School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyRegional PlanningWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101340.2
Discipline: URBAN DESIGN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Students should be familiar with basic concepts pertaining to development and the environment.
Equivalent Units
200427 - Regional Planning
About this Unit
In 2010 this unit replaced by 101592 - Housing Markets and Policy. While recognising the social, economic and physical dimensions, this unit presents Regional Planning from an environmental planning perspective. It emphasizes Regional Planning's concern with 'the intensity and spatial pattern of natural resource use' and their social, economic and environmental implications.
The unit provides a critique of the various approaches to regionalisation, especially in the context of resource management and sustainability. With a strong focus on Australia, it aims to provide a deep understanding of current regional/ environmental planning and resource management concerns and issues. It further seeks to challenge students to look for regional/ environmental plans and resource management strategies that could deliver desirable and sustainable futures.