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The course starts with a short introduction into spatial planning in the Netherlands and other countries. The next part deals with planning retail facilities and public facilities, both in terms of supply and demand. Retail facilities will be discussed at the level of urban areas and at the level of shopping centers. Small groups of students compare and assess facilities in different urban areas. The last part of the course is about predicting the development of urban areas. Methods to predict the size and composition of the future population and the corresponding housing demand, as well as so called land use models are introduced. Students will gain experience with such methods and models.

• Urban Planning I (bachelor course)

• Managing place and property
• Urban Research Methods
• Redevelopment of problem areas
• Built environment and smart mobility

• I have gained a broader knowledge about retail real estate and how to find trends in the field of real estate. furthermore I have learned to roughly forecast the future land use and likeliness of shops surviving in the current circumstances.
• Analysing
• I applied my teamwork skills during the group assignments.
• Checking if a shopping center is working well

• Ireland’s spatial planning system
• The retail structure of Groningen
• Analysis of Westfield Mall of The Netherlands
• The public facilities in Groningen
• Fictional population & housing demand forecast
• Fictional land-use allocation
• Fictional land-use modelling

• The teacher is very interested in cases outside the Netherlands, especially if you’re an international student and can share your own experiences with the casus.
• Foreign countries