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Urban Challenges and Governance

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This lecture summarizes the key points covered in the first week, including the evolution of American cities, the emergence of large cities like Istanbul, challenges faced by cities such as Mexico City, and the impact of digitalization on urban planning. It also discusses the difficulties in designing a master plan using New Delhi as an example, raising questions about urban sprawling, resilience of urban systems, the limits of planning, and the role of technology. The instructor highlights the importance of governance in addressing these urban challenges and teases the upcoming focus on governance in the next two weeks.

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Urban planning education is a practice of teaching and learning urban theory, studies, and professional practices. The interaction between public officials, professional planners and the public involves a continuous education on planning process. Community members often serve on a city planning commission, council or board. As a result, education outreach is effectively an ongoing cycle.

Urban planning

Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportation, communications, and distribution networks and their accessibility.

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Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long time. Specific definitions of this term are disputed and have varied with literature, context, and time. Experts often describe sustainability as having three dimensions (or pillars): environmental, economic, and social, and many publications emphasize the environmental dimension. In everyday use, sustainability often focuses on countering major environmental problems, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, loss of ecosystem services, land degradation, and air and water pollution.

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