URBAN AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND POLICY-MAKING

Module URBAN AND LANDSCAPE POLICY-MAKING

The class is based on the action-learning pedagogical approach, according to which students are expected to critically reflect, also through the study of theory and the development case-study, on a practical community-based experience localized in a selected area. The experience is developed based on a Mutual Learning Agreement signed by the class with one or more local community partner/s. The Agreement identifies mutual expectations (what students expect to learn from community partners and vice versa) as well as interactive activities and deadlines (data exchanges, project presentations, community feedback, etc). In particular, the class is divided in three sub-modules:

M1. Theory and case study – seminars for the study of literature on design and policy-making theories, approaches, and themes that are mostly relevant for the study area; best practices research activities. These activities are aimed at developing an awareness on the most crucial challenges to be faced by the design and policy making experience.

M2. Study area analysis – studio activities for the development of base maps and data collection, also through the direct interaction with community members.

1.     Design and Policy-making Theories and Approaches (collaborative design, co-production, strategic design, etc.)

2.     Climate change adaptation Policies

3.     Foundational services design

4.     Service design for the promotion of circular and transformative economies

5.  Case-study research

1.     Annunziata S., Leeds L. (2020). Staying Put! Un manuale anti-Gentrification per Le Città Dell’Europa del Sud (excerpt)

2.     Arnstein, S. R.(1969) A Ladder Of Citizen Participation. In Journal of the American Planning Association, 35: 4, 216-224

3.     Bobbio, L. (a cura di, 2004) A più voci. Amministrazioni pubbliche, imprese, associazioni e cittadini nei processi decisionali inclusivi, Edizione scientifiche italiane, pp. 1, 2, e 9-53 (disponibile on-line all’indirizzo: http://partecipazione.formez.it/sites/all/files/A%20più%20voci.pdf

4.     Davoudi, S. et al. (2012) Resilience: A Bridging Concept or a Dead End? In Planning Theory & Practice, 13:2, 299-307

5.     Harvey, D. (2005) A brief history of neoliberalism. Oxford University Press.

6.     LRS 19/2020

7.     Ostanel E. (2017). Spazi Fuori dal comune. Rigenerare, includere, innovare. Milano: Franco Angeli (excerpt)

8.     The Foundational Economy Collective (new ed., 2022) Foundational Economy. The infrastructure of everyday life, Manchester University Press.

9.     Watson, V. (2014). Co-production and collaboration in planning – The difference. Planning Theory & Practice, 15(1), 62–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2013.866266

10. Other materials (instructors' ppt, community partners' documents, etc.)

Students will be evaluated with the following criteria:

-       Attendance and active participation in the course activities (10%)

-       Written exam (45%)

-       Final Project (45%)

Submissiona are evaluated based upon:

-       timeliness (match the deadlines!);

-       the quality of the content;

-       clarity

- what are the main challeges that you have faced in developing your design?

- describe your project work

- explain how your project work responds to residents expectations

- what is Strategic Planning?

- what is the difference between policy making and spatial planning?