Key dimensions of contemporary planning debates:
historical origins; justifications behind planning; the socio-economic and
political limits to planning; planning styles and cultures; planning processes
and products; new challenges in the XXI century; Regional development planning
and policies – key theories and narratives; evolution of debates and effective
practice; Urban planning, governance and reform (including the dilemma of
metropolitan governance); Governance – evolution of a concept and its
assimilation in the Brazilian context: potentials and limits; State
restructuring, rescaling and transformations towards multilevel governance; The
State, public institutions and Public Policy-Making; Local/regional democracy:
Brazilian experiences in public participation.
- Teacher: Vanessa Elias de Oliveira
- Teacher: Klaus Frey