Land Use Planning
The Land Use Planning group (LUP) is studying the process and substance of spatial planning. Spatial planning is a discipline on the nexus of practice and science. Spatial planning in practice relates to a wide variety of activities such as analysing the spatial organisation, organising planning processes and designing plans and visions for future situations. Spatial planning as a scientific discipline reflects on these practices and develops new insights and knowledge about (spatial) concepts, strategies and instruments.
More about this thesis track
Doing an MSc thesis in Land Use Planning within the Urban Environmental Management programme is about reflecting on planning situations and explaining what is going on: Which people and mechanisms are at work and how are different aspects related to each other? Reflection on practices is an academic dimension of spatial planning education, based on diverse theories, from inside and outside the planning domain. An MSc thesis research can focus on the organisation of space, on planning processes, as well as on planners and their actions.
Ongoing research projects within the Land Use Planning group are in the domains of:
- Land development
- Urban sprawl and urban networks
- Landscape ecology and nature
- Water management
- Heritage management
- Traffic, transport and infrastructure
- Food planning and urban agriculture
Students can learn more about education and research related to spatial planning, including current research topics and guidelines for MSc thesis research, by visiting the website of the Land Use Planning group
The following courses are part of the programme Urban Environmental Management when selecting the thesis track Land Use Planning. The listed courses include the compulsory and restricted optional subjects specific for this thesis track and those that belong to the common part of the programme. Also, there is room for optional subjects which you may use to broaden your scope or to deepen your specialisation. For more information visit the study handbook or contact the study adviser.
| Subject | Code | Period* | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory subject unless advised otherwise | |||
| Principles of Urban Environmental Management | ETE-22806 | 1 AF | M1 |
| Research Methods in Environmental Science | YRM-20306 | 1, 2 MO | M1 |
| Academic Master Cluster (AMC): select one out of these two courses** | |||
| European Workshop Environmental Sciences and Management | ESA-60312 | 6 WD | M1 |
| Academic Consultancy Training and Modular Skills Training (MOS) | YMC-60809 / YMC-60303 | 1WD, 2WD, 3WD+4WD, 5WD,6WD | M1 |
| Subject | Code | Period | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compulsory | |||
| Reflections on Planning and Design Practices | LAR-37306 | 1 MO | M1 |
| Planning for Urban Quality of Life | LUP-23806 | 2 AF | M1 |
| Political Dilemmas of Spatial Planning | LUP-32806 | 4 WD | M1 |
| Planning and Design of Urban Space | ETE-33806 | 5 AF | M1 |
| MSc Thesis Land Use Planning | LUP-80436 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | M2 |
| MSc Internship Land Use Planning | LUP-70424 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | M2 |
| *MO = morning; AF = afternoon; WD = whole day | |||
| **The restricted optional subjects have to be selected in consultation with the study adviser. | |||
| This course overview is based on the Wageningen University study handbook. The study handbook is guiding in case of any discrepancy. |
Below you can see how your schedule may look like:
