PLANNING AND

DEVELOPMENT ISSUES

Course #1:
Introduction

Bakcground
This course will be focused on a number of issues that recently
become the references of debates and discussion, both in
conceptual and practical arena of planning and development.
In particular, it will highlight the global issues related with
current modes of urbanization and its implications. The modes
aim to resolve poverty and inequality suggest that approaching
sustainable development needs a better understanding the
issues from many angles.
In the context of urbanization in Indonesia, the emergence of cityregions and the problems of managing the inter-districts
border areas are specific subjects collected from some cases in
Indonesia will be examined in the class to enrich the
discussion on development governance.
Empirical findings of some research will be discussed in order to
provide actual situation that could bring the concept and theory
more realistic and grounded.
Hopefully, some topics taken in this course could be further
explored in the master thesis project.

Aim of the Course

This course aims to give insights of such actual
issues relating with planning and
development, especially with regards to the
problems that characterize the development
practices in less developed nations. In more
specific, at the end of this course, the students are
expected to be able to explain following things such
as:
Issues on development and planning, particularly with
regards to urbanization;
Theoretical context in general level that are closely
related with planning and development issues;
The emerging implications that could be identified in
order to understand the causal relationship of those issues.

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Lecttur
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Introduction to the Course
HW
Challenges and potencies of regional collaboration
HW
Problems and issues of megacities (The case of Jakarta)
WP
Peri-urbanization: Spatial Changes and Development Pattern (The
WP
case of Yogyakarta)
Development Actions for Integrating Local Development Plans
HW
Green economy and sustainable development
HW
Small towns development: Problems and challenges
WP
Equity problems related with Inequality
AS
Equity problems related with Poverty
AS
Equity problems related with unsustainability
AS
Proposing solution for Equity development
AS
Extended Metropolitan Region
SS
Regional design and urbanism
SS
Managing the development of trans-border regions
HW
Managing the development of mega urban area
SS
Cluster Development (The case of Germany)
WP

Course Delivery Methods

Discussion and class room meeting.
Individual tasks: critical reviews.

Lecturers

Ir. Hadi Wahyono, MA

DR. Ir. Wisnu Pradoto, MT
Prof. DR. Ir. Soegiono Soetomo, DEA
Ir. Agung Sugiri, MPSt.

Individual Assignment
Choose one article discussing planning issues
from journals discussing planning issues.
Search the article on http://online.sagepub.com/ through
the UNDIP internet line.

It is not allowed to choose the same article with

the others.
Write a critical review to your chosen article.
The article is not more than 10 pages, with Times
New Roman font 12; and line spacing 1,5.
The article have to be submitted on 22
September 2014 at the administration desk of
MPWK.

Some Journals
Journal of Planning Education and
Research.
Journal of Planning History.
Journal of Planning Literature.
Urban Studies.
Environment and Urbanization.
Planning Theory.

Thank You