PLAN233 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Philosophical Perspectives, Visible Minority, Post-Structuralism
29 May 2016
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What is social planning: dealing with society (people/communities/populations) Actually planning urban environments for people vs. plan for people, e. g. access to healthcare, etc. Cip: planning means the scientific, aesthetic, orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities, and services with a view to securing physical economic and social efficient, health and well being of urban and rural communities. Definition: social planning: city building, prioritizes people and their well being in the st and lt, quality of life, longevity, existence, culture: the collective norms, values, beliefs, practices, artifacts of a society. Canada"s facing a big social planning challenge; refugees: major political campaign promise, a lot of refugees accepted into canada. When did social planning start? (canadian context: protecting resources (historically, managing space (early 20th c, promoting place (late 20th c, people first. Key moments: 1930s, league for social reconstruction. Social planning doe canada report: planners, architects, social worker, 1960s. Jane jacobs: urbanist and writer, places for people agenda, advocates of people first.
