Regional Policy and Planning.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. The course will review recent regional settlement patterns, survey the history of regional policy and planning efforts to understand the barriers to, and limits of, regional planning and governance. Students will see how regional planning has advanced over the years, toward an increasing acceptance of “soft” regional planning and flexible initiatives such as inter-jurisdictional partnerships and councils of government. Further, the course will consider the important role of states and the federal government in promoting regional planning and governance.