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Spatial planning and strategy is a chair in the Department of Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of the Delft University of Technology. We are concerned with knowledge about the formulation, implementation and evaluation of strategic and urban planning tools - visions, strategies, plans and programmes.

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The 10 Essential Books for Spatial Planning Students

The 10 Essential Books for Spatial Planning Students

We have put together a list of 10 essential books for spatial planning students. Our choice is based on ideas put forward by staff of the Chair Spatial Planning and Strategy, compiled by Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado in 2010. We made some bold choices, especially concerning the books we’ve left out. The idea is to get your...
Presentation Tools for Research

Presentation Tools for Research

Tools for research in areas of design practice: problem finding. View more presentations from Roberto Rocco Please follow and like us:
Governance for Urbanism: Participation and Reason

Governance for Urbanism: Participation and Reason

[issuu width=420 height=158 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=111222070024-c8404b655c0b4d68957674eec2d1d09c name=participation_and_reason username=robertorocco tag=participation unit=px id=f8335ef6-773d-f10c-98bf-0051cc2fef56 v=2]   This the second lecture of the series ‘Governance for Urbanism’, where I contrast two terms relevant for spatial planing and design. In this presentation, i contrast ‘Participation’ and ‘Reason’. This lecture presents the fundamental philosophical arguments for participation in urban development, discusses the...

Governance Lecture: Teaching Governance for Urbanism

Governance Lecture Series 1: Governance for Urbanism. Please follow and like us:

Teaching for Urbanism: A didactical experience at TU Delft

Open publication – Free publishing – More academia Please follow and like us:

Introduction on Strategic Planning

This is a quite long presentation on strategic planning. It is composed by two main parts: recent shifts in the understanding of urban planning and design + basic elements of strategic planning. This presentation can be seen without a presenter (hence the text). Introduction on Strategic Planning View more presentations from Roberto Rocco. Please follow...

Methodology for Urbanism: Introductory Lecture 1

Introduction lecture for the course Methodology for Urbanism: Issues of research in an area of design practice Please follow and like us:

Academic Research in Areas of Design Practice

On Sept 11, 2009, the chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy (Urbanism) organizes an all-day event about the relationship between research and design practice. The invited guests are Professor Michael Biggs and Dr. Daniela Buchler, University of Hertfordshire, UK, leading researchers in the field. When? Sept 11, 2009-09-01 Location: Bouwkunde, Belagezaal (from 8:45 to 13:00),...
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