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Future Cities
PostgraduateCUR-SCP5432025
Define what it is that makes a city sustainable or unsustainable.Look into transport, environmental, urban design and economic concerns. Address cities’ dependence on cars, trucks and motorcycles. Discuss the cities that are making an effort go green.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 25 May 2025
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed, No prior study
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 2 June 2025,
- 1 Dec 2025
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- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Future Cities
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain how specific urban and transport planning policies and strategies can help to resolve many of the problems confronting cities
- evaluate and integrate knowledge of global urban planning and transport policies and achievements to justify a sustainable city vision
- apply sustainability concepts to real situations in any city
- assess the effectiveness and importance of public planning for the 'common good' and the role of developing positive visions for cities
- communicate a positive, solutions-oriented approach to cities and their problems and potentials.
- Introduction to Unit
- Sustainability and Cities
- Sustainable Cities - Urban fabrics, transport and metabolism; History of Urban Fabrics, Metabolism of Urban Fabric, Application to Slum Settlements
- The Future City
- Economics of urban development
- Sustainable Cities - The Green and Blue agenda
- Part A - Water sensitive urban design
- Part B - Biophilic urbanism
- Renewable Cities I
- Renewable Cities II
- Part A - The emergence of renewable energy technology
- Part B - Circular economy
- Sustainable Cities, waste and recycling
- Case studies - urban regeneration
- Part A - Urban villages and transit-oriented development and urban regeneration
- Part B - Local Economic Development
This subject was previously known as Sustainable Cities.
This subject examines various notions of cities within a sustainability framework. Students will explore urbanisation trends in the context of existing and emerging sustainability challenges by reviewing cities worldwide. Its core focus is the issue of automobile dependence in cities and the associated land use, environmental, social, economic and urban design issues surrounding it.
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- Theoretical Reflection (20%)
- Analysis of sustainability challenge (30%)
- Sustainable City Vision (50%)
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- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
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