{"c_title":"[941.662] International Planning and Development","c_info":"3 credits | Lecture\/Seminar | Master | Dept. of Environmental Planning","c_summary":"This course is an overview of the theories and practices of planning and development at the urban, regional, national and international levels as both the profession and professional practitioners face new challenges posed by the forces of globalization crossing geographic, national and institutional borders in an increasingly urban world. It seeks to understand these challenges as it explores issues of spatial planning, economic development, environmental policy, housing, transport, and social inclusion. The impacts and development of planning globally will therefore be looked at through a different prism, especially in the developing world, where most of the growth is and continues to be. Evolution of development paradigms will be reviewed. It will examine the role, structure of institutions, the public sector and non-governmental organizations, as well as the roles of international development aid agencies and external institutions, and the various types of organizations that support them internally both at the local and national levels within these countries."}