Overview

Climate change, population growth and rapid urbanisation pose significant threats to the sustainability and resilience of cities and their communities across the world. Most urban planning and resource service delivery strategies – including water and energy – reflect 20thcentury practices that are no longer suitable for our increasingly complex and … For more content click the Read More button below.

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Associate Professor Annette Bos

Unit Coordinator(s)

Mr David Robertson

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1.

Investigate and assess key challenges facing contemporary
and future cities, with a focus on issues in the sustainable
development domain;

2.

Explore the complexity of city evolution and planning, including
social and technical elements;

3.

Describe and evaluate fundamental principles of the Water
Sensitive Cities paradigm and Net Zero decarbonisation
agenda, and their relevance to cities;

4.

Identify and practise skills for strategic and tactical approaches
to influencing change toward sustainable development of cities;

5.

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).

Workload requirements

Workload
Off campus attendance requirements