Department:

Urban Planning and Territorial Development

Course Leader:

lect.dr.urb. Matei Radu Cocheci

Teaching Staff:

conf.dr.arh. Gabriel Pascariu, asist.drd.urb Paul Mureșan-Iuga

Learning outcomes:

Familiarizing students with the concepts and basic notions of strategic planning.

Knowledge of how strategic planning processes are implemented at territorial level, in Romania and in other countries of the European Union.

Learning techniques and methods of analysis, programming, evaluation and team work, in the field of territorial strategic planning.

Understanding and applying an integrated strategic planning approach in a given territory, from analyzing the existing situation to proposing an action plan.

Content:

Content of lectures:
1. Urban management and planning.
2. The process of strategic planning.
3. Operational planning.
4. Spatial planning systems. Strategic territorial planning in Europe.
5. Strategic territorial planning in Romania - territorial planning.
6. Strategic territorial planning in Romania - regional development.
7. Institutional framework and territorial governance.

Practical themes and exercises:
1. Spatial representation of a territorial diagnosis.
2. SWOT analysis.
3. Identifying problems and defining strategic objectives.
4. Devloping the strategy (case study-based exercise).
5. Developing the action plan (case study-based exercise).
6. Logical Matrix Framework (LMF).
7. Final presentation - practica themes and exercises.

Teaching Method:

Lectures, interactive presentations, debates, individual and group exercises.

Assessment:

50 % Practical work during the semester
50 % Final exam

Bibliography:

1. Hendry, J, (2013). Management. A very short introduction. Oxford.
2. Krogerus, M. & Tschappeler, R. (2017). The Decision Book. Fifty models for strategic thinking. Profile Books Ltd.
3. Pascariu, G., (coord.), (2004) Conceptual and methodological model for setting up a system of specific relations for regional planning in Romania, in the context of sustainable development of functional areas, AMTRANS Project no. 1A01 (research synthesis), UAUIM.
4. Ianăși, L. (2014). Strategic urban planning - a model. Editura Universității ”Ion Mincu”, București.
5. World Bank, (2018). Guide for developing strategies.
6. Rădulescu, M., (coord.), 2009, Methodological framework for the elaboration of documents for territorial strategic planning in conformity with European practice in the field, UAUIM, CICADIT.
7. *** Manual for Strategic Planning, (2009) GoR-SGG (www.sgg.ro/index.php?politici_publice_documente).
8. Strategies and programmes from european countries or from Romania.