Regional & Urban Planning 18/05/2010 Dr. Ahmad BinTouq URL: GEO438 Regional & Urban Planning 15:30-16:45 FJC

Overview: Contemporary Urban Planning: Part1 (The Background and Development of Contemporary Planning): 1)Chapter 1: An Overview 2)Chapter 2: The Urbanization of America 3)Chapter 3: The History of Planning Part 2: (The Structure and Practice of Contemporary Planning) 1)Chapter 5: The Legal Basis of Planning 2)Chapter 6: Planning and Politics 3)Chapter 7: The Social Issues 4)Chapter 8: The Comprehensive Plan 5)Chapter 9: The Tools of Land-Use Planning Part 3 (Fields of Planning): 1)Chapter 10: Urban Design 2)Chapter 11: Urban Renewal and Community Development 3)Chapter 12: Transportation Planning 4)Poster Outlines and Research Examples 5)The Geography of the Aerotropolis Model: A Case Study of United Arab Emirates Airports

Chapter 11: Urban Renewal and Community Development Urban Renewal :  The origins of Urban Renewal  Intention and reality  Urban renewal in Retrospect Community Development:  Community development versus the urban renewal approach The Housing Question Planning for Housing:  Federal requirements  A more comprehensive approach to planning for housing

Chapter 12: Transportation Planning Recent trends in urban transportation Paying for transportation Transportation planning and land use The transportation planning process Changes in the federal role Fine- tuning the system The growing role of tolls and privatization Smart highways, intelligent vehicles and new machines

Exercise * Discuss the land-use and transportation in the UAE and how it’s related to urban design and planning at the emirates level?