jobs. Exceptions to this change have been the US, where regional (State) and city economic boosterism has a much longer history, and Germany where West German regions had strong economic powers since the 1950s. Since the 1970s in all countries, the institutional forms and the origin of initiatives have been varied, including national and local government, local and regional development agencies, business-sponsored agencies, voluntary and community initiatives, and partnerships encompassing all of these. The immediate economic focuses of the initiatives have also been extremely varied, including training and labourmarket readiness, entrepreneurship, community enterprises, help to management, technology, inter-firm coordination, finance, commercial property and comprehensive redevelopment. Though it involves only a small minority of sub-national government spending, local and regional economic policy (henceforth, LREP) has become central to local politics. LREP has been informed by a broad range of political approaches; and these approaches make crucial differences to its economic, political, social and cultural outcomes. Particularly important have been the neoliberal strategy, and various neo-keynesian and socialist approaches. The lectures focus on these differences in political strategy. The very different ways in which the political strategies use space, and the local scale in particular, are highlighted. The seminars put flesh on the bones provided by the lecture material, by looking at particular policies which have been implemented in Britain in detail and discussing their political-economic logic and their limitations and failings. Essay (2,500 words) 1 Introduction Three political-economic strategies 2 National and local political history Neoliberal LREP 1 3 Neoliberal LREP 2 Seminar: Neoliberal strategy: the Training and Enterprise Councils 4 A critique of neoliberal LREP Keynesian LREP 1 5 Keynesian LREP 2 Seminar: Keynesian strategy: industrial clusters 6 A critique of Keynesian LREP Socialist and radical LREP 1 7 Socialist and radical LREP 2 Seminar: Socialist strategy: unions, localities and globalisation
Module No: TRP4360/6360 Regional Constructs, Actors and Policies Level: 4 Module Coordinator: Gordon Dabinett The aim of the module is to provide an insight into the changing regional governance agenda which is affecting planning and other policy frameworks in the UK and other territories. An essay of 3000 words on a topic agreed with the tutor. The module is lecture and seminar based which will enable students to learn through a structured approach which emphasises their participation and self-managed learning. The course covers topics such as devolution in the United Kingdom, regional planning and sustainable development, regional economic development and development agencies, regional policy and spatial strategies, culture and identity in the regions.
Module: TRP6404 Research Methods Level: M Autumn Module Coordinator: Alasdair Rae This module aims to develop the knowledge and skills required to undertake research into property, planning, and development. It provides a basic grounding in a variety of methods and seeks to engender an understanding of the appropriate contexts in which they might be applied. The module provides an appreciation of the intellectual traditions in which various modes of research are grounded, as well as an understanding in theory and practice of a wide range of research methods. The module is delivered through a variety of teaching methods and forms a critically important part of the initial preparation for your dissertation. Reflective research diary 80% of available marks& Research design outline 20% of available marks The role of research in planning and development Research Design Approaches to research Quantitative research methods Social surveys Quantitative research methods Document analysis Case studies Analysing data Interviews and observation Ethics in social research