David Kaufmann: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2024 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. David Kaufmann |
| Field | Spatial Development and Urban Policy |
| Address | Raumentwicklung und Stadtpolitik ETH Zürich, HIL H 29.3 Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 94 84 |
| david.kaufmann@ethz.ch | |
| URL | https://spur.ethz.ch/ |
| Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
| Relationship | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) |
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| 103-0570-00L | Urban Planning and Urban Policy  | 4 credits | 2G | D. Kaufmann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | We live in an urban and urbanizing society. Cities and dense regions are places where transformations such as climate change, economic globalization, settlement expansions, migration, or digitization manifest themselves first and most clearly. In this lecture, we study how cities plan for and react to these global transformations by making use of planning approaches and policy instruments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Overall learning goal: Students can describe and explain the problems that arise in dense urban settings and they can analyze and compare how cities plan for and react to these urban problems through planning and policy-making Learning objective 1: Students can explain and infer what kind of problems emerges in cities Learning objective 2: Students discover and analyze different urban policy sectors Learning objective 3: Students can compare and evaluate different types of urban planning and policy-making approaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Description of content (max 4000 characters): In this course, we cover the following topics: - Urbanization and urban governance - Urban planning and policy - Densification and urban development - Gentrification - Affordable Housing - Public spaces - Gender-sensitive planning - Transportation - Smart cities - Climate change - Economic development - Platform economies - Security - Migration policies - Urban sustainable development We approach each topic by a mix of in-class discussions of one mandatory reading, inputs from the lectures, oral presentations of students as well as written reflections by students. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 860-0044-00L | Urban Planning and Urban Policy - Research Paper Permit by the lecturer is required. Students must be enrolled in the lecture 103-0570-00 G, Urban Planning and Urban Policy. | 3 credits | 2A | D. Kaufmann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | We live in an urban and urbanizing society. Cities and dense regions are places where transformations such as climate change, economic globalization, settlement expansions, migration, or digitization manifest themselves first and most clearly. In this lecture, we study how cities plan for and react to these global transformations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | The research paper gives student an opportunity to conduct an in-depth (comparative) case study of interesting urban policies in cities worldwide. The research paper is a case-based analysis of a urban policy issue that students can choose based on the course content and their interest. The length of the research paper should be around 4000 words, excluding references. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 877-0121-00L | Public Sphere and Stakeholders in Policy-Making Does not take place this semester. | 6 credits | 4G | T. Bernauer, D. Kaufmann, M. Stauffacher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | Citizens, consumers, firms, and other stakeholders play an important role in designing and implementing policies that affect and/or are affected by technology. This module enables participants to understand what role public opinion and behavioural approaches play in policy design and implementation, and to systematically design and analyse citizen and stakeholder participation in policy-making. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Public Opinion and Behavioural Public Policy Analysis: Participants understand (1) what role public opinion plays in policy design and implementation processes, (2) how public opinion surveys are designed, (3) how public opinion data is collected, (4) how such data is analysed, (5) how social media data can be used to assess public opinion, (6) how behavioural (field) experiments can be used for policy analysis. Citizen and Stakeholder Participation in Policy-Making: Participants understand (1) what forms of citizen and stakeholder participation can be used when policy interventions are designed and implemented, (2) how such participation can influence decision processes, policy choices, and policy outcomes, (3) what the pitfalls of particular participation forms are and how they can be avoided. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Course materials can be found on Moodle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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