Urban and Communicative Development (5 cr)
Code: TE00BB91-3007
General information
Enrollment
25.11.2019 - 19.01.2020
Timing
01.01.2020 - 31.05.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning
Unit
Faculty of Technology (LAB)
Campus
Lahti Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
15 - 30
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Urban Sustainability
Teachers
- Eeva Aarrevaara
Groups
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07YURS19K
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07YKKY19K
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07YMUR19K
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- analyze and discuss contemporary phenomenons like urbanization and urban sprawl, transitions in urban areas and collaboration of professionals and stakeholders
- evaluate recent development and planning processes, their management and arrangement of participation in the processes
- reflect environmental issues from the professional point of view
- develop applications from theoretical background into practical situations
Implementation and methods of teaching
The course contains lectures, group work and student presentations and a small excursion. Lectures deal with the topics defined in the goals of the course. The course has own reppu implementation. Course tasks are a pre course task before the contact days, working during the contact days and a final task.
Timing and attendance
There is an opportunity to follow the lectures online or listen the lecture recordings afterwards. If the student is not able to participate any contact days, it should be discussed with the teacher before the contact days.
Learning material and recommended literature
Wheeler, Stephen & Beatley, Timothy. 2014. The sustainable urban development reader. Routledge.
Adams, David & Tiesdell, Steven. 2013. Shaping places : urban planning, design, and development. Routledge.
Silberstein, Jane. 2013. Land-use planning for sustainable development. 2nd ed. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press.
Haas, Tigran. Ed. 2012. Sustainable urbanism and beyond : rethinking cities for the future. New York : Rizzoli.
Hall, Peter. 2002. Cities of tomorrow : an intellectual history of urban planning and design in the twentieth century. 3rd ed. Oxford : Blackwell.
Brenner, Neil, Marcuse, Peter, Mayer, Margit. 2012. Cities for people, not for profit : critical urban theory and the right to the city. London ; New York : Routledge.
Fainstein, Susan S., Campbell, Scott. 2011. Readings in urban theory. Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell.
Healey, P. 2006. Collaborative planning : shaping places in fragmented societies. 2nd ed. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan.
Other study material will be specified in reppu course.
Alternative completion methods
Alternative ways of performance have to be discussed and agreed with the responsible teacher.
Working life cooperation
Visiting lecturers from working life or from international partner universities are visiting the contact days.
Learning environment
Contact days are arranged in 23.-25.4.2019 from 9 am to 4 pm.
Student time use and work load
The student has to work before the contact days and after them. The total amount of hours is 5 x 27 hours out of which the contact days cover 20 %.
Contents
The student is able to
- analyze and discuss contemporary phenomena like urbanization and urban sprawl, transitions in
urban areas and collaboration of professionals and stakeholders
- evaluate recent development and planning processes, their management and arrangement of participation in the processes
- reflect environmental issues from the professional point of view
- develop applications from theoretical background into practical situations
Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.
Bachelor degree is demanded.
Assessment criteria
Activity of the student in the course, given assignments.
Assessment scale
1-5
Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)
Student
- Is able to describe what sustainable and smart solutions mean in urban environments
- is able to collect and evaluate information of research and technologies adaptable in urban environment
- is able to produce a case study or an implementation concerning sustainable and smart solutions in practical situations
Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)
Student
- Is able to describe and analyse sustainable and smart solutions in urban environments
- is able to collect and evaluate international information of research and technologies adaptable in urban environment
- is able to produce a qualified case study or an implementation concerning sustainable and smart solutions in practical situations
Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)
Student
- Is able to describe and analyse critically sustainable and smart solutions in urban environments
- is able to collect and evaluate critically international information of research and technologies adaptable in urban environment and their strategical meaning
- is able to produce a qualified case study or an implementation concerning sustainable and smart solutions in practical situations and evaluate its impacts