Posted in Urban Planning, tagged Bergen, Brugmann, Canadian Cities in Transition, citysystems, Dolk, Jane Jacobs, Norway, Pierre Filion, planner student, street art, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Trudi Bunting, Urban Planning Theory on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…I take a minute reminding myself why I choose to spend my Saturday reading Urban Planning Theory; it can be fun!
Hoping to preserve the resources and places that make our planet beautiful, I believe cities need planners; planners who can plan for both the stakeholders who want the benefits of a [...]
Posted in Urban Planning, tagged Age Structure, Communicative Planning, Demographics of Canada, Demography, Faculty of Environment, Just-city planning, municipal planning, new urbanism, Organic City, Plan 621, Plan 700, Plan 703, politics of planning, purpose of planning, School of Planning, Structured City, University of Waterloo on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Context and detail, on behalf of rapid progress, summarizes this weeks intellectual dosage.
Plan 621:
The topic was “Planning, power and institutional structures: What is the real purpose of planning?” Planning takes place within the municipal and provincial institutional and organizational structure. An insight to the economic and political power structures, through open conversation among instructor [...]
Posted in Urban Planning, tagged new urbanism, car-free zones, graduate thesis, mind-map, planning, weekend, Cooper, dog-park, neighbourhood, My Thoughts, qualitative research, downtown revitalisation on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The last weekend of splendid summer, most likely, gloriously passing outside my apartment, while my mind is fully occupied with pondering on graduate thesis alternatives – and it better be worth it!
I read about planning theory. I ready my previous thesis notes (I journal my thoughts on this matter in detail). I take Cooper to [...]
Posted in Urban Planning, tagged Canada, demographics, generalist, Innis, Master of Arts, Pierre Filion, planning, Ray Simpson, school work, Staples theory, studies, Urban Planning, USA, values, virtue, Waterloo, week 1 on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My Master of Arts in Planning is a two-year program at the University of Waterloo, starting this week.
I’m doing 3 courses (PLAN 621, 700 and 703), which of 2 is instructed by Professor Pierre Filion (also my advisor) and 1 (703) by Ray Simpson.
These courses are intended to:
(621) Increase my “understanding and planning for contemporary [...]
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