Regional interventions 821


 
Module code TPI 821
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
Module content

Scope, nature and rationale of regional interventions on both a supra-national and subnational scale; approaches to planning and development on continental, macro-regional, provincial and district scales; types of intervention (inter alia institutional, spatial, economic and social) in order to accomplish restructuring and development in regions in a relevant, social and environmentally accountable way, past and present examples of planning on each of these scales; planners’ roles in planning exercises at these scales; critiques and improvements on current practice; rural urban linkages and their significance for regional interventions; debates around the way in which problems facing rural settlements (such as the absence of an economic base and necessary infrastructure, lack of access to land and conflicting demands on natural resources) in regions can be addressed; international and local case studies; simulated regional intervention exercise.

Module credits 20.00
NQF Level 09
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 40 contact hours per semester
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Town and Regional Planning
Period of presentation Semester 2

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