The main objective of the course is to comprehensively address theoretical issues, in close relation to real world practice and applications, with an added emphasis in the spatial dimension, mainly as conceived in the fields of Urban and Regional planning. The basic axes of the course address the typologies of the theories of space and planning.

Among the themes covered are the conceptualization of space, the production of space, and the evolution and development of schools or trends in the theories of planning and in planning practice. Topics covered include ‘comprehensive planning’, advocacy planning and related social issues-sensitive trends like equity planning, critical or radical theories, the influence of systems theory and structuralism, the question of place identity, the question of ethical and moral issues, the semeiotic dimension, and the question of complexity and chaos in the production of space and in planning.

– 10 % : Active participation

– 35 % : Individual assignment / paper on a subject chosen by each student, spanning 3 courses of the semester.

– 55 % : Individual assignment / paper on a subject chosen by each student. Presentation of the paper accounts for 15%.

• ΑΝΔΡΙΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ, Ε., ΓΙΑΝΝΑΚΟΥ, Α., ΚΑΥΚΑΛΑΣ, Γ., ΠΙΤΣΙΑΒΑ-ΛΑΤΙΝΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ, Μ. (2007/2014) Πόλη και Πολεοδομικές Πρακτικές: Για τη Βιώσιμη Αστική Ανάπτυξη, Αθήνα: Kριτική. [Κεφάλαιo 2]
• ΑΡΑΒΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ Α. (1984/2007), Πολεοδομικός Σχεδιασμός: Για Μία Βιώσιμη Ανάπτυξη του Χώρου, Αθήνα: Συμμετρία. [τα κεφάλαια 2, 3, 4 και 5]
• ΒΑΣΕΝΧΟΒΕΝ, Λ. (2002) ‘Η δημοκρατικότητα του σχεδιασμού του χώρου και η αμφισβήτηση του ορθολογικού μοντέλου’, Αειχώρος, 1 (1), 30-49.
• ALEXANDER, E. (1985/1992) Approaches to Planning: Introduction to Current Planning Theories, Luxemburg: Gordon & Breach Science Publishers.
• ALLMENDINGER, P. (2001/2009) Planning Theory, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
• ALLMENDINGER, P., CHAPMAN, M. (επ.) (1999) Planning Beyond 2000, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons
• CAMPBELL S. και FAINSTEIN S. (ed.) (1996/2003) Readings in Planning Theory, Oxford: Blackwell
• CAPELLO, R. (2007), Regional Economics, London: Routledge (κεφ. 1)
• COOKE, P. (1983) Theories of Planning and Spatial Development (London: Hutchinson).
• KOUSIDONIS, C. (2010) ‘Front page planning’, 24th Annual AESOP Congress Space is Luxury, Helsinki
• LE GATES R.T. και STOUT F. (ed.) (1996/2007) The City Reader (London: Routledge). [κυρίως τα άρθρα των Lynch, Mumford, Howard, Geddes, Hall]
• MAY, J., THRIFT, N. (ed.) (2001) Timespace: The Geographies of Temporality, London: Routledge.
• SANDERCOCK L. (1998/ 2003) Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities (Chichester: John Wiley & Sons).
• SHORT, J.R. (2006) Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
• TAYLOR, N. (1998) Urban Planning Theory since 1945 (London: Sage).