城市规划法律与治理CDE 301 Module Handbook 2018-19

Department of
Urban Planning and Design
MODULE HANDBOOK
CDE301
Planning Law and Governance Module Leader: Dr. Ying Chang
Semester 1
2018/2019
SECTION A: Basic Information
❑Brief Introduction to the Module
Planning Law and Governance is a taught module for the fourth-year undergraduate students aiming at extending their understanding of the legal, political, social and institutional context within which planning operates and different players interact, including planners, politicians, citizens and other stake holders. Planning laws, the institutional setup, urban governance challenges and planning practices and the related conflicts in both developed and developing countries will be introduced and the students are expected to:
- have a coherent understanding of the administrative, legal, social and political context of planning in both developed and developing countries;
- demonstrate their ability of analysing the connections between a particular planning issue and the context in a critical way;
- develop a comparative perspective that could be used for reading and deciphering the challenges for urban governance and the reactive strategies adopted by the government in both developed and developing countries;
❑Key Module Information
Module name: Planning Law and Governance
Module code: CDE 301
Credit value: 5
Semester in which the module is taught: Semester 1
Pre-requisites needed for the module: N/A
Programmes on which the module is shared: N/A
❑Delivery Schedule
Lecture time and room: Wed 11am to 1pm EB277
Tutorial time and room: Tuesday 12pm to 1pm EB475
❑Module Leader and Contact Details
Name: Dr. Ying Chang
Brief Biography: Dr Ying Chang has studied housing and community development in China in the past ten years. As an extension of her PhD thesis, she has undertaken empirical research on housing for the disadvantaged groups in rapidly urbanising areas. Since 2013, she has developed new research area on new forms and innovations in neighbourhood governance of gated communities of rising middle-class in China.
Email address: ying.chang@
Office telephone number: +86 (0)512-8816-1778
Room number and office hours: EB430 Wed afternoon based on appointment
Preferred means of contact: Email
SECTION B: What you can expect from the module
❑Educational Aims of the Module
This module aims to extend students understanding of the legal, political and institutional context within which planning operates and the relationships between planners, politicians, interest groups and citizens, and the planner as an expert. It also seeks to develop knowledge of the developing world’s legal system, the scope of planning legislation and the powers, duties and practice of relevant administrative authorities, land management issues and conflict resolution skills.
❑Learning Outcomes
Through the study, students are expected:
A. Recognise and categorise the administrative, legal and political context of
planning
B. Critically review and evaluate planning legislation framework and key
legislative policy
C. Compare and evaluate planning governance structures, approaches and
practices
D. Recognise the power and limitation of planning legislation and governance
when tackling urban development challenges
❑Assessment Details
Students taking the module will be assessed on the basis of two coursework listed in the table below.
Assessment Submission
% of
Final
Marks
Word
Count
Resit
1 Coursework I (Planning
Governance)
Nov 3rd2018 50% 2,000 No
2 Coursework II (Planning Law) Dec 26th 2018 50% 2,000 No Please follow the instructions in the detailed briefings on ICE.
❑Methods of Learning and Teaching
Lectures combined with tutorials related to practical exercises and discussion of key governance issues, enable the students to explore key governance and planning law ideas and concepts. Students’ active participation and contribution is required to meet the goals set up above.
1. For case study sessions: an “opening paragraph” of your reactions
to the case study, with another copies for the whole group
Blatantly borrowing a seminar technique developed by Ananya Roy of the Department of City and Regional Planning, each week EVERYONE in the case study session is responsible for preparing a short reading reaction. EVERYONE will bring in N
(N=group member number+1) copies (can be hand writing or printing) of their opening paragraph (one copy for each student in your group, plus Ying). For the first 10 minutes of each reading week, our first order of business will be to quickly read through everyone’s opening paragraph. In this way, we have a beginning idea of what people found in the readings, and where people stand—at least before discussion begins.
This requires that you finish reading the case study before the class.
This paragraph can be five short lines or about ¼ of A4 page. Your reflections can be about any part of the reading and/or some personal opinions, same or different from the paper. Or overall comments on the paper, such as it is interesting or boring. Or any highlights you are of particular interests, such as a local joke, or details that distinguishes this case from others. Or whether it is similar or different from China’s context, etc.
2. Everyone to help to lead group activity, probably two or three times
during the semester
Working in teams of two, the "lead readers" for each week will be responsible for identifying themes and issues in the reading, informally posing questions to the seminar, calling upon people who are not contributing (often because others are hogging the airwaves), and in general leading the group discussion. A sign-up sheet will be arranged at the first or second class meeting for this duty. The questions can include those written in the syllabus, or the discussion leaders can completely ignore those questions. Teachers can be expected to butt in and ask questions or develop other ideas, as will other students in the class. Leading teams of each group prepare a five-minute introduction and recap of the readings, often with diagrams or lists of key ideas or terms or issues. This, too, is a good idea, but a fielder’s choice.
For other in-class activities, such as vocabulary building, hands-on blocks, role play drama, the leading team of that week is responsible to organise team work and represent the team to report to the whole class when it is necessary.
3. Everyone share your own reflections at the final session.
At the concluding session, everyone share a paragraph of no longer than half a page of A4, and lists the 3 most liked activities and 3 least liked reading of this semester.
Syllabus & Teaching Plan
Week number and/or date Lecture/Seminar/Field
trip/other
Topic/Theme/Title Delivered by
Week 1 Introduction to
the course and
assessments What is planning law?
What is governance?
The principles and value
of rule making
Dr Ying Chang
Week 2Urban
governance
challenges Planning management
and land use issues in
China and other
countries; governance
and social development
for sustainable future;
managing of scary
resources
Dr Ying Chang
Week 3Planning and
Power I: Theory
of good
governance The nature of
governance; the
evaluation of good
governance
Dr Ying Chang
Week 4Planning and
Power II:
NIMBY (Not in
my back yard)
and its solution Interest groups in planning;
Conflict management
Dr Ying Chang
Week 5Planning and
Power III: the
Implementation
and monitoring
of planning Institutional capacity in
delivering efficiency in
planning
Dr Ying Chang
Week 6Planning and
Power VI:
Participatory
governance and
planning What is participatory
governance and
participatory planning;
good practices in China
and other countries
Dr Ying Chang
Week 7READING WEEK
Week 8Planning and
Power V: Planning
law Overview of China’s
Planning Law
Dr Ying Chang
Week 9Planning and
Power V I: Building
Regulations building regulations
Development control
and enforcement;
Zoning and detailed
development control
plan
Dr Ying Chang
Week 10Planning and
power VII: Private
Interest and Rights Urban land acquisition
law and its social
implications
Dr Ying Chang
Week 11Planning and
power VIII:
Economic
implications Why housing is not affordable? Land-use,
planning and market.
Planning and building
regulations of public
housing
Dr Ying Chang
Week 12Planning and
power VIIII:
Environmental
implications Environmental issues in
planning and environment
acts
Dr Ying Chang
Week 13Guest lecture urban conservation
management
TBC
Week 14Reflections on
Planning Law
and
Governance Summary of learning
outcomes
Dr Ying Chang
Reading Materials
Recommended Texts:
Allmendinger, Philip (2001) Planning in Postmodern Times，Routledge.
Burns, D., Hambleton, R. and Hoggett, P. (1994) The politics of
decentralisation: revitalising local democracy, Macmillan.
Chen, X. (2011) Social protest and contentious authoritarianism in China, Cambridge University Press.
Cullingworth, J. and Nadin, V. (2006) Town and country planning in the United Kingdom, Routledge, London.
Dean, M. (2010) Governmentality: power and rule in modern society, Sage publications.
Hoch, Charles (1994) What Planners do: Power, Politics, and Persuasion，American Planning Association: Planners Press.
Lin, G. C. (2009) Developing China: Land, politics and social conditions, Routledge.
Wu, F., Xu, J. and Yeh, A. G.O. (2006) Urban development in post-reform
China: state, market, and space, Routledge.
For more reading, please see Reading list on ICE.
Attendance
Students should be aware that attendance at all lectures and tutorials is a requirement at XJTLU. Your attendance at tutorials and lectures will be recorded using the ICE attendance system. You will be responsible for registering your attendance during the class using the password announced at the start of each session. Apart from the above mentioned requirement, attendance will largely be used to assist in the identification of students who may be at risk of not passing the module at an early stage. If you are absent from class for any reason please write to the module leader with an explanation for your absence.
SECTION C: Further Information
❑Student Feedback
The University is keen to obtain student feedback to make improvements for each module in every session. It is University policy that the preferred way of achieving this is by means of an Online Module Evaluation Questionnaire Survey. Students will be invited to complete the questionnaire survey for this module at the end of the semester.
You are strongly suggested to read policies mentioned below very carefully, which will help you better perform in your academic studies. All the policies and regulations related to your academic study can be found in Student Academic Services section under the heading “Policies and Regulations” on E-bridge.
❑Plagiarism, Copying, Collusion or Dishonest Use of Data.
The University and Department treat with the utmost seriousness all suspected cases of academic malpractice. The standard penalties are listed below:
1. Plagiarism, copying, collusion or dishonest use of data (Category C):
Award ‘0’ for that assessment task
2. Second Category C offence (Category D) : Award ‘0’ for the whole
module
3. Third Category C offence or unfair and/or dishonest academic practice:
a. Suspension for one year, or
b. Termination of studies
Please see the “Academic Integrity Policy” document available on e-Bridge in the Student Academic Services section under the heading 'Policies and Regulations’.
❑Rules of submission for assessed coursework
Full details of compatible file formats can be found on ICE under Modules/Miscellaneous/Support Areas/ICE Support for Students . If you are uploading a PDF file please review the information available under the topic called 'Turnitin Compatible Software and File Formats' on the ICE page.
The University has detailed rules and procedures governing the submission of assessed coursework. You need to be familiar with them. Details can be found in the “Code of Practice for Assessment” document available on e-Bridge in the Student Academic Services section under the heading ‘Policies and Regulations’.
❑Late Submission of Assessed Coursework
The University attaches penalties to the late submission of assessed coursework. You need to be familiar with the University’s rules. Details can be found in the “Code of Practice for Assessment” document available on e-Bridge in the Student Academic Services section under the heading ‘Policies and Regulations’.
❑Mitigating Circumstances
The University is able to take into account mitigating circumstances such as illness or personal circumstances which may have adversely affected student performance on a module. It is the student’s responsibility to keep their Academic Adviser, Programme Director or Head of Department informed of illness and other factors affecting their progress during the year and especially during the examination period. Students who believe that their performance on an examination or assessed coursework may have been impaired by illness, or other exceptional circumstances should follow the procedures set out in the Mitigating Circumstances Policy, which can be found on e-Bridge in the Student Academic Services section under the heading ‘Policies and Regulations’.
❑ICE
Copies of lecture notes and other materials are available electronically through ICE, the University’s virtual learning environment at: ICE @ XJTLU.。