Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Cornell University/CRP 2000 Promise and Pitfalls of Contemporary Planning (Fall 2021)

City and regional planning is a field that seeks not only to understand the processes that shape cities and regions, but to steward their built and natural systems and to address the needs of their ever-shifting communities. Planning is interdisciplinary, drawing from the social sciences, public policy, natural sciences, humanities, economics, real estate, and geography, among other sources of knowledge and expertise to address wicked problems. Planners envision future scenarios and help communities consider alternative paths; regulate, incentivize and otherwise manage land development; inform decision makers and engage the public; partner with multiple public and private actors; and in many other ways assist in charting future courses of action. Planners operate in the context of economic and social change, conflict, and the many considerable hazards related to uncertainty. The legacy of planning is complicated and consists of both mixed successes and failures.

This course provides a critical and pragmatic path through the past, present, and future trajectories of planning practice and theory. We discuss predictable and emerging tensions and opportunities in a field that is dynamic and ever-changing. Planning must continually respond to forces of urban change, to new paradigms and planning theories, and to shifts in expectations for professional practice. We survey planning processes, the role of planning in relation to multiple publics and decision-makers; and the ways in which planners, politicians, citizens, and other actors seek to manage and participate in shaping the future of communities.

Week 3
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Week 4
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 7
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10
Learn how to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 11
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 12
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 16
You will have only a couple minutes to share what you did in class.

USE the questions on CANVAS - follow the instructions there.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!