TRP 110
Town and Regional Planning
, Table of Contents
THEME 1: Defining and Understanding Planning................................................................2
What is planning?.........................................................................................................................2
Elements and Aspects:..................................................................................................................2
Key Focus Areas of Planning:........................................................................................................2
THEME 2: Rationale / Reasons for Planning.......................................................................3
Base Arguments:..........................................................................................................................3
Later Editions:..............................................................................................................................3
Critiques:......................................................................................................................................3
The Marxist Argument:.................................................................................................................4
The Realist Perspective:................................................................................................................4
The Post-Modern Argument:........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
THEME 3: Planning Process................................................................................................5
Generic Planning Process:.............................................................................................................5
The IDP as the current Municipal plan:.........................................................................................5
The IDP Process:...........................................................................................................................6
THEME 4: Planner’s Roles & Workplaces............................................................................8
Planner’s Roles & Competencies:.................................................................................................8
Workplace:...................................................................................................................................8
THEME 5: Institutional Framework and Planning Legislation..............................................9
THEME 6: Values & Ethics.................................................................................................13
What are ethics?.........................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION:.............................................................................................................................14
Town and Regional Planning
, Table of Contents
THEME 1: Defining and Understanding Planning................................................................2
What is planning?.........................................................................................................................2
Elements and Aspects:..................................................................................................................2
Key Focus Areas of Planning:........................................................................................................2
THEME 2: Rationale / Reasons for Planning.......................................................................3
Base Arguments:..........................................................................................................................3
Later Editions:..............................................................................................................................3
Critiques:......................................................................................................................................3
The Marxist Argument:.................................................................................................................4
The Realist Perspective:................................................................................................................4
The Post-Modern Argument:........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
THEME 3: Planning Process................................................................................................5
Generic Planning Process:.............................................................................................................5
The IDP as the current Municipal plan:.........................................................................................5
The IDP Process:...........................................................................................................................6
THEME 4: Planner’s Roles & Workplaces............................................................................8
Planner’s Roles & Competencies:.................................................................................................8
Workplace:...................................................................................................................................8
THEME 5: Institutional Framework and Planning Legislation..............................................9
THEME 6: Values & Ethics.................................................................................................13
What are ethics?.........................................................................................................................13
CONCLUSION:.............................................................................................................................14
