GEOG384 Envisioning Sustainable Cities

Overview

An evaluation of theoretical concepts, debates and worldviews relevant to envisaging ‘just’ urban sustainability, based on comparative critical analyses of city transformations led by Indigenous, environmental and/or equity imperatives.

About this paper

Prerequisite

54 GEOG points

Restriction

GEOG 215

Schedule C

Arts and Music, Science

Contact

geography@otago.ac.nz

More information link

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Teaching staff

Course Co-ordinator: Professor Michelle Thompson-Fawcett

Paper Structure

Lectures: The mode of teaching is based primarily on lectures. However, active student involvement in class, small group discussions and brainstorming sessions will be encouraged.

Seminars: There is a seminar programme that runs on alternate weeks of the semester. Students must prepare a draft reading log in advance of the seminar sessions.

Assessment is 60% internal (on-going during the semester) and 40% external (final examination).

Teaching Arrangements

2 lectures per week and a series of seminars scheduled in alternate weeks over the 13 weeks of semester.

Textbooks

Textbooks are not required for this paper.
Suggested readings will be identified.

Graduate Attributes Emphasised

Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Teamwork.
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Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this paper are expected to be able:

• To demonstrate a critical understanding and evaluation of the contested and provisional nature of
  1. Some of the major concerns with regard to urban issues, outcomes and processes
  2. Various urban planning theories and associated discourses and practices
  3. Some key principles and concepts that underpin urban visions and urban transformations
• To search for, retrieve and reference analytical information about urban transformation through use of academic and popular literature available in print and online sources

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