1. Continuous Assessment based on:

• (i) Individual Assignments,
• (ii) Tests and
• (iii) Group Assignments.

2. A Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module, students should be aware of the following:

• (i) The diversity of cultures, space, networks views and ideologies,
• (ii) The need for an environmentally sensitive orientation to planning,
• (iii) A people oriented approach top planning.

1. Continuous Assessment based on:

• (i) Individual Assignments,
• (ii) Tests and
• (iii) Group Assignments.

2. A Written Semester Examination

By the end of this module, students should be able to understand and apply the following:

• (i) Link the knowledge acquired to social, economic and spatial policies to plans,
• (ii) Be aware of the three spheres of planning, in addition to political, institutional and techniques of planning.
• (iii Be able to understand the techniques for gathering and presenting site and user data
• (v) Understand the techniques for evaluating site potentials.

1. Continuous Assessment based on:

• Individual Assignments
• Tests and
• Group Assignments.

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

• (i) Link knowledge to spatial policies and plans
• (ii) Be aware of evolution of settlements in environmental planning
• (iii) Be aware of the political, legislative, environmental and institutional context of planning
• (iv) Sensitivity to the role of the public, politicians, and planners in the field of planning.
• (v) Appreciate the roles played by utopians and the role of history/epoque in the evolution of built-up areas

1. Continuous Assessment based on:

• Individual Assignments
• Tests and
• Group Assignments

• Strengthen the quantitative skills of new entrants. Appreciation of those areas of planning in which quantitative methods are appropriate and useful.
• Understand the use and value of information in planning, policy analysis and decision-making situations.
• Become familiar with basic sources of Census of Population and Housing data used in planning practice.
• Explore concepts of model building including model specification, parameter estimation, and interpretation of results.
• Provide a foundation for plan and program evaluation through the introduction of Policy Analysis, Program analysis, Benefit-Cost analysis and similar techniques.
• Review basic quantitative skills (computation, problem structuring, table interpretation, algebra, etc.)
• Develop a working skill with probability concepts and basic statistical methods.
• Develop a working skill with Excel spreadsheets.

1. Continuous Assessment based on:

• Individual Assignments
• Tests and
• Group Assignments

2. A Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module, students should be able to;

• Understand urban development concepts and dynamics and the variety and forms of interventions for sustainable urban development.
• Undertake investigations, analysis and synthesize studies in order to contribute to the preparation and design of plans, formulation of policies within a spatial orientation for implementation .
• Be aware of environmental sensitivity.

1. Continuous assessment based on:

• Individual Assignments
• Tests and
• Group Assignments.

2. A Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module students will be able to;

• (i) Link specific knowledge to spatial plans and policies.
• (ii) Be aware of the role of the political and institutional context of planning.
• (iii) Relate spatial development theory to rural and regional development policy and practice.

The scope of regional and rural planning. History of regional planning in developed and developing economies. Theoretical bases for regional and rural development. Regional planning strategies in Africa and SADC: growth centres and points, rural service centres river basin management, SDI, ISRDPs...

Theories of land value in land use planning and development. Urban land economics and markets , property markets, urban development. Planning issues and activities related to economics and financing of public and private projects. Land service and delivery systems. How planning interventions or (lack thereof) influence land markets and economics. Processes in the zone of transition (densification and internal re-organisation) and rural-urban fringe.

1. Continuous assessment based on:

• (i) Individual Assignments,
• (ii) Tests and
• (iii) Group Assignments.

2. A written semester examination

By the end of this module, students should be able to do the following:

• (i) Link knowledge to spatial policies, basic infrastructure and plans,
• (ii) Be able to develop criteria for design of basic infrastructure in the spatial context of planning,
• (iii) Be aware of the role of basic physical and line infrastructure in settlement areas.

Deriving design criteria and standards for the provision of basic physical and line infrastructure for different land use configurations and densities i.e. free-hand and automated design .. This includes aspects of municipal engineering in relation to supply, reticulation and maintenance of water, storm-water drainage, electricity, sewerage and roads.

1. Continuous Assessment based on:

• (i) Individual Assignments,
• (ii) Tests and
• (iii) Group Assignments

2. A Written Semester Examination

By the end of this module, students should be able to understand and apply the following:

• (i) To operate a CAD,
• (ii) Critically evaluate and analyze the raw data for the preparation of plans in the computer,
• (iii) To convert the information from the research into cadastral data,
• (iv) To store, retrieve, export, import and be able to present the data in different forms.

Planning data base concepts: structure, creating data bases, data entry and editing. Importing data-base from other applications. Spread sheet basics; making tables and graphics (Excel, SPSS)). Adding pictures and to texts. Computer-based techniques for mapping and analysis of spatial data (GIS). CAD applications in planning. Planning projects.

1. Continuous Assessment based on:

• Individual Assignments
• Tests and
• Group Assignments.

2. A Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module, students should be able to;

• Understand the moral and ethical framework for planning.
• Apply knowledge of institutional and political context of planning to planning legislation and procedures.
• Ability to interpret normative principles of planning law for socially and environmentally sensitive decision making .

Planning laws and the legitimacy of planning activity. Values and the normative nature of planning legislation; Ideologies of planning law. The legacy of apartheid spatial legislation; Emerging statutory framework and processes for planning in South Africa: the Development Facilitation Act, Municipal Systems Act, Wise Land use Bill and those relating to transport, environment, land reform and water. Development control, development management and facilitation in South Africa, concepts; tools; the planning process. Principles and sub-principles for land development. Principles for Decision Making and Conflict Resolution.

1.Continous Assessment based on:

• Individual Assignments
• Tests
• Group Assignments and
• Practical Studio Design and Technical Report
• and Oral Presentations

2. Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

• Investigate, analyze, synthesize planning themes in order to contribute to the preparation of plans.
• Develop an environmentally sensitive orientation.
• Appreciate efficiency in resource use.
• Grasp principles of environmental design and how they apply to mew development and redevelopment projects.
• Develop concept and detailed design skills.
• Prepare technically accurate plans and socially sensitive and relevant proposals.
• Understand and act within professional ethics

Intensive studio, addressing both new and redevelopment planning design at community and higher scale. A problem based exploration involving studio seminars, consultation and critiques that integrate design elements that provide socially viable and economically sustainable communities with a sense of place.

1.Continuous Assessment based on:

• Individual Assignments
• Tests
• Group Assignments and
• Studios

2. Oral and Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module, students should be able to;

• Appreciate the role/use of collecting, analysis, organization and critical evaluation of information.
• Understand and creatively apply theoretical knowledge of the natural and built environments, social, economic, political and developmental environments to the design and management of planned interventions.
• Cherish the diversity of views and ideologies.
• Understand and act within professional ethics.

Provision of an understanding of approaches to qualitative and quantitative research methods in the social sciences and in particular planning. Logic of social research methods related to planning and including analysis of demographic economic, economic land use and transportation data.

Approaches to research design, proposal writing; setting of goals, objectives and research hypothesis and design of methodology. Techniques of data collection, analysis and presentation; Review of research instruments: interviews, questionnaire preparation, coding and administration; land use surveys. Library research essay writing. Presentation techniques.

1.Continuous Assessment based on:

• (I) Individual linked assignments
• (ii) Oral presentations (seminars)

2. Oral defense of the final dissertation/supervised research

3. Written submission of the final supervised dissertation / research.

By the end of this module students should be able to:

• Collect quantitative and qualitative data, analyze, order and critically evaluate planning information at various levels from supervised scientific research.
• Link knowledge to policies and spatial plans.
• Synthesize and apply theoretical and conceptual planning knowledge to action.
• Make presentation of dissertation and assignments, and projects,etc.

Project identification; proposal writing; problem identification; theoretical framework; project objectives; project methodology; field reconnaissance. Information gathering; primary and secondary data; surveys of people and objects; preliminary analysis; classifications and forecasting. Models; predictive and evaluative. Plan Design; Evaluation;. partial evaluation techniques; financial appraisal; cost-effectiveness analysis. Dissertation writing and submission.

1.Continuous Assessment based on:

• (i) Individual assignments or
• (ii) Group assignments
• (iii) Prescribed studio output and report.
• (iv) Oral presentation.

2. Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module students should be able to act within the moral and ethical framework of planning in terms of:

• Investigate, analyse and synthesize planning themes in order to contribute to preparation of realistic plans.
• Link planning proposals to institutional development processes .
• Invoke appropriate participatory processes with stakeholders and communities.
• Infuse appropriate monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in plan preparation.
• Set targets and realistic budgets for project management.
• Grasp the notion of integration in planning activity.
• Develop an environmentally sensitive orientation.
• Understand and act within professional ethics.

Approaches to integrated development planning. Characteristics and objectives of IDP and effectiveness as articulated within the South African context. Strategies for linking key sectors such as employment, land use, transportation, local economic development (LED) and environment. Overview of the unique planning and development dimensions of small communities in/and rural regions. Role of small towns in development; typologies of small towns: (resource frontier towns, limited resource bases, etc). Local economic development/facilitation in small towns; Strategies for small town regeneration and sustainable growth and development; Institutional arrangements for LED in S A. Urban Redevelopment and ISRDP as local level IDP.

1.Continuous Assessment based on:

• Individual Assignments or
• Group Assignments and
• A written report.
• Oral presentation.

2. Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module students should be able to act within the moral and ethical framework of planning in terms of:

• Social justice and equal opportunity.
• Appreciate efficiency in resource use.
• Develop an environmentally sensitive orientation.
• Understand and act within professional ethics.
• Run a planning office efficiently .
• Apply knowledge of political and institutional context of planning to a given situation.

The course examines the practice and theory aspects of current concern to the planning profession. It examines the evolution of the planning profession, the concept of professionalism, professional ethics; practice in both public and public sectors. Running a professional planning office: budgeting, staffing & tendering; responsibility to the public, to the profession, to client, the employer and the social sciences. The emerging statutory, administrative and institutional framework for land development and management; role of central, provincial and local government; planning commissions and development tribunals. Public participation; EIA. Role of the planner (manager/facilitator/advocate).
The evolving development planning framework.

1.Continuous Assessment based on;

• (i) Individual Assignments
• (ii) Tests
• (iii) Group Assignments and
• (iv) Oral project / seminar presentation

2. Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module students should be able to:

• To undertake investigations, analysis and design of homes, work places, mobility and transport modes (including their integration) with energy efficiency, reduction of friction and the environment in mind;
• Contribute to the preparation and design of plans, formulation of policies touching on Energy use, Mobility, Transportation and Land use within the community .
• Understand the synergy between Land uses and Transportation; various transport modes and their efficiency (cost, energy use, etc.
• Be sensitive to the location of land uses (and its density) and impacts on the environment;
• Appreciate efficiency in energy uses in all its ramifications (home, work, etc).

Sources of energy, renewable and non-renewable energy; Conservation and management strategies of renewable and non-renewable resources. Impacts of energy (and planning) on the environment, land use, transportation, socio-economy, political and life styles; ozone depletion; global warming. Energy wastes, solid and toxic wastes. EIA in the energy and transportation sectors. Basic principles and techniques in the planning and management of public transportation systems. Data requirements in transportation planning; evaluation of transportation alternatives and the decision-making process. Travel demand and supply analysis (trip generation, distribution, assignment and modal split). Cost and capacity relationships of all modes; relationship between land use and transportation. Rural transport systems.

1.Continuous Assessment based on;

• (i) Individual Assignments
• (ii) Tests
• (iii) Group Assignments and
• (iv) Seminar Presentations

2. Written Semester Examination.

By the end of the module, students should be able to;

• Understand and creatively apply theoretical knowledge of the natural and built environments, social, economic, political and developmental environments to the design and management of planned interventions.
• Appreciate the diversity of views and ideologies .
• Link robust theoretical debate and evaluate their influences to planning practice.
• Understand and act within professional ethics.

Review of intellectual and political underpinnings of contemporary planning theories. Paradigm epochal shifts in planning research and practice. Modernist Versus post-modernism/post-fordism; new frontiers/debates in planning. Is there any need for theory in planning – the theory/practice chasm/ nexus. Academics / Practitioners? Ideology and planning. How have regional planning theories influences regional development practices and regional development. Theoretical underpinnings of selected regional planning/development strategies (development nodes, ISRDPs, growth centre policy, SDIs, IDZ, river basin management, decentralisation, trans-frontier parks, etc). Evaluation of institutional and jurisdictional setting for regional planning (SACU, SADC; NEPAD, ECOWAS, EC, NAFTA, etc). The future of regional planning.

1.Continuous assessment based on;

• Individual Assignments
• Tests
• Group Assignments and
• Seminar Presentations

2. Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module students should be able to;

• To investigate, analyze, synthesize planning themes in order to contribute to the preparation of plans.
• Develop an environmentally sensitive orientation.
• Appreciate principles responsible for successful best practice cases in sustainable settlement planning.
• Adapt best practice cases to improving settlement planning practice in South Africa.
• Identify internet sites for research into all aspects of integrated and sustainable settlement planning.
• Grasp the notion of integration and sustainability in planning .
• Understand and act within professional ethics.

Concepts of sustainable development and sustainable settlement planning; priorities for development, conditions for sustainable development (economic, ecology etc.). Creating sustainable livelihood and implications for political ecology and economy for resource allocation. Sustainable cities case studies. Smart cities and new urbanism. Urban renewal and regeneration, cluster development and place marketing. Principles for creating sustainable places. operational principles for sustainable development; restoration ecology. Best case studies. Tourism, the tourism industry. The essential components of eco-tourism, natural base, infrastructure, economic relationships. Reconciling human and wildlife/parks conflicts; community-based initiatives. Laws of conservation of endangered and threatened species and ecosystems. Traditional / cultural properties. Heritage landscapes types; traditional cultural values in preservation planning, IKS; Procedures for National Register Nomination; Consideration, documentation, protection and monitoring of heritage sites.

1.Continuous Assessment based on:

• Individual assignments
• Tests
• Group assignments and
• Seminar presentations

2. Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module, students should be able to show evidence of an awareness of:

• Social justice and equal opportunity, gender sensitivity.
• Planning as interventions/actions of mediation, arbitration and conflict resolution.
• The synergy between environment impact assessment and planning.
• Understand EIA, its legislation and act within professional ethics.

Planning as mediation, arbitration and resolution of conflicts in resource allocation and usage. Levels of participation, (including Arnstein's ladder of planning participation). Techniques of and case studies in participation, mediation and conflict resolution. Gender: concept definitions; history of gender issues; local and international. Concept of gender and development. Gender analytical tools and framework. Empowerment framework: information, access, participation, control, culturally determined gender roles and environmental conservation in selected parts of the world. Examination and comparative analysis of specific planning themes and issues (development management, informal housing and employment, urban sprawl, rural land use, planning institutions, change of land use in SADC countries. EIA as a management tool; basic concepts; preliminary activities; impact identification (scoping); baseline study; impact evaluation (quantification); mitigation measures; assessment; documentation; decision making; post auditing; falsehoods surrounding EIA; problems and solutions of EIA; institutional arrangements.

1. Continuous assessment based on

• (i) Individual assignments,
• (ii) Tests and
• (iii) Group Assignments.

2. A written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module, students should be able to understand and apply the following:

• (i) Identify development needs.
• (ii) Design development programs or projects.
• (iii) Understand what a project cycle is and how to implement development programs or projects.
• (iv) Monitor and control development resources and
• (v) Evaluate programs and project outcomes.

Project identification and principles of project design implementation monitoring and feedback. Preparing an offer of service and reinterpretation of client mandates, tendering procedures for projects, Pre-qualification, costing of projects. Creating demand, client relations, and professional ethics. Designing a project, do's and don'ts. Contract administration and financial procedures, penalties, retention and insurance.

URP 4664: Housing Studio

1.Continuous Assessment based on;

• Individual assignments
• Tests
• Group assignments and
• Studio presentations and report

2. Written Semester Examination.

By the end of this module, students should be able to;

• Understand the provision of housing through the price system.
• Housing policy frameworks for different housing markets.
• Economics of rent control and other tenure system .
• Impact of rent control and housing subsidies.
• Collect, analyze, synthesize and evaluate of information on property development in order to contribute to preparation of plans.
• Understand the interaction between informal and formal processes of housing supply.

Theory of housing; evolution of housing prototypes. Housing and land use in rural and urban areas. Formal and informal housing; shelter and poverty. Housing delivery systems. Housing quality and affordability. Land tenure systems. Housing policies and strategies; the urban housing market. interaction between informal and formal processes of housing supply. The myth of home-ownership and the reality of housing tenancy. Urban housing development and design processes.

Matthew Dayomi, Professor

Oscar Musandu-Nyamayaro,
Senior Lecturer

James Chakwizira , Lecturer

Victor Mushiana, Technician

Prof. Syagga

Mr. M. Makumule