Spatial Planning (PgCert)

Core courses

The core courses for students on the Postgraduate Certificate in Spatial Planning are as follows:

• Contemporary Planning Systems examines the spatial planning system, focusing on its evolution, structure and processes. It critically explores the institutional and legal framework within which planning takes place and critically engages contemporary planning practices, debates, theories, controversies, issues and concerns. While emphasising British planning systems, the course brings in a lot of international examples.
• Governance and Markets examines concepts, debates and issues in contemporary government and governance including the theories of governance, democracy and accountability. It critically assesses the relationship between government agencies and the market, the institutional frameworks of urban development and the decision making process.
• Spatial Planning Strategies seeks to enable and encourage students to generate visionary and imaginative responses to spatial planning challenges, which are realistic and derive from substantial investigation and analysis of relevant data and other evidence.