Topic outline

  • Welcome to the course!

    Responsible teacher

    Dominic Stead, dominic.stead@aalto.fi


    Other contributors

    Dorina Pojani, University of Queensland (guest lecture, session 9)

    Meredith Glaser, University of Amsterdam (guest lecture, session 11)


    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 12 sessions:
      1. What’s the problem?  Monday 24 October 2022
      2. Mobility and accessibility. Wednesday 26 October 2022
      3. Why and how do governments intervene? Monday 31 October 2022
      4. Who decides? Who wins, who loses? Wednesday 2 November 2022
      5. The public interest. Monday 7 November 2022
      6. Policy design and integration. Wednesday 9 November 2022
      7. Policy assessment and evaluation. Monday 14 November 2022
      8. Why do policy approaches differ? Wednesday 16 November 2022
      9. Policy learning and transfer. Monday 21 November 2022
      10. Developing policies for sustainable urban development.  Wednesday 23 November 2022
      11. Synthesis and Q&A. Monday 28 November 2022
      12. Dialogue with practitioners. Wednesday 30 November 2022