PLAN300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Post-Structuralism, Wicked Problem, Visible Minority

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Planning
• Course: PLAN300
• Professor: Jennifer Dean

Document Summary

Take residents in certain parts of the city: housing affordability, transportation, shift towards active transportation. Increasing number of municipalities creating master plans for transportation. Increasing public participation and public diversity: awareness of politicking" and power in decision-making, complex systems approach to human settlements, automation of built form and design, transportation, neoliberalism and economic priority, anti-government and far-right or left momentum. The relationship between space, social prosperity and health: diversity in planning, according to the 2016 census, over 51% of toronto identifies as a visible minority, characteristics of a welcoming community, fostering of social capital. Underlying theories: social justice, equity, public participation, collaborative approach, relational perspectives of place, places of diversity and difference, caution: efficient cities, environmental determinism, objective prsactitioner. Provide evidence (from course or personal experiences) from the course as well as from outside (professional or personal) to make your case: social justice continues to be a desired outcome of planning practice.