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PLAN40390

Academic Year 2024/2025

Sustainable Cities (PLAN40390)

Subject:
Planning
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Architecture, Plan & Env Pol
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Enda Murphy
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Online
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The overall goal of this module is to introduce students to the role of cities in promoting future sustainable development. The module explores the multifaceted role that cities plays in interacting with ideas of sustainability across the social, economic, environmental and governance pillars of the UN sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This module is a core module for those registered for the M.Sc. in Sustainable Development run in partnership with UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN); it is also a core module on the Masters of Regional and Urban Planning. All students registered for this module will have full access to the digital resources of the SDG Academy as well as access to the UN SDSN Network.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion students will be:

1. Understand the nexus between cities and future sustainable development;
2. Understand how cities influence the four key pillars of the SDGs;
3. Be familiar with best practice approaches to improving sustainability in cities.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

180
Lectures

20
Total

200

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
- Lecture
- Group work
- Multimedia videos

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

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