Spa-tial Plan-ning Cities

DT106

Urban

Sociology

Public Art

Environment

Sustain-ability

Future

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PHYSICAL Roads, rail lines, wind farms, landfill, houses, facto-ries, monuments, squares and anything else physical that is constructed, knocked down or changed re-quires planning. These things need to be designed in a certain way, located in a certain area and built to a certain standard. This is where planning comes in. Planning influences every decision during the design, construction and management of physical structures. Planners are the people who say whether these things even get built.

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Social PlanningSocial Planning is the planning for people. Areas cannot simply be developed without put-ting facilities in place to cater for the people who will live, work or socialise there. Such fa-cilities include schools, hospitals, power supply and open space.This vital infrastructure is a requirement which planners must foresee. They then decide through careful thought and organisation where these facilities should be situated and how many people they should cater for.

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What About Transport Planning?How we move about is one of the strongest influences on our lives. Transport planning helps ensure this movement is done as pleas-antly, cheaply and of course as quickly as possible through road layout design, cycling infrastruc-ture implementation and public transport improvements as well as through pedestrian friendly design.

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Bolton Street, where the course

is taught is in the heart of Dublin city.

Small classes mean you will learn

more, make friends quicker and

have a real identity.

DIT has some of the best lecturers

in the country, a number ofwhich lecture in spatial planning.

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Qualification awarded: BSc Spa-tial Planning Level 8 Duration of programme: 4 years Type of programme: Honours Degree Number of places: 40 approx.

This innovative programme leads to an honours degree and is about learning to interpret sci-entific, technical and design data and applying it to formu-late policies and programmes.

Spatial Planning graduates will be equipped to contribute to the preparation of regional, county and urban development plans, to the preparation and evaluation of environmental impact assess-ments, to assessing planning ap-plications and to the formula-tion and implementation of com-munity development and rural re-source management programmes.

Spatial Planning graduates find employment as planners in local authorities, in private sector planning consultancies, con-struction and property develop-ment companies, the semi state sector and in retail. Aspects of such work include production of development plans, assessment of planning applications, environ-mental impact assessment and strategic environmental impact assessment.

Spatial Planning graduates find employment as planners in local authorities, in private sector planning consultancies, con-struction and property develop-ment companies, the semi state sector and in retail. Aspects of such work include production of development plans, assessment of planning applications, environ-mental impact assessment and strategic environmental impact assessment.

There are opportunities to study abroad through the ERASMUS Pro-gramme. It is possible to spend one or two semesters abroad in either the second or third year of the DT106 Programme.

Students who have reached the appropriate honours standard may have access to a range of Mas-ters Degrees in DIT and else-where, including abroad, in Higher Education.

There are opportunities to study abroad through the ERASMUS Pro-gramme. It is possible to spend one or two semesters abroad in either the second or third year of the DT106 Programme.

Students who have reached the appropriate honours standard may have access to a range of Mas-ters Degrees in DIT and else-where, including abroad, in Higher Education.

Further Information:T: 01 402 3745 (Henk van der Kamp)T: 01 402 3610 (Conor Norton)T: 01 402 3742 (School Office)E: henk.vanderkamp@dit.ieE: conor.norton@dit.ieE: spatial.planning@dit.ieW: dit.ie/spatialW: mentalplanners.wordpress.comW: twitter.com/mentalplannersW: facebook.com/mentalplanners

Further Information:T: 01 402 3745 (Henk van der Kamp)T: 01 402 3610 (Conor Norton)T: 01 402 3742 (School Office)E: henk.vanderkamp@dit.ieE: conor.norton@dit.ieE: spatial.planning@dit.ieW: dit.ie/spatialW: mentalplanners.wordpress.comW: twitter.com/mentalplannersW: facebook.com/mentalplanners

On a personal note I can honestly say this field of study is one of the most interesting, educational and relevant to today’s world. I have learned an incredible amount in my four years about our coun-try and the rest of the world. I have loved every moment in DIT and will leave with some great memories and some equally great friends. I highly recommend spa-tial planning and DIT to anybody. Michael Barry

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