SBP 4035E - Systms Apprch & Planning Mthds

Course Objectives

1) To emphasize the role and the importance of systems approach on perception, definition and analytic description of urban areas
2) To put in a conceptual context how systems approach could be adopted to spatial planning

Course Description

Introduction: Human ecology, The man nature system. The concept of planning. Systems, Systems description, System thinking. Planning as a conceptual and a cyclic process. Spatial planning. Goal formulation. Forecasting. Models. Modelling techniques. Evaluation and monitoring. Implications of a systems approach to planning.