GEOG215 Envisioning Sustainable Cities

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

Paper title	Envisioning Sustainable Cities
Paper code	GEOG215
Subject	Geography
EFTS	0.15
Points	18 points
Teaching period	Semester 2 (On campus)
Domestic Tuition Fees (NZD)	$1,141.35
International Tuition Fees	Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.

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Prerequisite

GEOG 102 or 108 points

Restriction

GEOG 384

Schedule C

Arts and Music, Science

Contact

geography@otago.ac.nz

More information link

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Teaching staff

Course Coordinator: 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.

Tutorials: There is a tutorial programme that runs on alternate weeks of the semester. The purpose of the tutorials is to engage in discussion and debate about the readings with your peers, learning with and from each other.

Assessment is 50% internal (on-going during the semester) and 50% external (final examination).

Teaching Arrangements

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

Textbooks

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

Graduate Attributes Emphasised

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

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

• To demonstrate a critical understanding and evaluation 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 through online sources

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