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This unit provides a foundation for advanced studies in sustainable land use. The characteristics of urban areas and regions are presented, and challenges that typify planning for them are outlined. The historical development and current status of sustainable land use planning are described for the Tasmanian and other cases. A focus of the unit is statutory planning and particular emphasis is placed on understanding Tasmania's statutory regimes as these are manifest in the Resource Management and Planning System. Considerable attention is paid to the creation, interpretation, critical analysis and comprehension of planning schemes and development applications, since these are central to much of the day-to-day business of sustainable land use planning. Nonetheless, planning for these domains does not occur outside larger institutional milieux, and the last part of the unit turns to address the questions of government, governance, citizenship and power as these gain expression in various debates about sustainability, liveable communities, and urban and regional planning.
WEIGHT:
25%
ASSESSMENT: (a) essay (c.3000 words equivalent) (25%); statutory planning exercise [a planning scheme amendment and development application] (c. 3000 words equivalent) (25%); individual project 35% (c.4000 words equivalent); tests 15%.
TEACHING PATTERN: Interactive lectures (4 hrs weekly over 13 weeks), seminars and field trips.
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