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UPP500BetancurFA10

UPP500:

HistoryandTheoryofUrbanPlanning

Fall2010（Call#:

26919）

Instructor:

JohnJ.Betancur（E-mailaddress:

betancur@UIC.EDU）

Classmeets:

M6:

00-9:

000p.m.at2TH208

Officehours:

Mondays4:

30–5:

30or（preferably）byappointment

BriefDescription

Thecourseprovidesanoverviewofthehistoryandtheoryofurbanplanningthroughselectedeventsandformulations.Althoughincludingelementsfromothercontinentsthatareespeciallyrelevanttoourhistoryandtheory,thecoursefocusesontheUSA.Theoriesandeventsarecontextualizedtounderstandtheirrelationshiptothesystems/structuresandcircumstancesorchallengesunderlyingoraccompanyingthem.Thecoursestressesthehistoricalnatureoftheoryandplanning,correspondencesandtensionsbetweenthem,thechangingnatureofplanning,andthebottomlinesofpower,economy,ideologyandchoice（ethics）.Itpaysspecialattentiontotherelevanceandimplicationsofeachtopicforplanningtheoryandpracticetoday.

LearningGoals

▪Demonstrateknowledgeofmajorintellectualanddesignmovementsoverthepasttwocenturiesastheyrelatetotheemergenceandevolutionofplanning.

▪Demonstrateknowledgeofcriticalinterpretationsofpastandon-goingdebatesinplanningtheoryandpractice

▪Demonstrateknowledgeofhowdemocraticgovernanceandactivityshaperolesandpracticeofplanning

Organization

Eachclasssessionisorganizedaroundoneortwomajortopicsandsupportedbyrequiredandnon-requiredreadings.Itcombinesstudent-ledexercises/presentations,discussionofreadingsandthepracticetheyinformandlectures.Studentsareencouragedtosharetheirexperiences,challengetheideasunderdiscussion,explorealternatives,engageincomparativeanalysesandbringupexamplesfromtheircitiesoforiginorotherstheyarefamiliarwith.Theyshouldcompletetherequiredreadingspriortoclassandcomepreparedtodiscussthem;questionswillbedistributedtoguidetheiranalysesanddiscussion.

Requirements

ClassParticipation（15points）.Classattendanceisrequired.Participationgradewillreflectattendanceandcontributiontoclassactivitiesanddynamics.Studentsshouldexpecttoreadatleast100pagespersession.Pleasenotifyabsencestotheclassbypostingtheminafolderestablishedforthispurposeinblackboard’sdiscussionboard.Shouldyouwishtosharearelevantevent,sourceordocumentwiththeclass,pleasepostitinthefoldercreatedforthispurpose（seeblackboard,discussionboardaswell）.

Student-LedClassExercises（20points）.Eachsessionincludesastudent-ledexercisebasedonthereadingsandaddressingthecoretopic（s）oftheday.Pleasegotoblackboard,discussionboard,back-upfolderandsignupforadateofyourchoice（slotsarehonoredonthebasisof‘firstcome,firstserved’）.Therewillbeamaximumoftwopresenterspersession.Foryourpresentations,pleaseprepareabriefsummaryofthereadingsfordistributioninclass,andleada40minuteexerciseillustratingtherespectivetopic（possiblyincludingvisualillustrations,shortdocumentaries,relevantcases,roleplaying,groupdiscussionsorelse）.Also,pleasesharewithinstructoryourplanfortheclassaheadoftime.

Papers（50points）.Twopapersrequired,oneontheoryandoneonhistory.Theformershouldfocusonevents/movements/planswithaparticularimpactonplanning.Thelatteronatheoryortopicofsignificantimportance.Papersshouldincludebackground,presentation,anddiscussion.Backgroundreferstohistoricalmomentorcircumstances;presentationistheactualdescriptionofthetheory,planoreventselected;andanalysisisanexaminationofthetopicidentifyinglegacy,strengths,shortcomings,orelse.Papershouldflowasinastory;shouldnotexceed8doublespacedpages,font12andincludeatleastsixsources（preferablyacademic）.Duedates:

6thand12thweeks.PleaseconsidervisitingProf.Campbell’swebpageforadviseonacademicwriting,onwritingpapersonurbantheoryandothers:

ReportonReadings/Postings（15%）.Startinginthesecondsession,participantswillwriteandpostabriefessayonreadingsforatleastsixsessionsoftheirchoice;essayshouldincludeabriefdescriptionofissuefollowedbyabriefanalysisandcommentsontheusefulnessoftheparticulartheoryoreventexaminedinthereading.Professorwillprovidequestionsthatparticipantscanusefortheiressays/postings.Eachpostingshouldaddressatleasttwoofthereadingsforthesessionchosen.

FinalGrade

Thecourseusesaten-pointscale:

91-100=“A”;81-90=“B”;71-80=“C”;etc.

RequiredReadings

Readingsfromthesebookswillnotbeposted.Otherrequiredreadingswillbepostedinblackboard.

ScottCampbellandSusanFeinstein,Eds.2003.ReadingsinPlanningTheory.Cambridge,MassandOxford,U.K.:

BlackwellPublishers.

PeterHall.2002.CitiesofTomorrow.ThirdEdition.Oxford,U.K.andMalden,Mass:

Blackwell.

Recommendedbooks

FrançoiseChoay.1969.TheModernCity:

Planninginthe19thCentury.NewYork:

GeorgeBraziller.

JohnD.Fairfield.1993.TheMysteriesoftheGreatCity.ThePoliticsofUrbanDesign,1877-1937.Columbus,OH:

OhioStateUniversityPress.

JohnFriedman.1987.PlanninginthePublicDomain:

FromKnowledgetoAction.Princeton,NJ:

PrincetonUniversityPress.

DavidHarvey.2002.SpacesofCapital,TowardsaCriticalGeography.NewYork:

Routledge.

MichaelKennyandJamesMeadowcroft.1999.PlanningSustainability

RichardLeGatesandFrederickStout,Eds.2001.TheCityReader.LondonandNewYork:

Routledge.

Seymour,J.Mandelbaum,LuigiMazzaandRobertW.Burchell,Eds.2000.ExplorationsinPlanningTheory.NewBrunswick,NJ:

CenterforUrbanPolicyResearch,Rutgers.

LloydRodwinandBiswaprihaSanyal.2000.TheProfessionofCityPlanning.NewBrunswick,NJ:

CenterforUrbanPolicyResearch,Rutgers,theStateUniversityofNewJersey.

MaryCorbinSiesandChristopherSilver.PlanningtheTwentieth-CenturyAmericanCity.BaltimoreandLondon:

TheJohnHopkinsUniversityPress.

HenriLefebvre.1996.WritingsonCities.Oxford,UKandCambridge,USA:

BlackwellPublishers.

UPP500:

HistoryandTheoryofPlanning

ClassTopicsandScheduleofReadings

SessionOne（August23）

Introduction:

OnTheoryandHistory:

HistoryofTheoryandTheoryofHistoryDefiningPlanningTheoryandPlanningHistory.SyllabusandCourseLogistics

Overviewsofhistoryandtheoryimplyaselectionofevents,theoriesandactorswhileleavingothersout.Intheend,theyprivilegecertainmessagesandviewsthatindoctrinateorinspireplanners.Howmuchshouldwerelyontheseaccounts?

Howmuchattentionshouldwepaytotheuntold?

Practitionersoftenholdnegativeattitudesabouttheoryandacademicsinsistontheimportanceofhistoryandtheory.Doweneedtostudyplanningtheoryandhistory?

Whatistheroleofhistoryandtheoryinurbanplanning?

Howdothesetheoriesandhistoriesdefineplanning?

Whyplan?

Howmuchofcitybuildingisactuallyplanned?

Readings

*ScottCampbellandSusanFeinstein.1998."Introduction:

TheStructureandDebatesofPlanningHistory."Pp.1-20.

*JohnF.Fairfield.“Introduction.”Pp.1-13.TheMysteriesoftheGreatCity.

*JohnFriedman.1987.“TwoCenturiesofPlanningTheory:

AnOverview.”Pp.11-29inPlanninginthePublicDomain:

FromKnowledgetoAction.Princeton,NJ:

PrincetonUniversityPress.

MaryCorbinandChristopherSilver.1996."TheHistoryofPlanningHistory"and“PlanningHistoryandtheNewAmericanMetropolis.”Pp.1-34and449-75inPlanningtheTwentieth-CenturyAmericanCity.

BobKlosterman.“ArgumentsforandAgainstPlanning.”Pp.86-101inCampbell&Feinstein.

HenriLefebvre.“IndustrializationandUrbanization.”Pages65-85inWritingsonCitiestranslatedbyEleanorKofmanandElizabethLebas.Oxford,UKandCambridge,USA:

1996.

SessionTwo（August30）

FoundationsofTwentieth-CenturyPlanning

Cityplanningisaboutasoldasthecity.Practicesandguidingideologieshavevariedacrosstimesandspaces.Theyhavealsoinfluencedeachotherthroughhistoricalencountersofallsorts.TheEuropeanandNorthAmericanexperiencesareonlyoneofmanytraditionsincitybuilding.AlthoughdrawingprimarilyonEuropeantraditions,urbanplanningintheUSAhasbeeninfluencedbyotherforces,otherculturalencounters,andotherevents.Tostudythelegacyofpre-urbanismandthetransitiontourbanism,thissectionlooksatEuropeanpracticesintheearlystagesofcapitalismandthewaysinwhichtheyshapedWesternurbanplanninglegacies.AlongthewayitdiscussestheforcesthatshapedUScities.

A.Pre-UrbanismandUrbanism

Readings

*RichardSennett.1994.“MovingBodies,Harvey’sRevolution,”and“Individualism,E.M.Foster’sLondon.”Pp.255-81and317-54inFleshandStone,theBodyandtheCityinWesternCivilization.NewYorkandLondon:

W.W.Norton&Company.

*FrançoiseChoay.1969.“PseudurbiasandReducedBehavior,”PreurbanismandUrbanism:

TheProgressistModel,”and“Pre-UrbanismandUrbanism:

TheCulturalistModel.”Pp.27-32and97-110inTheModernCity:

Planninginthe19thCentury.NewYork:

GeorgeBraziller.

B）BirthandNatureofRationalPlanning

Twoforcesconfluenceinthe19thCenturytoshapeplanning,modernity/rationalityandtheIndustrialRevolution.“Reasonmeanttrustinthecapacityofthemindtograsptheorderlyprocessesofnatureandsociety,andtorenderthemintelligibletous.”（Friedman1987:

3）TheRevolutionproducedacityofsmokestacks,wealth,