The booming real estate sector in China demands for more planners with real estate knowledge and skills, but real estate training has been marginalized in the existing physical-dominated planning education system. Aft...The booming real estate sector in China demands for more planners with real estate knowledge and skills, but real estate training has been marginalized in the existing physical-dominated planning education system. After reviewing the related international experiences, this paper examines the necessities and benef its of integrating real estate into China's planning education. It also explains the paradox embedded in the existing planning education system and considers how to restructure the planning education paradigm, so that it will provide better real estate training. The objectives here are to strengthen the curriculum, diversify students' and faculty backgrounds, seek effective ways to interact with the real estate industry, and differentiate the planning programs. The integration of real estate into planning education can cultivate more interdisciplinary professionals and should be a concern for more planning educators.展开更多
基金the Philosophy and Social Science Research Project of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (No. 2015SJB142)the Collaborative Innovation Center for New Urbanization and Social Governance in Jiangsu Province
文摘The booming real estate sector in China demands for more planners with real estate knowledge and skills, but real estate training has been marginalized in the existing physical-dominated planning education system. After reviewing the related international experiences, this paper examines the necessities and benef its of integrating real estate into China's planning education. It also explains the paradox embedded in the existing planning education system and considers how to restructure the planning education paradigm, so that it will provide better real estate training. The objectives here are to strengthen the curriculum, diversify students' and faculty backgrounds, seek effective ways to interact with the real estate industry, and differentiate the planning programs. The integration of real estate into planning education can cultivate more interdisciplinary professionals and should be a concern for more planning educators.