Gwybodaeth am Fodiwlau
Course Delivery
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Module Essay 1 2000 Words | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Module Essay 2 2000 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Module Essay 1 2000 Words | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Module Essay 2 2000 Words | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
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.
Brief description
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.
Content
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
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Developed through analysis of key UN data sets on urban risk and development. |
| Communication | Developed in a written from through the two essay assignments. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | 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. |
| Information Technology | 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. |
| Personal Development and Career planning | The assignments are designed to be policy-relevant and will thus be directly relevant for those interested in careers in urban and environmental planning. |
| Problem solving | In these assignments students are expected to critically assess the environmental risks being faced by different cities and propose modifications to existing policy frameworks. |
| Research skills | 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. |
| Subject Specific Skills | Geographical case study analysis of specific cities Thinking through the connections between urban political and economic systems and environmental processes. |
| Team work | This skill will be developed through group discussions and projects in the Workshop sessions. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6