Overview
Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Unit Coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Investigate and assess key challenges facing contemporary
and future cities, with a focus on issues in the sustainable
development domain;
Explore the complexity of city evolution and planning, including
social and technical elements;
Describe and evaluate fundamental principles of the Water
Sensitive Cities paradigm and Net Zero decarbonisation
agenda, and their relevance to cities;
Identify and practise skills for strategic and tactical approaches
to influencing change toward sustainable development of cities;
Integrate disciplinary and paradigmatic approaches to design or
redesign a case study urban location, grounded in theory,
evidence and practice.
Assessment summary
Within semester assessment: 100%
This will include a mix of written assessment and group projects with a written component as well as oral assessment (such as in-class presentations or debates).