PLAN300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Chicago Housing Authority, Transitional Housing, Urban Renewal
15 Jan 2017
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Need for ppt in early 20c: efficiency, function, aesthetics dominated, dearth of theoretical understanding about planning. Justification for the work and need of planners. What goals are we trying to achieve: large scale projects (highway infra, urban renewal, housing developments) How do planners plan: because they weren"t doing a very good job. Developed affordable housing since 1937: low income families, transitional housing for veterans wwii. 1965 major court case between cha and residents: racial discrimination, concentration of public housing in low income, ethically diverse neighbourhoods. Included all potential solutions and all potential outcomes. Scientific / rational model where experts objectively assess the problem and each alternative solution: need an expert! Steps in rcp: consider all possible courses of action (options, brainstorm. Identify and evaluate all consequences of each option: analyse, forecast, assess, model, predict, select option tat would achieve the community"s valued objective, debate, prioritize, decision-make.
