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JGI346 Urban Planning Process – Fall 2017.

Version: 30 August 2017 Lectures: Wednesdays, 10:10 am-12:00pm, Wednesdays Sidney Smith Hall, 1070. Dr. Paul Hess Sidney Smith Hall, 5067 hess@geog.utoronto.ca Office Hours: Wednesday, 12:00-1:30 and Thursday 11:30-1:00. I am happy to arrange another time to meet if these are not possible for you. I also ascribe to an open door policy. If you come by my office and my door is open, please feel free to come and in and ask questions, etc. If my door is not open, I do not want to be disturbed and you can come to my office hours or email me to meet another time. Course Description This course provides an overview of the how contemporary planning tools and practice shape the built form of cities within their historical, social, legal, and political contexts. Community and urban design issues are addressed at local and regional scales and in both central cities and suburbs. The focus is on Toronto and the Canadian experience, with comparative examples from other countries, primarily the United States. General Aims for Students: − to acquire a general understanding of the historic origins and contemporary practice of urban

planning − to understand through readings, lectures, and student exercises the role of planning as a

function of government

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− to develop a basic understanding of common planning tools such as zoning, Official Plans, and design guidelines and what they are used for.

− to be able to identify and critique the fundamental conflicts of rights and values that make planning an inherently political activity

− to be able to directly observe and discuss how planning has shaped the physical form of the city around you through course material, examining planning documents and government data, and observing the city around you

Classroom learning format Instructor lectures are the basic teaching mode within the classroom, but I will also encourage more active student engagement with the material. I also invite professional planners to come share their knowledge and experiences with students. You will be asked to participate in the following activities: − listen to lectures; − participate in small group discussions; − participate in class-wide discussions; − ask questions!

General Conduct The classroom is a space of mutual respect and understanding. Show respect for the opinions and ideas of your colleagues and expect the same in return. Evaluation Material from lectures corresponds to but does not duplicate material in the text. If you do not attend class and/or do the readings, you will do poorly on the exams. Grading Scheme: Assignment 1.(Oct. 4)……………………………………………………….. 20% Paper Draft (Oct 25)……...……...……...……...……...……...……...…….. 20% Final Paper Submission. (Dec. 6)…………………………………………... 35% Final Examination (Date TBA)…………………………………………........ 25% Important Dates - First Class Sept. 13 - Neighbourhood Walk

Assignment Oct. 3 at start of class – Paper and digital copy required. - Paper Draft October– Paper and digital copy required. - Last Class and Final Paper Dec. 6 - Paper and digital copy required. - Final Examination December Exam Period (exact date TBA) Important Note: I reserve the right to modify the reading course assignments.

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Lecture and Reading Schedule Week 1: Sept. 13 — Introduction and Overview: Planning issues and problems

Jill Grant, ed. A Reader in Canadian Planning Chapt. 1. “The Nature of Canadian Planning.” p. 3-20.

Week 2: Sept. 20 — Urban Form in History, Colonial Planning, and the Problems of the

Industrial City Hodge and Gordon, Chapter 2 “The Beginnings of Today’s Cities” Edward Relph,(2014). “Shaping the Old City.” See:

http://www.torontotransforms.com/home-about-torontos-transformations/chapter-3-shaping-the-old-city/

Hall, P. (1988) Cities of Tomorrow, Ch. 2, “The City of Dreadful Night” pp. 14-47 Week 3: Sept. 27 —Envisioning A New City

Edward Relph (1987) “The Invention of Modern Town Planning: 1890-1940” in The Modern Urban Landscape, Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, pp. 49-75.

Gilber A. Stelter (2000). “Rethinking the Significance of the City Beautiful Idea.” In Robert Freestone, ed. Urban Planning in a Changing World: The Twentieth Century Experience, New York: Routledge.

Eugenie L. Birch (2002). “Five Generations of the Garden City: Tracing Howard’s Legacy in the Twentieth-Century Residential Planning.”in From Garden City to Green City: The Legacy of Ebenezer Howard, eds. Kermit C. Parsons and David Schuyler, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkiins University Press.

Week 4: Oct. 4 — The Power to Plan: City and Planning Governance

ASSIGNMENT 1 – NEIGHBOURHOOD WALK DUE David Siegel (2009), “Ontario” in Foundations of Governance: Municipal Government in

Canada’s Provinces, Andrew Sancton and Robert Young eds. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Makuch, Craik, and Leisk (2004), Chapter 7 “Planning and Plans” in Canadian Municipal and Planning Law, Toronto: Thompson Carswell, pp. 159-188.

Week 5: Oct. 11 — Plans and Plan Making

PAPER WRITING WORKSHOP Kaiser, Edward J., and David R. Godschalk. “Twentieth Century Land Use Planning: A

Stalwart Family Tree.” Journal of the American Planning Association 61, no. 3 (1995): 365–85

Neuman, M. (1998), Does Planning Need the Plan?, Journal of the American Planning Association, 64,(2), pp.208-220.

Beverly Sandalack and Francisco Alaniz Uribe, “Deveoloping the Community Plan and Urban Design Plan for Benalo, Albeta,” in Planning Canada, A Case Study Approach, Ren Thomas ed., Toronto: Oxford Press, pp. 290-303.

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Week 6: Oct. 18 — Zoning and Development Control

Fischler, Raphael. “The Metropolitan Dimension of Early Zoning: Revisiting the 1916 New York City Ordinance.” Journal of the American Planning Association 64, no. 2 (June 30, 1998): 170–88.

Hok-Lin Lueng (2003) Chapt. 7 “Implementation (Control Oriented)” in Land Use Planning Made Plain, 2nd ed., Toronto: Univesity of Toronto Press.

Sorensen, Andre, and Paul Hess. “Building Suburbs, Toronto-Style: Land Development Regimes, Institutions, Critical Junctures and Path Dependence.” Town Planning Review 86, no. 4 (June 2015): 411–36. doi:10.3828/tpr.2015.26.

Week 7: October 25 — Regional Planning and the Problems of Growth

ROUGH PAPER DRAFT DUE White, Richard. Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe in Historical

Perspective. Accessed September 5, 2016. http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2500534&R=2500534

Filion, Pierre. “Balancing Concentration and Dispersion? Public Policy and Urban Structure in Toronto.” Enviornment and Planning C 18 (n.d.): 163–89.

Grant, Jill L., and Stephanie Bohdanow. “New Urbanism Developments in Canada: A Survey.” Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability 1, no. 2 (2008): 109–27.

Week 8: Nov. 1 — Plan Implementation: Urban Design Guidelines, Public-Private

Partnerships, Non-Regulatory Planning Punter, John (2002) “Urban Design as Public Policy: Evaluating the Design Dimension

of Vancouver’s Planning System.” International Planning Studies 7(4), p265-282. Cal Brook and Matt Reid (2016) “The Toronto Avenues and Mid-Rise Buidling Study” in

Planning Canada, A Case Study Approach, Ren Thomas ed., Toronto: Oxford Press, pp. 315-324.

James, Ryan K. “From ‘Slum Clearance’ to ‘Revitalisation’: Planning, Expertise and Moral Regulation in Toronto’s Regent Park.” Planning Perspectives 25, no. 1 (January 2010): 69–86. doi:10.1080/02665430903421742.

NOVEMBER 6-10: Fall Reading Week – NO CLASS

Week 9: Nov. 15 — Transportation Plans and Planning ROUGHT DRAFT RETURNED Anna Kramer and Christian Mettke (2016) “The Death and Life of ‘Transit City’:

Searching for Sustainable Transport in Toronto’s Inner Suburbs” in Planning Canada, A Case Study Approach, Ren Thomas ed., Toronto: Oxford Press, pp.374-383.

Ahmed El-Geneidy, Zachary Patterson, and Evelyne St-Louis (2015) “Transport and Land-Use Interactions in Cities: Getting Closer to Opportunities” in Canadian Cities in

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Transition: Perspectives for an Urban Age, (eds. P Filion, M Moos, T Vinodrai, R Walker) Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press,.

Hess, Paul M. “Avenues or Arterials: The Struggle to Change Street Building Practices in Toronto, Canada” 14, no. 1 (February 1, 2009): 1–28.

Week 10: Nov. 22. — Planning, Public Participation, and Politics

James Lightbody (2006) Chapt 7 “Interests and Lobbying at City Hall” in City Politics Canada, Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, pp. 263-302

Fainstein, Susan (2000) “New Directions in Planning Theory” Urban Affairs Review 35(4): 451-78. Midterm Exam

Qadeer, M. A. (1997), Pluralistic Planning for Multicultural Cities: The Canadian Practice, Journal of the American Planning Association, 63, pp.481 - 494.

Week 11: Nov. 29. — Toronto Planning Case Study

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Week 12: Dec. 6. — Planners, The Planning Profession, and the Future of Planning Planners Panel -- FINAL PAPER DUE Jill L Grant and Pierre Filion. Emerging urban forms in the Canadian city. Chapter å17.

Canadian Cities in Transition: Perspectives for an Urban Age, (eds. P Filion, M Moos, T Vinodrai, R Walker) Fifth Edition, Oxford University Press, pp. 288-304.

Final Exam: To be scheduled by Faculty of Arts and Sciences

General Course Information Contacting me: Students should make use of my office hours to discuss the course – I am very happy to see students, hear their concerns about the course, discuss course content etc. Use email for setting up appointments and asking short questions. Do not ask questions that require more than a sentence or two for response. I will try to get back to students within 24 hours, not including weekends. If you do not hear from me within this period, please send another message. Do not contact me by telephone. Course Website: This course is available through the University’s Learning Portal, also known as Blackboard (https://portal.utoronto.ca). Selected readings and other course material will be posted on this site. Students enrolled in the course should be able to see the link once they enter the Learning Portal using their UTORID and password. Information on using Blackboard is available on the Portal Information and Help page (http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca/content/information-students). You can also obtain further help relating to the use of Blackboard by emailing: portal.help@utoronto.ca.

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Assignment 1. Neighbourhood Interpretation: The assignment is due Oct 4, 2017. Students are expected to take an interpretative walk in their neighbourhood or another Toronto district and careful observe it’s built form and planning issues based on class readings and some supplemental information.. Based on their observations, stundents should submit a 1,250 1,500 word paper (about 4-5 pages double spaces). – Paper and digital copy required at time of hand-in. Assignment 2. Planning Issues Paper: This assignment is due in two parts. A paper draft is due on October 25, 2017. This will be returned with comments on Nov. 15, as we return from reading week. Then, a final draft is due on the last day of class, Dec. 6, 2017. The paper will be focused on on a contemporary planning issue. I will hand out a set of potential topics, and student should select one to research and write up a paper of no more than 3,000 words (about 10 pages) plus bibliography, illustrations, etc. Paper and digital copy required at time of hand-in. Readings: There is no textbook for this course. Course readings will be available on Blackboard. For students interested in a general textbook on Canadian planning, they may purchase: Gordon Hodge and David Gordon (2007) Planning Canadian Communities: An Introduction to the Principles, Practice and Participants. 5th or 6thEdition. Toronto: Thomson Nelson. This should be available at U of T bookstore or on-line retailers. THIS BOOK IS NOT REQUIRED AND YOU WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CONTENT ON EXAMS. Plagiarism, University Rules, and Turnitin Academic integrity is fundamental to learning and scholarship at the University of Toronto -- Plagiarism is a serious academic offence and will not be tolerated. The University of Toronto’s Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters outlines the behaviours that constitute academic misconduct, the processes for addressing academic offences, and the penalties that may be imposed. You are expected to be familiar with the contents of this document. Plagiarism includes quoting or paraphrasing the work of another author, including that of fellow students, without proper citation. Other offenses include submitting your own work in more than one course without the permission of the instructor or falsifying or altering documentation such as doctor’s notes. Please familiarize yourself with U of T’s Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters (http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/osai/The-rules/code/the-code-of-behaviour-on-academic-matters) and check the “How not to plagiarize” website (http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-to-plagiarize).

Turnitin: The planning issues paper should be submitted electronically through Turnitin.com and a paper copy should be submitted directly to me. Please see the statement on Turnitin below: Normally, students will be required to submit their course essays to Turnitin.com for a review of textual similarity and detection of possible plagiarism. In doing so, students will allow their essays to be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database, where they will be used solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. The terms that apply to the University's use of the Turnitin.com service are described on the Turnitin.com web site.

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Please see the following webpage to for further information on Turnitin: http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca/content/submit-turnitin-assignment You may also contact the Arts and Science Student Union (ASSU) about your rights as a student. Late Assignments: Written assignments for this class are to be submitted in both a print and electronic form. All assignments are to be handed in at the beginning of class on the day they are due (Wednesday at 10:10am). In the classroom SSH2125. Late papers must be submitted to the department dropbox outside of 5047 of SSH and will be time-stamped at 5pm on the day of submission. . A paper stamped 5p on Wednesday will be considered one day late (including assignments handed in after class has begun). Late assignments will be penalised 5% each weekday and each weekend late (weekends count the same as one weekday). No assignments will be accepted more than one week after the due date unless the student has obtained prior permission from the instructor in the case of documented illness or other extenuating circumstances. Extensions will only be granted in the case of documented illness (see http://illnessverification.utoronto.ca) or personal emergency. If a personal emergency arises that prevents you from submitting your assignment on time, contact your College Registrar immediately so that you can assemble the proper collaborating documentation. Missed Exam: The final exam in administered through the Faculty of Arts and Science. Students who are unable to write their examinations due to illness, etc., should contact their College Registrar (see "Petitions Regarding Examinations" in the Calendar - http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/petitions/common#deferred) Academic skills: There are resources at U of T to help you develop skills of reading, writing, studying, and researching. Please consider accessing Robarts Library research and reference services (https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/robarts-reference-and-research-services), Writing Centres (http://www.writing.utoronto.ca), the Academic Success Centre (http://www.asc.utoronto.ca), and the English Language Learning programs (http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/advising/ell). Accessibility Needs: The University of Toronto is committed to accessibility. If you require accommodations or have any accessibility concerns, please visit: http://www.accessibility.utoronto.ca/. You may also contact me if you have any academic concerns. I am personally committed to the idea of educational accessibility.