AR 441: Introduction to City and Regional Planning

Session 1:

Introduction and overview of the course

Project

Introduction to City and Regional Planning

LECTURES TUTORIALS

Course Structure

Introduction to City and Regional Planning

LECTURES TUTORIALS

Course Structure

WeekTopic

1Introduction and overview of the course

2Planning in relation to other disciplinesCities and the field of urban studies Basic definitions and terms related to the field of planning - Hierarchy of planning (planning levels)

3City origins: What is a city?Definition of CityComponents of CitiesTypes of communitiesCriteria for classifying human settlementsUrban hierarchy

Lectures

WeekTopic

4Planned versus unplanned cities

5City in History: Part (1) The Neolithic Revolution and the beginning of civilization

Mesopotamian Cities Egyptian Cities and Cities of Indus Valley

6City in History: Part (2) The Classical World: Greece and Rome, and

The Medieval City: The city in the Medieval Europe

Lectures

WeekTopic

77th WEEK EXAM

8City in History: Part (3)The Neo-classic city: Renaissance and Baroque eras, and

The Industrial Revolution

9City in History: Part (4)Islamic civilization.

Baghdad city and Cairo city.

Lectures

WeekTopic

10Theories of City Planning

The social philosophies of the 19th and 20th centuryThe Baron Haussmann: The Urban Reform- Paris PlanningArturo Soria Mata: The linear cityEbenezer Howard: The garden cityLe Corbusier: The City of Tomorrow

11Socio – Economic StudiesDemographic studiesEconomic studiesSocial Studies

1212th WEEK EXAM

Lectures

WeekTopic

13Follow-up the Project

14The regional approachIntroduction to Regional PlanningDefinition, Concept and Principles

15Project Final Submit

16FINAL EXAM

Lectures

Introduction to City and Regional Planning

LECTURES TUTORIALS

Course Structure

Introduction to City and Regional Planning

LECTURES TUTORIALS

Course Structure

Phase one: Urban Survey (Data Collection phase)

Phase two: Data Analysis Phase

Phase three: Vision, Development Strategy and Alternatives

Project

Tutorials

Week

Topic

1 Introduce project, define project area and explain the urban survey form. Divide students into appropriate and balanced working groups.

2 Developing on urban survey (data collection phase).

3 First submittal of urban survey results; base-map and fundamental maps (land-use, building use, building heights, building conditions, construction types, roads types and conditions and roads hierarchy)

4 Review and evaluation of urban survey results

5 Data analysis phase (Potentials, Constrains & Problems)

Tutorials

Week

Topic

6 Developing on data analysis phase (Potentials, Constrains & Problems)

7 Review and evaluation of data analysis phase (Potentials, Constrains & Problems) Start SWOT analysis phase

8 Submit of SWOT analysis phase

9 Start project area assets: Asset Map

10 Final submit of SWOT analysis & Asset Map

11 Vision phase

Tutorials

WeekTopic

12 Vision phase Strategy & Alternatives phase

13 Development strategy phase – development alternatives

14 Evaluating the Strategy and Alternatives

15Project Final Submit

16FINAL EXAM

Tutorials

Project

Project

Cairo

Giza

CBDFatimid Cairo

Old Cairo

ShubraNasr City

Heliopolis

SheratonAin

Shams

Dokki & Mohandesin

Project

Nasr City

Project

Mostafa El Nahas St.

Zaker Hussien St.

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