Search result: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021

Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems Master
2. Semester
Major Courses
Major in Spatial and Landscape Development
103-0428-02L	Spatial Design and Argumentation in Planning Only for MSc Students or special approval by the lecturer.	W	6 credits	4G	M. Nollert, M. Koll-Schretzenmayr, T. Lannuzel
Abstract	Designing and presenting arguments are two essential components of acting in spatial planning. Spatial design as instrument for investigating and testing of possible solutions and options of action or, in addition, for finding central questions. Arguing, in order to be able to communicate suggested decisions or actions inside the planning process and to win relevant actors over those.
Learning objective	Goal of the lecture is to obtain the basic knowledge of designing and presenting argumentations in spatial planning. With reference on a practical case study typical characteristics and the connections between arguing and designing in spatial planning are worked out. In terms of arguing the students should be enabled to substantiate their decisions with different techniques, in order to compile clearly understandable and convincing argumentations and successfully communicate them. This includes beside an adequate handling of different kinds of information coding (like texts, pictures and numbers), also dealing with uncertainties, which is a typical asset of the argumentation in spatial planning. In terms of spatial design, the understanding of this specific and unconventional instrument is to be provided and to be trained on the basis of different cases. Beside the development of an „intuition/sensibility“ for designing in spatial planning and the ability to handle different scales (from national contexts down to the proofing of the principal possibilities for development on the scale of architectural design), the discernment of decisive criteria for the possible employment and the application of spatial design is also to be trained.
Lecture notes	The documents for the lecture can be found in Moodle
Prerequisites / Notice	Spatial Planning Design Spatial Planning Design is used as a tool for exploration and testing. Overall goal is the obtainment of basic knowledge for general recommendations and specific strategies in the case of difficult and unclear tasks. However, it is not intended to create drafts for direct implementation in reality. Even if current problems and questions occuring in the dimension of spatial planning might show some correlation, the spaces themselves, the diversity of urban patterns and interests widely differ. This is particularly the case in highly developed Europe. As soon as conventional solutions and standards fail in the case of difficult and vast questions, modern spatial planning operates by using the method of designing. In contrast to the method of designing on the basis of a given programme, which is common in the fields of urban design and architecture, spatial planning is generally operating with comprehensive and open terms of reference. Thus, in order to achieve safe results, spatial planning uses all imaginable scopes and freedoms of research. Not every case and every problem in spatial planning cause an examination by using the method of designing. In frequent cases difficulties not only arise in identifying the right scale of design but rather in selecting the appropriate informal procedures. Furthermore, scales are not necessarily the same as they are typically used in regional- and urban planning. The verification of the general ability to develop an area in the scale of architecture is possible as well.
103-0458-00L	Economical Land Use Only for MSc Students or special approval by the lecturer.	W	3 credits	2G	R. Nebel
Abstract	The lecture demonstrates current trends of land use, arguments for an economical handling of land and instruments as well as procedures to implement economical land use in practice. This is considered on different planning levels, especially on the regional level. The main focus is the introduction of a comprehensive settlement management in the light of current trends of land use.
Learning objective	Students learn to understand backgrounds, basic principles, goals and approaches of appropriate and economical use of land as a scarce resource. They are able to summarise in a comprehensible way the core arguments for redevelopment before new development. Furthermore, students can illustrate how to implement economical land use in a differentiated and customised manner.
Content	- settlement development and land use: facts, trends, causes and consequences - redevelopment before new development: basic principles and strategic goals - overviews of existing land reserves - formal and informal instruments and procedures - comprehensive settlement management: implementation on municipal, regional and national level
Lecture notes	The documents for the lecture are available on Moodle.
Prerequisites / Notice	Eligible only for master students, otherwise a special permisson by the lecturer is required.
103-0326-01L	Site Management	W	2 credits	2G	C. Abegg
Abstract	Site competition, site options and land-use management Site Management and city-marketing
Learning objective	- To identify, in theoretical and practical terms, the procedures and factors, which determine the spatial development of an area - To understand regional development proceses in a local as well as an international context. - To interpret responses by private and public stakeholders to challenges of the development and the management of locations and regions.
Content	- Standortwettbewerb, Standortwahl und Bodennutzung - Standortpolitik, Standortmanagement udn Städtemarketing - Massnahmen im Wettbewerb um mobile Produktionsverfahren
Lecture notes	All relevant documents will be accessible on the webpage of PLUS: http://irl.ethz.ch/de/education/vorlesungen/bsc/site_management.html
Prerequisites / Notice	Additional information on mode of examination: No calculators allowed
851-0702-01L	Public Construction Law Particularly suitable for students of D-BAUG	W	2 credits	2V	O. Bucher
Abstract	Students will be introduced to the basic principles of planning and public construction legislation (development application procedures) as well as to the basics of public procurement law.
Learning objective	Students shall have an understanding for the basic principles of planning and public construction legislation (incl. environmental law, development application procedures) as well as for the basics of public procurement law.
Content	Topics of this unit are: 1. Fundamentals of planning and public construction legislation (development, constitutional and legal foundation, basic principles and aims of spatial planning), 2. Federal, cantonal and communal planning legislation, 3. Public construction law (accessibility, zoning, construction and land use regulations [incl. environmental, water, heritage and energy use law], 4. Development application proceedings (obtaining development consent, appeal proceedings), 5. Basics of public procurement law
Lecture notes	ALAIN GRIFFEL, Raumplanungs- und Baurecht - in a nutshell, Dike Verlag, 3. A., Zürich 2017 CLAUDIA SCHNEIDER HEUSI, Vergaberecht - in a nutshell, Dike Verlag, 2. A., Zürich 2018 Die Vorlesung basiert auf diesen Lehrmitteln.
Literature	PETER HÄNNI, Planungs-, Bau- und besonderes Umweltschutzrecht, 6. A., Bern 2016 WALTER HALLER/PETER KARLEN, Raumplanungs-, Bau- und Umweltrecht, Bd. I, 3. A., Zürich 1999
Prerequisites / Notice	Voraussetzungen: Vorlesung Rechtslehre GZ (851-0703-00/01)
103-0318-02L	GIS-Based 3D Landscape Visualization Limited number of participants. Please send an email to the lecturer to make sure that places are still available.	W	3 credits	2G	U. Wissen Hayek
Abstract	Concepts, methods and techniques for 3D landscape visualization and their application in landscape and environmental planning. Practical application of a workflow for 3D landscape visualization. Reflection of relevant aspects such as the choice of viewpoints, the landscape sections, or the level of detail, and their effects on the perception of the visualized landscape.
Learning objective	The main goals of this lab are (1) to know digital techniques for 3D landscape visualization, (2) to know different examples and application areas for GIS-based 3D landscape visualizations, (3) to establish software skills in 3D landscape visualization, and (4) to be able to explain principles of 3D landscape visualization, which are important for landscape and environmental planning situations, and to apply these for the evaluation or the planning of 3D landscape visualizations.
Content	The lectures provide an introduction to the area of GIS-based 3D landscape visualization and on visualization principles. Examples of 3D landscape visualizations generated and applied in different projects are presented. The theoretical principles for 3D landscape visualization are further deepened in small exercises during the whole course. These exercises are organized in such a way, that a workflow for 3D landscape visualization can be reproduced. Thereby aspects such as the choice of viewpoints, the sections of a landscape, or the level of detail, and their effects on the perception of the visualized landscape are reflected.
Lecture notes	Handouts of the slides used in the lectures will be made available for download.
Prerequisites / Notice	Will be specified in the course.
051-0162-00L	Landscape Architecture II Only for Architecture BSc, Programme Regulations 2011.	W	1 credit	2V	C. Girot
Abstract	The lecture series gives an introduction to the field of contemporary landscape architecture. The course provides a perspective on forthcoming landscape architecture in terms of the aspects site, soil, water and vegetation.
Learning objective	Overview to contemporary and forthcoming tasks of landscape architecture. A critical reflection of the present design practice and discussion of new approaches in landscape architecture.
Content	The lecture series "Theory and Design in Contemporary Landscape Architecture" (Landscape Architecure II) follows the lecture series "History and Theory of Garden Design and Landscape Architecture" (Landscape Architecure I). Rather than concentrating only on questions of style, the series will also tackle issues such as revitalisation, sustainability etc. The lectures review design approaches that critically reflect our inherited perception of nature. The themes of site, soil, water and vegetation provide some useful aspects for the design practice.
Lecture notes	No script. Handouts and learning material will be provided.
Literature	A reading list will be provided for the exams.
Prerequisites / Notice	General Information for the final exam: Bachelor students: The content of the lectures as well as texts and exam-relevant literature provided by the Chair make up the basis for preparing for the exam. The lecture series is conceived as a yearlong course. Since the written session examination tests knowledge from both semesters. It is necessary to attend the lectures throughout the course of the year. The test themes will be announced at the end of the semester. The Chair will provide literature and texts available for download as pdfs. These allow a more in-depth understanding of the lecture material. Transfer students or students of other departments: Students attending one semester may opt to take only the oral end-of-semester examination. Test-relevant literature will also be made available for download for this purpose. The students are requested to get in touch by email with the Chair.
751-2700-00L	Land Markets and Land Policy	W	2 credits	2G	G. M. Giuliani
Abstract	In this course the students acquire knowledge on the particularities of land markets and the effects of policy interventions such as ceiling prices and land redistributions on land markets. Special emphasis is placed on the knowledge of land market structures and on the forms of land markets.
Learning objective	In this course the students acquire knowledge on the particularities of land markets and the effects of policy interventions such as ceiling prices and land redistributions on land markets. Special emphasis is placed on the knowledge of land market structures and on the forms of land markets.
Content	The first part of the course deals with the following topics: historical outline of land use; historical models of individual and collective land regulations; Swiss land regulations and land policies; specific theoretical aspects of agricultural land markets; empirical investigations on land property and land markets; interconnections between land policy and agricultural policy. The second part of the course focuses on land property structures in developing countries and in transition countries. After a general systematic and theoretical introduction on land policies and land reforms in these countries, case studies and topcis of current political relevance are discussed. This course provides principles contributing to the evaluation of the sustainability of land use and to the establishment of sustainable land use systems.
Lecture notes	Will be provided in the course.
Literature	Are included in the lecture notes.
103-0338-00L	Project Week in Landscape Development Number of participants limited to 24.	W	5 credits	9P	S.‑E. Rabe, E. Celio, A. Grêt-Regamey
Abstract	In particular, the aspects measuring, understanding and assessing of landscape-relevant land-use, requirements and developments will be taught. Concerning the landscape development in a project area, aims will be developed and corresponding actions defined.
Learning objective	The students are able to: - recognize and undestand the context of arrangement of a landscape - assess a landscape in its entirety and in its single-elements - understand and apply the concepts of the landscape approach - prepare and provide substantiated actions
Content	The course consists of - theoretical inputs from internal and external speakers - a preliminary excursion to the project area - exercises for preparation - the project week and the preparation of a report Depending on the subject area to be processed (eg. water, landscape aesthetics, natural hazards, nature conservation), different methods are used. This applies to both the methods of investigation of landscape-elements and characteristics as well as the methods for evaluation of landscape-elements and characteristics. Subjects and methods are developed and defined in the preparation to be applied in the project week. Based on the assessments actions will be developed that are adapted to the definde question or problem in the light of a desirable development.
Lecture notes	- Handouts - Copies of selected literature Download: Link
Literature	Will be named in the course.
Prerequisites / Notice	Requirements are an interest in landscape-related issues and commitment to developing proposals for solutions. Prerequisite: Knowledge and skills equivalent the course 103-0357-00 Umweltplanung
101-0278-00L	Flood Protection	W	3 credits	2G	R. Boes, J. Eberli
Abstract	Concepts and structural measures to prevent or mitigate flood damage, planning methods to implement projects in practice
Learning objective	To get to know processes leading to flood damage, the different concepts and structural measures allowing to prevent or mitigate flood damage, as well as promising practical planning methods to implement flood protection measures in practice.
Content	Explanation of relevant processes: flooding, aggradation, sedimentations, erosion, debris flows. Concept of different objectives of protection for various land uses (from rural areas to industrial regions). General possibilities of flood protection / control. Land use planning on the basis of hazard zones. Classical procedures against flood damage with the use of examples such as increase of flow capacity, release structures, flood detention basins, polder. Property protection as continuative measure. Maintenance. Considering of overload case, Emergency procedures. Damage determination and risk analysis. Management of residual risk. Conflict of objective during implementation of procedures. Situatively adjusted approach. Case studies (group work). Field trip.
Lecture notes	Flood protection script
Literature	Guidelines of Swiss federal administration (especially Federal Office for the Environment, FOEN)
701-1653-00L	Policy and Economics of Ecosystem Services Number of participants limited to 50.	W	3 credits	2G	R. Garrett, A. Müller
Abstract	The course addresses ecosystem services, their value for society, the causes of their degradation, the stakeholders involved in their provision and use, and policies to reduce their degradation. One focus is on environmental economics approaches, highlighting their potential and limitations. During the spring of 2021 this course will focus on these issues through the case of the Brazilian Amazon.
Learning objective	Students can describe, analyse and explain • the basic concepts used to describe ecosystem services provision and management; • the basic social and natural science theory underlying ecosystem service degradation, • the role and characteristics of different key stakeholders involved in ecosystem services management, including their different value systems; • the different types of policy instruments and institutional arrangements that can be used for improved ecosystem services management and provision; and • empirical tools to assess the performance of various policy instruments and management systems for ecosystem services provision, and to investigate the factors of success or failure of different policy instruments
Content	Many of the world's ecosystem services are being degraded or used unsustainably, which has considerable impacts on human well-being. Various aspects need to be taken into account to change this development, to work towards improved ecosystem services management and to design appropriate policy instruments and institutional contexts. First, the societal value of different ecosystem services and the trade-offs between them needs to be assessed. Second, an assessment of the causes of excessive ecosystem services degradation is needed. Potential causes include the presence of externalities and public goods, improperly designed property rights systems, divergence of private and social discount rates, and lack of information and knowledge. Third, we need to understand the drivers of human decision-making in relation to ecosystem services use. Fourth, choosing an appropriate policy instrument (or a combination thereof) requires an understanding of the relative strengths and weaknesses of different instruments, their preconditions for success and the political economy of their implementation. Finally, it is important to assess the actual impacts of different policy and management options. This requires a careful assessment of appropriate baselines, of the situation after a policy or management change, and of the various stakeholder groups involved, etc. To address all these issues, we will first work with some broad conceptual issues and theories relevant to this field and then deepen our understanding through reading, presentations, and assignments focused on the case of the Brazilian Amazon.
Lecture notes	Lecture notes, homework exercises and readings will be made available on Moodle.
Literature	There is no single textbook for this class. Instead, a number of texts will be distributed and used during the lecture, and some texts for further reading will be indicated.
Prerequisites / Notice	The course consists of a combination of lectures, homework assignments and discussions in small groups. The final grade will be based on the homework assignments, class participation, and a group project. A prerequisite for this course is a bachelor-level course in Environmental Economics (e.g. 363-0537-00L Resource and Environmental Economics) or Quantitative Policy Analysis and Management. In particular, students are expected to be familiar with basic environmental economics' concepts such as externality, public good, market failure, opportunity cost, social optimum and market equilibrium, the basic types of policy instruments, and methods of policy analysis. Students with no background in environmental economics or policy analysis will be expected to come up to the required standards on their own, prior to starting the class.
701-0518-00L	Soil Resources and Global Change	W	3 credits	2G	S. Dötterl, M. W. Evangelou
Abstract	Introduction into the importance, concepts and areas of action related to soil development and the use of soil resources in a changing world.
Learning objective	Understanding the - conditions under which soils develop and are used at the global scale - consequences and problems of the use of soil and the resulting pressure on soil resources - impact of climate and global change on the future development of soil resources
Content	Soil functions and soil formation; regional and global soil development, impacts of land use on soil water and gas circulation; forms of soil pollution and degradation; regional and global estimates of soil degradation; soil amendment and remediation of contaminated soils; planning and legal implementation of soil protection.
Lecture notes	Handouts will be available for download. Related scientific articles will be recommended after each session.
Literature	Some useful text books to know of: - Scheffer/Schachtschabel - Soil Science, Springer, Heidelberg, 2016. - Brady N.C. and Weil, R.R. The Nature and Properties of Soils. 14th ed. Prentice Hall, 2007. - Press & Siever: Allgemeine Geologie, 7th ed., Springer, Heidelberg, 2016. - Mason/Burt - Physical Geography, 5th ed., Oxford Uni. Press, Oxford, 2015.
Prerequisites / Notice	Prerequisites: Interest in physical geography and soil development. Basic knowledge in chemistry, biology and geology. A previous participation in lecture "Pedosphere" (701-0501-00L) is recommended.
103-0330-00L	Landscape Aesthetics	W	2 credits	2G	R. Rodewald
Abstract	Landscape aesthetics - Theory and practice of the sensuous cognition of landscape qualities.The lecture comprises short excursions as well as theoretical and practical applications of landscape quality and their development goals.
Learning objective	Becoming familiar with the concepts of landscape aesthetics and obtaining an overview of the im-portance, methods and applicability of aesthetical landscape valuation and development.
Content	Aesthetic qualities of landscapes are difficult to measure. However, they play a big role in evaluating landscape change. In recent years there has been a growing interest in theoretical and practical sen-sory methods that enable the assessment and understanding of landscape perception. Practical analyses of landscapes and their development requires knowledge of the concepts of "beauty" and "aesthetic cognition and evaluation".
Literature	Bourassa, S.C. 1991. The aesthetics of landscape, London Nohl. W. 2015. Landschaftsästhetik heute. Auf dem Wege zu einer Landschaftsästhetik des guten Lebens. Ausgewählte Aufsätze aus vier Jahrzehnten, München Rodewald, R., Gantenbein, K. 2016. Arkadien. Landschaften poetisch gestalten, Zürich Welsch, W. 2016. Ästhetische Welterfahrung. Zeitgenössische Kunst zwischen Natur und Kultur, Paderborn. Wöbse, H. H. 2002. Landschaftsästhetik, Stuttgart
Prerequisites / Notice	The lecture of Bourassa The aesthetics of landscape, 1991, will be expected.
103-0448-01L	Transformation of Urban Landscapes Only for masters students, otherwise a special permit of the lecturer is necessary.	W	3 credits	2G	J. Van Wezemael, A. Gonzalez Martinez
Abstract	The lecture course addresses the transformation of urban landscapes towards sustainable inward development. The course reconnects two largely separated complexity approaches in «spatial planning» and «urban sciences» as a basic framework to look at a number of spatial systems considering economic, political, and cultural factors. Focus lies on participation and interaction of students in groups.
Learning objective	- Understand cities as complex adaptive systems - Understand planning in a complex context and planning competitions as decision-making - Seeing cities through big data and understand (Urban) Governance as self-organization - Learn Design-Thinking methods for solving problems of inward development - Practice presentation skills - Practice argumentation and reflection skills by writing critiques - Practice writing skills in a small project - Practice teamwork
Content	Starting point and red thread of the lecture course is the transformation of urban landscapes as we can see for example across the Swiss Mittelland - but in fact also globally. The lecture course presents a theoretical foundation to see cities as complex systems. On this basis it addresses practical questions as well as the complex interplay of economic, political or spatial systems. While cities and their planning were always complex the new era of globalization exposed and brought to the fore this complexity. It created a situation that the complexity of cities can no longer be ignored. The reason behind this is the networking of hitherto rather isolated places and systems across scales on the basis of Information and Communication Technologies. «Parts» of the world still look pretty much the same but we have networked them and made them strongly interdependent. This networking fuels processes of self-organization. In this view regions emerge from a multitude of relational networks of varying geographical reach and they display intrinsic timescales at which problems develop. In such a context, an increasing number of planning problems remain unaffected by either «command-and-control» approaches or instruments of spatial development that are one-sidedly infrastructure- or land-use orientated. In fact, they urge for novel, more open and more bottom-up assembling modes of governance and a «smart» focus on how space is actually used. Thus, in order to be effective, spatial planning and governance must be reconceptualised based on a complexity understanding of cities and regions, considering self-organizing and participatory approaches and the increasingly available wealth of data.
Literature	A reader with original papers will be provided via the ILIAS system.
Prerequisites / Notice	Only for masters students, otherwise a special permit of the lecturer is necessary.
052-0706-00L	Landscape Architecture II	W	2 credits	2V	C. Girot
Abstract	The lecture series gives an introduction to the field of contemporary landscape architecture. The course provides a perspective on forthcoming landscape architecture in terms of the aspects site, soil, water and vegetation.
Learning objective	Overview to contemporary and forthcoming tasks of landscape architecture. A critical reflection of the present design practice and discussion of new approaches in landscape architecture.
Content	The lecture series "Theory and Design in Contemporary Landscape Architecture" (Landscape Architecure II) follows the lecture series "History and Theory of Garden Design and Landscape Architecture" (Landscape Architecure I). Rather than concentrating only on questions of style, the series will also tackle issues such as revitalisation, sustainability etc. The lectures review design approaches that critically reflect our inherited perception of nature. The themes of site, soil, water and vegetation provide some useful aspects for the design practice.
Lecture notes	No script. Handouts and learning material will be provided.
Literature	A reading list will be provided for the exams.
Prerequisites / Notice	General Information for the final exam: Bachelor students: The content of the lectures as well as texts and exam-relevant literature provided by the Chair make up the basis for preparing for the exam. The lecture series is conceived as a yearlong course. Since the written session examination tests knowledge from both semesters. It is necessary to attend the lectures throughout the course of the year. The test themes will be announced at the end of the semester. The Chair will provide literature and texts available for download as pdfs. These allow a more in-depth understanding of the lecture material. Transfer students or students of other departments: Students attending one semester may opt to take only the oral end-of-semester examination. Test-relevant literature will also be made available for download for this purpose. The students are requested to get in touch by email with the Chair.
052-0802-00L	Global History of Urban Design II	W	2 credits	2V	T. Avermaete
Abstract	This course focuses on the history of the city, as well as on the ideas, processes and actors that propel their development and transformation. This course approaches the history of urban design as a cross-cultural field of knowledge that integrates scientific, economic and technical innovation as well as social and cultural change.
Learning objective	The lectures in this course deal with the definition of urban design as an independent discipline that nevertheless maintains strong connections with other disciplines and fields that affect the transformation of the city (e.g. politics, sociology, geography, etc). The aim is to introduce students to the multiple theories, concepts and approaches of urban design that have been articulated from the turn of the 20th century to today, in a variety of cultural contexts. The course thus offers a historical and theoretical framework for students’ future design work.
Content	25.02.2021 / lecture 1: Course introduction 04.03.2021 / lecture 2: Housing and the Industrial City: From Speculative to Cooperative 11.03.2021 / lecture 3: Cities and Ideologies: Building for Healthy Minds in Healthy Bodies 18.03.2021 / lecture 4: Envisioning Urban Utopias 25.03.2021: no class (Seminar Woche) 01.04.2021 / lecture 5: Reconstructing the City, Constructing New Towns 08.04.2021: no class (Easter) 15.04.2021 / lecture 6: New Capitals for New Democracies; New Institutions for Old Democracies 22.04.2021 / lecture 7: Rethinking Masterplanning 29.04.2020 / lecture 8: The Countercultural City 06.05.2020 / lecture 9: The Postmodern City: From Neo-rationalism to Neo-liberalism 20.05.2020 / lecture 10: Urban Implosion
Lecture notes	Prior to each lecture a chapter of the reader (Skript) will be made available through the webpage of the Chair. These Skripts will introduce the lecture, as well as the basic visual references of each lecture, key dates and events, and references to further/additional readings.
Literature	There are three books that will function as main reference literature throughout the course: Eric Mumford, Designing the Modern City: Urban Design Since 1850 (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2018) Francis D. K. Ching, Mark Jarzombek and Vikramditya Prakash, A Global History of Architecture (Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, 2017) David Grahame Shane, Urban Design Since 1945: A Global Perspective (Hoboken: Wiley & Sons, 2011) These books will be reserved for consultation in the ETH Baubibliothek, and will not be available for individual loans. A list of further recommended literature will be found within each chapter of the reader (Skript).
Prerequisites / Notice	Hybrid teaching: 33/66 (face-to-face/online, changing). 1/3 in auditorium, 2/3 Streaming from home, changing every week. The groups are formed on the first day of lecture.
103-0570-00L	Urban Planning and Urban Policy	W	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.
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 - Planning and policy - Densification and urban development - Gentrification - Housing - Transportation - Smart cities - Climate change - Economic development - Platform economies - New Municipalism - 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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