CIVE 654 Urban Planning Theory Practice and Ethics
Planning is a complex field, challenging to define due to its overlap with social sciences, fuzzy boundaries with related professions, and borrowed methodologies. This course explores planning theory’s evolution and its impact on practice. It provides an in-depth understanding of planning’s intellectual history, paradigmatic structure, and contemporary debates. The first section covers planning’s uniqueness, theoretical frameworks, sustainability as a central task, and the integration of traditions shaping modern planning. The second section focuses on sustainable physical planning, UAE-specific planning norms, and case studies from global cities to examine diverse planning approaches.