URP 305
Regional Planning
2
Course Description
At the end of the course, students are expected to:
1. illustrate the concept of Regional Development and planning,
2. explain the relevance of these theories to Regional Planning: Central Place Theory; Growth
Pole and Growth Centre Theory; and
3. describe the role of transportation and information flows in Regional Development Planning.
Course Outline
Nature of regional planning and regional development. Formal, functional, administrative and
planning regions, their unifying characteristic; the regional planning process; delineation
techniques, analysis of regional change and growth, economic base theory, spatial and economic
structure analysis of regions, goals formation surveys and analysis, preparation of the regional
plan, regional plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation.