PLAN300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Behavioural Insights Team, Smart Growth, Behavioural Sciences

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Formally 2 types of explanations/drivers of social change: structuralist: social structures organize the social relations that guide social change (capitalism, patriarchy, imperialism, humanist: individuals acct independent of (albeit collectively) social relations. Hybrid option we aren"t puppets or uninfluenced decision makers: structuration theory reciprocal nature of s-a, others. Interaction between politics (ppl, policies, priorities), political institutions and economics. Ex: uneven social housing programs across on reflect the economic conditions of accumulation (available capital), social relations (political will), and socio-political pressure (community organizing) Social, political, and cultural implications of env conditions; how humans organization shapes and is shaped by environmental circumstances. Ex: who lives close to urban green spaces; how social inequality impacts the natural environment and vice versa (climate change) This helps us understand why inequalities persist: planning as part of a bigger picture. Behavioural economists: role of agency (social, emotional, cognitive factors) in economic decision making and overall economic state (structure, psychology-economics.

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