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Master in City and Regional Planning (Polytechnic University of Madrid)
No full textSchool of Architecture Polytechnic University of Madrid
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https://ror.org/03n6nwv02The MSc in City and Regional Planning delivered at the Polytechnic University of Madrid is distinctive in its focus on theoretical and methodological courses, interdisciplinarity and regional science. It brings together the following aspects of quality in planning education:
Programme Curriculum and Identity
- A compelling blend of compulsory and elective courses focused on contemporary research areas in urban studies and regional planning. The programme combines practice and research, including direct participatory approaches of different stakeholders, citizens and other experts. An excellent balance of theoretical, methodological and policy-based courses delivered by a highly qualified teaching team concerning the interdisciplinary character of the programme.
- Practical exposure to contemporary socio-spatial challenges across the five main modules of the curriculum: basis in urban planning, professional research, thematic intensification, and master thesis dissertation.
- Fostering awareness about global change, its relevance and implications on different spatial scales, from local to regional and beyond.
- Excellent transfer of knowledge supported by project-based learning methodology to develop analytical, critical and interpretive thinking through studio-based courses. The structure of courses and leaders’ profiles supports the multidisciplinary approach of PBL methodology based on balanced practice and research tasks.publishedVersio
Investigating the legislative status of Greek traditional settlements for ensuring accessibility for people with disabilities
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Although urban centres are becoming more inclusive for people with disabilities, rural areas have been overlooked. Greece’s traditional settlements, mountain and island, constitute the main resource of tourism revenues. Protected by the “Traditional Settlements Protection Act”, since 1978, the historic identity of these settlements impede, and in some cases forbid, the establishment of such infrastructures. However, in spite of the existing regulations for ensuring an inclusive public environment, the necessary modifications are yet to be made, as they are blocked by governmental mechanisms that protect cultural heritages at all cost.
The existing barriers of the built environment are causing the exclusion of people with mental and physical impairments. Despite the peculiar Greek topography and the identity of historic settlements, rural areas can reach the values of an inclusive and accessible environment.
To this purpose, this paper addresses the lack of coherence among spatial governance and law planning. In this framework, a comparative analysis of both legislations in force is presented and new approaches that correspond to current challenges of urban, regional and law planning are proposed.
Keywords: Accessibility for All, traditional settlements, preservation legislations, adaptable architecture, built heritage protectionpublished versio
Research on the regional spatial structure and characteristics from the space of flows perspective based on big data: take Guizhou province in China as an example
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023From the perspective of Space of Flows, taking Take Guizhou Province in China as an example, this paper explores the regional city network from population flow connection (physical connection) and economic flow connection (non-physical connection) by mainly using mobile signaling migration data and enterprise big data. The following conclusions can be drawn: 1) The overall pattern of the city network in Guizhou Province presents a multi-level Core-Periphery structure. 2)Top two cities in Guizhou Province have formed a strong economic link, but the actual population flow needs to be strengthened. 3)The network hinterland of Guiyang covers the whole province, but the network hinterland of Zunyi is mainly concentrated in its city and has not had a radiation effect on other areas of the whole province.
Keywords: Space of Flows, City Network, Guizhou Province, Population Flow, Economic Flowpublished versio
19. Innovative property for innovative land policy and urban design
No full textBen Davy is a former Chair of Land Policy, Land Management, and Municipal Geoinformation at the School of Spatial Planning at TU Dortmund University. He is a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Johannesburg. Ben was President of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) (2018—2020) and of the International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights (PLPR). His current research concerns land use ethics and South African land reforms.
The event begins with a welcome speech by Prof. Christa Reicher and a short speech by Prof. Maria Håkansson, the AESOP‘s Vice President and Associate Professor in Urban and Regional Studies at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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Low-income class’s residential segregation and urban redevelopment project between 2011 and 2020
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023This study aims to analyse the patterns of low-income residential segregation in South Korea from a macro and micro perspective and to determine the net effect of redevelopment policy implementation on low-income residential segregation. By manipulating the National Basic Livelihood Recipients as low-income people, we examine the residential segregation of low-income people measured by the dissimilarity index, isolation index, location quotient, and local Moran's I in seven metropolitan cities representing South Korea between 2011 and 2020. This study analyses the net effect of redevelopment on low-income residential segregation using the propensity score matching (PSM) method, estimating that redevelopment reduces low-income residential segregation by 0.0289. The findings show that low-income residents cluster in urban centres and become less concentrated as they move outwards, and PSM analysis shows that redevelopment mitigates low-income residential segregation. This article provides insight into the need to consult with those responsible for low-income housing policy to ensure redevelopment's positive impact on low-income residential segregation.
Keywords: low-income class, residential segregation, inequalitypublished versio
Beyond the rhetoric: planning theory in the age of technology
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023Within the animated debate of contemporary Planning Theory, more and more space is (appropriately) devoted to the critical deconstruction of some forms of rhetoric that, collecting vast consent within the public opinions, have been widely used in the field of urban politics and urban planning. What are these rhetorics? How do they take shape? In an attempt to answer these questions, the paper proposes an exploration articulated on two levels. The first consists in the analysis of rhetoric as an ‘epiphenomenon’, i.e. ephemeral manifestation of a structural tendency: that is, the return, in the field of social sciences and in particular of spatial planning, of scientism. By addressing the origins of the disciplinary rhetorics as well as the reappearance of scientism, the paper finally reflects on possible implications for Planning theory in the age of technology.
Keywords: Planning Theory; Rhetoric; Scientism; Technologypublished versio
Park segregation and park access: an environmental justice inquiry of urban parks in Montgomery, Alabama
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The study connects the issues of park access from an environmental justice point of view in cities with a history of a segregated park system. The aim is to understand the tacit and contemporary connotations of park segregation as a by product of historical practices. Using an environmental justice inquiry, the study conducts quantitative and qualitative assessments to scrutinize park access in sixty two urban parks in Montgomery, Alabama. The studied parks are categorized into African American and white parks based on the demography of residents living within a half mile area of the parks. The study finds that historical practices and policies of park segregation influence modern planning and contribute to contemporary disparities in park access. Park access is often conceptualized quantitatively only, while forms of quality based inequalities are rather critical for environmental justice. The study also finds that cities tend to invest in larger community parks, while small neighbourhood parks are often in disrepair and need the most attention from a racial perspective. For environmental justice, the study emphasizes the value of a holistic assessment of park access that can inform both quantity and quality based access needs for future park plans.
Keywords: Urban Parks; Park Access; Park Segregation; Environmental Justice; Montgomery, Alabamapublished versio
Emerging agencies within artistic methods of co-creation that inform place narratives
No full textBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023This paper explores the ways to frame participatory and co-creative methodologies within urban design and planning actions through benefiting from art-based experiments on sensorial understandings of urban environments. It presents the reflections from the workshop series based on idea of creating a dialogue of urban planning, design and architecture disciplines with visual and fine arts disciplines dealing with ceramics and video making by exploring artistic mediums of narrative and spatial storytelling. Based on reflections and learnings from the workshop, the paper argues on the role of arts and artistic apparatus within urban research and design. The aim is to add on the theoretical and practical discussion on place making as a category in understanding and expanding participatory and co-creative practices in the disciplines of spatial design and planning.
Keywords: art-based methods, walking as urban exploration, place engagement, embodied experience of urban spacepublished versio
Evaluating of new town planning in south Korea: new urbanism perspective
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023New Urbanism is to create a specific social pattern in the city and improve the quality of urban life through urban physical infrastructure planning. However, New Urbanism was criticized for being regard as a planning technique that could only be applied in new vacant land like a new town, not in the old city place. Nonetheless, New Urbanists have been creating and popularizing many now-common development patterns and strategies. South Korea is one of the countries with many large-scale new town developments, but there was a lack of reflection on the planning principles on New Urbanism. Accordingly, this study is evaluating new town planning through New Urbanism and we derived the trends and implications of new town planning in South Korea.
Keywords: New Urbanism, New Town Planning, Urban Planningpublished versio
Campus design, walking practice and spatial appropriation: a psychogeographic comparison of the alle at Van Yüzüncü Yil University and Ankara Middle East technical university in Turkey
Get PDFBook of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023This paper focuses on the forms of spatial appropriation at two university campuses in Turkey via a psychogeographic lens. Middle East Technical University in Ankara (the capital city) was designed in 1960s with reference to a well-defined alle; Van Yüzüncü Yıl University is in the eastern part of Turkey and constructed in 1980s, the alleis attached after several decades. Alle, as an extension of ‘street’ in university campuses, is the constructive spatial structure in campus design and as a result it should be (both physical and mental) spine of design policy. The main question of the paper is: how the spatial appropriation differentiates via walking practice at allein selected two cases with reference to differentiated design policies of spatial hierarchy at campuses.
Keywords: Alle, campus design, psychogeography, spatial appropriation, Turkeypublished versio