Course

Sustainable City Regions (BYG610)

Sustainable city regions are the topic of this course. The driving forces behind changes in settlement structures, the location of homes and jobs, and land use and transport are studied. What are the problems and challenges? What role has land use and transport planning in the city regional development?


Dette er emnebeskrivelsen for studieåret 2017-2018

See course description and exam/assesment information for this semester (2024-2025)

Semesters

Fakta

Emnekode

BYG610

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Spring

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Spring

Timeplan

Vis timeplan

Content

Regional processes tied to the technological, social and demographic changes are treated under the perspective of sustainable development. Topics are urbanization, sprawl, environmental problems and measures to combat such problems. Theories on regional changes, driving forces and urbanization processes and the move towards public private

Partnerships in planning are dealt with. Strategic planning and processes on the city and regional levels, and integrated land use and transport planning are important themes.

Learning outcome

The course shall give the students insight into the city regional development processes, the methods for analysis and knowledge about tools to generate more robust and sustainable cities. The course will give theoretical background and methodological skills to on a strategic level work with regional processes within land use and transport development, and the localization of homes, jobs, etc. The aim is to give the students insight in strategic spatial planning as a tool to improve the environment, reduce climate emissions and increase sustainability. They will develop a critical perspective on the city regional development and understanding of which groups that lose and which gain from that.

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid Exam system Withdrawal deadline Exam date
Assessments 67/100 Letter grades — — —
Group work 2/3 Letter grades — — —
Individual 1/3 Letter grades — — —
Oral examination and presentation 33/100 Letter grades — — —


The examination consists of an oral examination and presentation that count 33% and task that counts 67%.

Fagperson(er)

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Course teacher:

Daniela Müller-Eie

Course teacher:

Anders Langeland

Course teacher:

Todor Kesarovski

Course teacher:

David Chapman

Course coordinator:

David Chapman

Method of work

Project based teaching treat real life problems and challenges for city regions.

Åpent for

Master and PhD students at UiS

Emneevaluering

Project and oral exam.

Litteratur

Birch, E., ed. (2009) The Urban and Regional Planning Reader, Routledge

Hall, P. & Tewdwr-Jones, M. (2011) Urban and Regional planning, Routledge

Articles and actual plans and planning documents to be decided.

Kontakt

Head of Department:

Tore Markeset

Course teacher:

Daniela Müller-Eie

Course teacher:

Anders Langeland

Course teacher:

Todor Kesarovski

Course teacher:

David Chapman

Course coordinator:

David Chapman

Tilbys av

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Safety, Economics and Planning

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1