The module consists of a preparatory seminar part and a one-week excursion. The content focus of the module includes fundamental aspects of urban, regional and infrastructure planning as well as environmental and economic aspects and varies annually with the specific excursion programme.
The excursion offers insights into the practice of urban and regional planning and infrastructure management and serves to explain and supplement issues previously addressed in the courses. Topics include:
- Industrialisation, urbanisation, development of urban technology
- Structural change, socio-economic change, shrinkage
- Urban redevelopment, land recycling, conversion
- Master plans, strategic land management, inter-municipal cooperation
- Industrial culture
- Structural policy
