Micro-Course in Communicative Planning for Urban Mobility

The Micro-Course in Communicative Planning for Urban Mobility online course presents different approaches to, cases, and applications of communicative urban mobility planning. Collaborative and participatory planning practices are offered as one solution to solve planning challenges in a complex stakeholder network and to ensure the best quality outcome. Communicative planning practices are not new to urban, urban mobility, and transportation planning, but implementing these practices still raises many questions. One of the key aims of this course is to empower and motivate you to explore different collaborative and participatory planning practices and use them in your work.

Key topics:

• Overview of planning concepts and policies
• Background and context for current planning processes and paradigms
• Tools and methodologies for collaboration and participation
• Case examples of community engagement and participatory planning processes

Benefits

This course is based on the understanding that successful and sustainable urban mobility planning should be done in collaboration with citizens and communities, city officials, private businesses, and other stakeholders. With the help of our course faculty, we will give you an understanding of the context and the world in which we operate, as well as some of the challenges that planners face. We will investigate the role of policy and decision-makers and look at different tools and methodologies for collaboration and participation. Case examples will be shared to help you to understand how the tools apply to real planning cases.

• This online course is designed to support independent study optimally. Course contents and methods, and tools are hand-picked to be applied in your working environment.
• The course is built with faculty members from the Aalto University Department of Built Environment, industry professionals, and public sector representatives.
• Research in collaborative and participatory planning urban planning processes has a long tradition at the Aalto University Department of Built Environment, and several academic articles have been published on this matter. They are combining the faculty know-how guarantees relevant, high-quality content and impactful learning experiences.