The Extent of Policy Engagement in Sustainable Urban Design

The Extent of Policy Engagement in Sustainable Urban Design

  Order Topic: Urban Design and Sustainability Instruction:

Essay Level: Master’s Subject:  Postgraduate Planning and Development

THIS IS A POSTGRADUATE ESSAY IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT: 3000 WORD POLICY ANALYSIS ESSAY: Evaluate and discuss the extent of policy engagement in sustainable urban design as a contributor to the quality of public realm and related sustainable development objectives.

 

Individual component for assessment:

  1. Literature review (40%)
  2. Document analysis (50%)
  3. Presentation (written) (10%)

 

This first element of assessment is your opportunity to individually assess and discuss the extent to which sustainable urban design has been factored into policy objectives for place making. Consider the predetermined area of downtown Central Reading, and identify relevant policy documents. Analyse these documents in support of your discussion of the following:

 

  1. Evaluate and discuss the extent of policy engagement in sustainable urban design as a contributor to the quality of public realm and related sustainable development objectives.
  2. Is the public realm addressed? If so, how has it been framed or communicated within the documents you have chosen to analyse?
  3. Is the public realm linked to particular policy objectives looking or claiming to further sustainability concerns?
  4. How much does urban design factor into this framing of the public realm?

 

  1. Embed your policy analysis within in a consideration of relevant literature. What does the literature say about the role of the public realm, and its qualities (i.e. its design and role as a contributor to particular policy objectives looking to address sustainability concerns)? What do your findings suggest about this literature?

 Assessment Criteria:

  1. Literature review (40%): evidence of an ability to weigh up competing perspectives on issues relevant to findings from policy analysis;
  2. Document analysis (50%): evidence of an ability to evaluate and discuss the extent of policy engagement in sustainable urban design; and of an ability to support viewpoints with examples from policy analysis; and
  3. Presentation (written) (10%): evidence of clarity of organisation and structure, fluency, grammar and spelling, and references; and of an ability to make logical and coherent arguments.

 

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