TRP466   Making Better Places   (30 credits)

Description

This applied module introduces students to the theory and practice of participatory planning and builds on students' prior learning about the social purposes of planning and the need for effective, inclusive participatory processes as a fundamental basis for good planning and creation of more sustainable and equitable places. Focusing on selected localities, this module will involve students working in small groups to collate evidence on the history and current situation of the locality and generate ideas for its future development which draw on an understanding of its assets, issues and challenges. Having received relevant training, students will then be required to prepare and deliver a 'Planning for Real (PfR) session to local A-level Geography students to elicit their views on the area's development with the school students briefed to undertake particular roles within this. Through a learning-by-doing approach, the module challenges students to apply their existing knowledge of planning and place-making whilst developing new skills in participatory practice. ¿

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