Current and future significant tasks of Spatial Planning in Switzerland. In addition to the existing inner development of settlements, the importance of new challenges such as climate adaptation and the implementation of the mobility turn is rising. What they have in common is the need of methods and instruments for exploring, clarifying and solving complex tasks.
Learning objective
The aim of the course is the acquaintance and the comprehension of tasks, methods and instruments of spatial planning in Switzerland and to discuss them in the light of future challenges.In particular, the methodological modules of the course form an essential basis for working on the two study projects of the MAS programme.
Content
starting point of the course are existing and future spatially significant tasks. In addition to the presentation and description of typical challenges using case studies, the focus is also on the understanding of context and relationships as well as constants and variables of spatial development. Different types of tasks and the resulting consequences for their clarification and solution are also discussed.
The tasks are contrasted with a brief overview of existing spatial planning instruments in Switzerland. On the one hand, the aim is to develop a common understanding of the formal and informal procedures and instruments of spatial planning; on the other hand, these are also to be discussed with regard to their effectiveness for current and future challenges.
At the centre of the teaching unit is the teaching and methodological basis for exploring, clarifying and solving complex issues. These refer to the questions and pitfalls of perceiving and dealing with complexity, to methodological elements of processes for clarifying difficult spatially significant tasks with a large number of actors involved, as well as methods of situation assessment, design and decision-making as a basis for developing solutions.
Lecture notes
A reader with central elements of the course and background information will be provided
