KA7039 - International Urban Planning and Development

You will be taught using a series of lectures, seminars and workshops that will progressively develop the topic from theoretical principles to practical examples. Lectures will be used to communicate key concepts and theories; seminar and workshop activities will use international development case studies to demonstrate application of key concepts; group discussions will give you the opportunity to engage with some of the complex nuances of the subject; where possible, site visits and guest lectures will be organised in conjunction with planning and real estate development practitioners; the assessment will help you develop your project evaluation and financial appraisal skills; you will have access to a wide range of learning resources and guidance for both directed and independent learning, facilitated by use of the Blackboard Ultra electronic Learning Platform.

The module team will support you by providing guidance and answer questions in relation to the module, its assessment and your progress, in class and via Blackboard Collaborate sessions. You can seek individual support and guidance in taught sessions and use the module discussion board on Blackboard.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:
MLO1. Appreciate the complexity of international property development and demonstrate awareness of sustainable urban development principles
MLO2. Analyse the real estate development process including the evaluation of potential development sites and the assessment of project viability.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
MLO3. Evaluate alternative sources of development finance and funding and methods of site acquisition.
MLO4. Critically analyse methods of challenging planning decisions and planning enforcement procedures

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
MLO5. Demonstrate awareness of professional principles and conduct in relation to international sustainable urban development and planning.

a Summative assessment and rationale for tasks

The summative assessment will take the form of a coursework requiring an evaluation of the feasibility and viability of mixed-use real estate development of urban brownfield site culminating in a full development appraisal. This will assess all MLOs.

b. Additional formative assessment – detail of process and rationale
Formative assessment will run concurrently with delivery of syllabus using exercises that relate to the components required of the coursework. Qualitative feedback will be provided by subject specialist staff on each of exercises undertaken to inform students’ progressing of the summative assessment.

c. Indication of how students will get feedback and how this will support their learning

Feedback will typically be provided by email in response to the submission by students of information relating to their selection of a suitable urban brownfield development site and the working up of a development proposal for the site culminating in the preparation of appraisal of the viability of the development.

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Enquiry based/authentic learning - real life/applied/learning by doing/sharing of outputs
Student centred/individual interests/developing skills sets/external interaction/task driven
Based on the professional/practitioner expertise of staff and as active researchers:
• Research enquiry: data capture and evaluation/critique - student centred enquiry into a city of their choice
• Case studies and exemplars of international best practice
• Research led: expertise and research and consultancy outputs authored by staff on smart cities, mechanisms of urban finance and funding of real estate development, planning for housing etc.