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Postgraduate CUR-SCP543-2021

Future Cities

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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$2,285 $2,535

Your upfront cost: $0

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Duration

13 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

  • FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 31 May 2021
  • 29 Nov 2021
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Start your career with Curtin’s globally recognised courses and extensive industry connections. Through OUA, our online courses offer an interactive and collaborative learning experience that gets you the same degree as if you studied on campus. Curtin is a global university with a vibrant culture of innovation and collaboration and is ranked in the top one per cent of universities worldwide.

QS RANKING 2021

13

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

13

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. explain how specific urban and transport planning policies and strategies can help to resolve many of the problems confronting cities
  2. evaluate and integrate knowledge of global urban planning and transport policies and achievements to justify a sustainable city vision
  3. apply sustainability concepts to real situations in any city
  4. assess the effectiveness and importance of public planning for the 'common good' and the role of developing positive visions for cities
  5. communicate a positive, solutions-oriented approach to cities and their problems and potentials.
Topics covered
    • The concept of sustainability, its history and its relationship to cities
    • The concept of sustainability, its history and its relationship to cities
    • A transport and urban form history of cities
    • Understanding automobile dependence: an international comparison of transport and land use in cities
    • Energy use, energy conservation and the 'peak oil' phenomenon
    • A history and critique of traditional transport planning: trip generation versus trip reduction
    • Best practice in urban public transport systems
    • Planning for pedestrians and cyclists and the role of traffic calming
    • The central city: planning for people not cars
    • The new suburbia: revisioning suburban sprawl
    • Urban villages and transit-oriented development as antidotes to urban sprawl
    • Making cities 'green' cities and case studies in more sustainable city development: a global overview highlighting Portland, Freiburg and Curitiba
Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Special requirements

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    Additional materials

Description

This subject was previously known as Sustainable Cities.

This subject examines cities around the world from within a sustainability framework. 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.

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

Assessments

  • Essay (30%)
  • Sustainable city vision (40%)
  • Critical analysis (30%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

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