An important theme is how to negotiate the potential tensions between economic demands, social needs and ecological sustainability. One unit involves one four-hour taught session, plus eight to ten hours of individual work outside class each week, for 9 weeks. All of the units are rated under the Credit Accumulation Transfer Scheme, which provides a European standard measure of academic credit. Participants with suitable qualifications or experience may be granted exemption from individual units. The main contemporary objectives, strategies, funding regimes and agencies are introduced and analysed.
Special emphasis is on regeneration and development within metropolitan contexts.
Practical skills developed include those of how to analyse varying challenges, how to design funding bids, and how to manage programmes and budgets. Strategies for Regeneration and Economic Development this interdisciplinary unit integrates aspects of planning, economics and real estate development in order to explore the ways in which regeneration and economic development are affected by the market. The role of conflict as a source of inefficiency within the market is investigated. Strategies that could contribute to greater efficiency and effectiveness in the market and so in the process of regeneration and economic development are emphasised. These provide students with the opportunity to widen their focus and experience by choosing units from related specialisms within the School of Planning.