Covers theories of agrarian transformation, peasants in larger economic systems, and processes of rural development. Policy focus is given to land reform, agriculture policies, agribusiness, cooperatives and participation, Asian socialism and gender in rural planning. A spatial planning framework for rural development covers non-farm employment, culture, area development and environmental concerns. Topics include land use planning for urban neighborhoods and small towns, the theory and practice of neighborhood planning, neighborhood and community dynamics, and reinvestment and stabilization. The emphasis is on the spatial organization of building structures, activity location and land utilization.
Students conduct individual case study analyses on selected topics.
As anticipatory research and social forecasting, SIA estimates and appraises the condition of society as organized and changed by major development projects, alerts decision-makers to significant factors in the social environment affected by a proposed policy, and involves affected parties in the definition of social impacts. Includes state of the art, appropriate methodologies and planning applications. Examples from Hawaii and its development of energy alternatives and land developments. This course builds upon Plan 601, but focuses on the application of methods and models in such specialized areas as land use and transportation planning, economic development, and environmental planning and resource management. Focuses on land use, location theory, zoning, land and house speculation, assembly and the holdout, development timing, anti-speculation taxation, housing programs, rent controls, environmental pollution, freeway congestion and pricing, rapid transit investment analysis and modal split.