Topic outline

  • Welcome to the course!

    This year's course will take place fully online. It would have been great to see you all in the classroom but face-to-face classes are not possible in Period 2 of 2021.


    Responsible teacher

    Dominic Stead, dominic.stead@aalto.fi


    Other contributors

    Meredith Glaser, University of Amsterdam (guest lecture, session 9)


    Learning outcomes

    After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

    •     explain the interactions between land use and transport policies
    •     elaborate how different stakeholders influence land use and transport plans
    •     differentiate between different types of policy instruments used in land use and transport plans
    •     analyze and assess the impacts of plans, policies and instruments
    •     identify the reasons for the constancy and flux of different policies


      Course structure

      The course comprises 11 sessions:
      1. What’s the problem?  Monday 1 November 2021
      2. Mobility and accessibility. Wednesday 3 November 2021
      3. Why and how do governments intervene? Monday 8 November 2021
      4. Who decides? Who wins, who loses? Wednesday 10 November 2021
      5. The public interest. Monday 15 November 2021
      6. Policy design and integration. Wednesday 17 November 2021
      7. Policy assessment and evaluation. Monday 22 November 2021
      8. Why do policy approaches differ? Wednesday 24 November 2021
      9. Policy learning and transfer. Monday 29 November 2021
      10. Developing policies for sustainable urban development.  Wednesday 1 December 2021
      11. Q&A (on demand). Wednesday 8 December 2021

      Assessment

      The grades for the assignments and home exam will be weighted as follows:
      Assignment 1 
      		   14%
      Assignment 2
      		    14%
      Assignment 3
      		    14%
      Home exam
      		    58%
      Total
      		    100%

      Grading scale

      Grade   
      		Verbal (EN)   
      		Verbal (FI)
      		 Verbal (SE) 
      0
      		 fail hylätty underkänd   
      1 passable välttävä försvarlig
      2 satisfactory   
      		tyydyttävä nöjaktig
      3 good hyvä god
      4 very good
      		 kiitettävä berömlig
      5 excellent erinomainen   
      		utmärkt