Critical review of sustainable

development policies and

planning
Prof. dr. Joris Scheers

Critical review of sustainable

development policies and planning

Objective is a
critical assessment
of the impact of planning and
development issues on space

Course objectives
debate on sustainable development
assess policies and the institutional
frameworks of policy making
to selectively illustrate sustainable
development planning efforts in various
contexts
to improve creative communication skills
of course participants

who ?
- Full time policy advisor Flanders
Government in Brussels
- Visiting professor, Urban and regional
planner and Sociologist (PhD and MSc)
- Applied science: related with real life
- UN-Habitat expert &(vice-)president ECTP
- Latin America
- Urban and regional planning

Content
Syllabus 2015
4 parts
Course methods
Course material
Exam regulations
Reader

Available with Paulien @ secretariat

All ppt and other material on Toledo

Course methods
Introductory and general lectures
Advanced interactive courses on methods,
governance and capita selecta.
Seminars: (external) lecture annex debate
and workshop
CRITICAL REVIEW ATTITUDE

Course material
Subdivided in 4 parts
Introduction
Methods, theories, approaches
Governance
Capita selecta

Hardcopy material in syllabus-reader (R),

digital material via Toledo (T)

Exam regulations
Objective is to critically analyse a concept,
a paradigm, a project related to the
broader theme of spatial sustainability, in a
rigorous a systematic way.
By March 30th 2015 all students submit by
email their topic and the central questions
Be original !

Exam regulations
All students hand in a short discussion
paper at the day of their scheduled exam
session in June or September 2014.
Max. 7 pages
During the exam session, the discussion
paper will be discussed in relation to
course material
NO ppt & oral open book examination.

Marks
Quotations will be given based on active
participation during courses (critical
attitude), the quality of the paper and on
the way the course material is used.

Critical review of sustainable

development policies and
planning

Two Important Questions

Critical review of sustainable

development policies and planning
Different continents, different scales
Focus on urban areas (in hinterland context)
Methods as tools, apply how and when?
Existing cases as teaching material
Group interaction and case presentation

 Any fool can criticizeand most fools do

B. Franklin
Criticism is something we can avoid easily
by saying nothing, doing nothing, and
being nothing
Aristotle