Dr Alan Mace, STC509, Dr Hyun Bang ShinSTC416, Dr Nancy Holman, STC514.

Course intended primarily for MSc Regional and Urban Planning Studies. Also available for LSE-Sciences Po Double Degree in Urban Policy, MSc Human Geography (Research), MPA Public and Economic Policy/MPA Public Policy and Management/MPA International Development/MPA European Public and Economic Policy/MPA Public and Social Policy and MSc Social Policy and Planning.

The course provides a synthesised approach to the analysis of urban policy-making and plan formulation. It will explore the way in which economic, political and social forces interact to effect policy approaches in different spatial settings. The aim is also to gain an understanding of the causes for similarity and difference in policy approaches. Issues covered include: Development of urban regeneration policy; current British urban policy initiatives; urban containment policy; new settlements and new urbanism; post-industrial spatial transformation of cities - mega projects, retail development, leisure projects including Olympic Games.

10 (one-hour) lectures in the LT and 10 (one-and-a-half hour) seminars, including a project on a London neighbourhood.

A 2,000 word course essay.

Urban Task Force, Urban Renaissance; DETR, Our Towns and Cities: The future; R Atkinson & G Moon, Urban Policy in Britain; P Hall & C Ward, Sociable Cities; E Blakely & M Snyder, Fortress America; D Judd & S Fainstein, The Tourist City; J Mannigan, Fantasy City; T Hall & P Hubbard, The Entrepreneurial City.

A 5,000 word essay linked to the London neighbourhood planning project.