PLANNING DESIGN IV (PDES 431)
Assignment 1: Conduits of Development or Pseudo-Politico Rhetoric: The Place of Strategic (Spatial) Planning
You have been approached by the National Planning Commission to provide inputs with regards to the following:
1) Providing a critical analysis of the contemporary understanding of Strategic (Spatial) Planning from a metropolitan perspective;
2) Giving effect to the incorporation of townships (locations) in broad Strategic (Spatial) Planning processes owing to Apartheid planning
3) Providing a conceptual framework of the future genetics of Strategic (Spatial) Planning from a Public Sector point of view
Notes on Essay:
Essay Length: At least 8 pages
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References:
Make use of at least 20 journal article references of not more than 5 years.
Provide a Reader to accompany the assignment
Submission:
Date handed out: 25 March 2014
Date to be handed in: 27 May 2014 when class commences



