Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience

Cod y Modiwl: GS37520
Teitl y Modiwl: Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience
Blwyddyn Academaidd: 2026/2027
Semester: Semester 2
Cyd-gysylltydd y Modiwl: Professor Mark Whitehead
Rhestr Ddarllen: Gweld ar Aspire
Staff Eraill sy'n Cyfrannu: Dr Toni Beardmore; Dr Eleri Phillips; Professor Mark Whitehead

Dulliau Asesu

Math o Asesiad	Manylion Asesiad	Cyfran
Asesiad Semester	Module Essay 1: 2000 Words	50%
Asesiad Semester	Module Essay 2: 2000 Words	50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll	Module Essay 2: 2000 Words	50%
Asesiad Ailsefyll	Module Essay 1: 2000 Words	50%

Canlyniadau Dysgu

Wedi cwblhau'r modiwl dylai'r myfyrwyr fedru:

Describe and critically evaluate theories of urban environmental risk and resilience
Specify clearly the economic and political processes that have given rise to the geographical spread and expansion of modern cities
Exemplify the affects that contemporary patterns of urban development are having on metropolitan food, water, climatic, and ecological resilience
Describe and critically evaluate the policies that specific case study cities are developing in order to generate enhanced forms of urban social and ecological resilience
Show in their written assignments the development of transferable skills related to: the reading, analysis and application of academic source material in to an argument in a written form; the interpretation and evaluation of specified policy initiatives in a written form, and the ability to convey analyses of urban environmental risk and resilience through written and visual media.

Disgrifiad cryno

This module introduces students to the connections that exist between urbanization and range of environmental risks. Focusing on the connections between cities and their supply of water, air, land, food and energy, this module considers how contemporary patterns of urban sprawl and spatially expansive development not only threaten local environmental systems, but also climatic and hydrological processes at larger geographical scales. Drawing on case study cities from around the world, this module enables students to critically analyze the various urban policies that have been put in place to militate against ecological risk and encourage metropolitan resilience.

Cynnwys

Section 1: Introduction.
Weeks 1-4: An introduction to key concepts and case studies.

Section 2: Urban Risk and Resilience in Practice
Weeks 5-9: Exploring thematic examples of the urban risks being faced by different cities (incl. seismic hazards, food and water supply, extreme weather, and energy supply).

Section 3:
Week 10: Poster Presentations

Sgiliau Modiwl

Math o Sgiliau	Manylion Sgiliau
Cyfathrebu	Developed in a written from through the two essay assignments.
Datblygu personol a chynllunio gyrfa	The assignments are designed to be policy-relevant and will thus be directly relevant for those interested in careers in urban and environmental planning.
Datrys Problemau	In these assignments students are expected to critically assess the environmental risks being faced by different cities and propose modifications to existing policy frameworks.
Gwaith Tim	This skill will be developed through group discussions and projects in the Workshop sessions.
Gwella dysgu a pherfformiad ei hun	The assessment for this module has been deliberately devised to provide iterative steps for students in the development of their learning performance. The summative feedback that the students receive for Essay 1 will inform preparation for Essay 2.
Rhifedd	Developed through analysis of key UN data sets on urban risk and development.
Sgiliau pwnc penodol	Geographical case study analysis of specific cities Thinking through the connections between urban political and economic systems and environmental processes.
Sgiliau ymchwil	Students are expected to research and synthesize a range of academic and policy source material in the completion of each of the assignments outlined above.
Technoleg Gwybodaeth	Word-processing packages (MS Word) in completion of written work.Use of extensive United Nation's Electronic Catalogue of Urban Risk and Sustainability policy documentation.

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