Regional Planning (8th semester)

The scope of the course is to provide the theoretical and methodological background that would enable a student to participate in the design and implementation of urban, regional and development plans. The course consists of both theory and applications. More specifically the theoretical part includes: Introduction to concepts in planning; theory in planning; the planning process; goal and objectives setting; delineation of regions; regional data base development; scenario planning and analysis; scenario evaluation; development of policy packages; regional planning in Greece; institutional framework for the implementation of regional plans; regional planning in Europe. The applied part on the other hand elaborates on the implementation of a regional plan for one of the administrative units of the country (e.g. nomos), following the methodological steps presented during the theoretical part of the course.