FINAL CASE STUDY: CHALLENGES FACING URBAN PLANNERS ASSIGNMENT
INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
This case study assignment is designed to test your ability to conduct effective research, gain a
nuanced understanding of complex concepts, synthesize the ideas reflected in your research with
those reflected in your required readings, and to evaluate and apply these ideas to an issue of
urban planning.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment, you will write an analysis critique of a case study in a traditional research
paper format. Specifically, you must:
1) Analyze several of the Critical Challenges Facing an Urban Planner What are they? [See
below] How do they affect the planning process? Why do they affect the planning process? What
are second-order consequences?
Some Challenges (pressures that exert a decisive influence on a planning organization’s
likelihood of future success.)
Disruptive innovations
Financing Difficulties
Fragmented and overlapping governments, authorities, and special districts
Untangling organizational purpose and organizational strategy
Social conflicts, and rapid population growth
The spread of scattered new development
Outdated planning and zoning techniques
Incorporating “what people think” (reputation and the social definition of value)
in strategic planning
2) Analyze the Solutions to each Planning and Development Challenge selected (What are they
How will they work? What are the impacts and second order consequences?)
3) Analyze the Partnerships That Can Mitigate, or Address each Planning and Development
Challenges selected using a biblical worldview (What parties are involved in the comprehensive
planning process? What do they contribute? What purpose do they serve? What are the impacts
and second order consequences of their involvement?)
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Items to include are outlined as follows:
Length of assignment is 2,400 – 3,000-words (9 – 12-pages)
o Not including title page, reference page, and any appendices.
Format of assignment: APA format with 1-inch margins, 12-pt. Times New Roman font,
and must include a title page and reference page.
Number of citations: 8 – 10 scholarly sources (in addition to the course textbooks,
assigned readings, and Biblical reference) to fully support your assertions and
conclusions. These must be cited in accordance with APA guidelines.
Acceptable sources: Use scholarly sources only. No websites, podcasts, dictionaries,
encyclopedias, or magazines. Peer reviewed journal articles, dissertations, and
textbooks only.
