The Idea of Planning - CP112A

Department of City and Regional Planning

University of California, Berkeley
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Stephen Cohen

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City and Regional Planning

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Course Description

 

This course will focus on experiences of national scale and very large scale regional planning, especially on recent shifts from planned systems, both centrally planned and market context planned, to more market driven systems: China is a key example. Central to our approach is the relationship of institutions and policy to markets. Topics include:

 

  • Japan as an Economic System and as a Model of Late Industrialization
  • Changes in the Organization of Production
  • Globalization, Trade and Investment Flows and the Disputes surrounding them
  • China’s Economic Growth and integration into the World Economic System
  • Russia’s Collapse
  • Income Distribution
  • Planning at the Metropolitan Scale: Paris and the Bay Area as examples.
  • Global Financial Imbalances

 

Class Format and Requirements

 

Class sessions will consist of a lecture, a 10-minute break, followed immediately by discussion. Students are expected to attend all lectures and discussion groups.

 

Readings for the course are contained in a reader available at University Copy located at 2425 Channing Way. All students will complete readings prior to scheduled lecture and discussion topics as per course outline.

 

Students are also urged to come to discussion with questions of their own on the readings and lecture. Students are encouraged to volunteer for leading the discussion on some specific topics, which will be suggested by the GSI during the previous class.

 

The primary assignment for the class consists of a midterm exam and a final essay (approx. 10-12 pages). Grades are determined on the basis of the midterm, final essay and participation in the class discussions.

 

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