Course - Urban planning for Sustainability and Development - AAR4944
Urban planning for Sustainability and Development
About
About the course
Course content
- Modes of Planning conducive of achieving sustainable urban development - in Norway and internationally
- Use and Management of Natural Resources; Water, Energy, Land
- Transport & Land use
- Architecture's contribution towards a sustainable future.
- Housing and settlement planning.
- Agents and institutions and their impact on modes of development
Learning outcome
Knowledge:The course is to give insight into what "sustainability" and "development" entails for (urban) development and (urban) planning - in a national and a global perspective. The course will highlight how planning and implementation of physical interventions interact with its social and material context.
Skills: The students will through the practical class project and discussions develop the ability to critically analyse the premises on which urban development takes place, the actors and processes that determine these premises and the consequences this has for both the immediate context of the project and overall urban development.
Learning methods and activities
The course is given in cooperation with several departments at the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, the Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, and the Faculty of Social Science and Technology Management. Weight is placed on interdisciplinary seminars with introductory speakers from other faculties and from specialists with experience in development-related issues.
A case study on current urban development projects being planned and/or implemented in Trondheim to explore how the concepts of Development and Sustainability is actually practices in the North and how this might relate to, and bear impact on the over arching global development challenges.
Recommended previous knowledge
None, but the course will subsequently give priority to attend course AAR4525 Urban Ecological Planning in Developing Countries; Project Work, to AAR4820 Urban Ecological Planning. Theory, and to AAR4816 Urban Ecological Planning, Method.
Required previous knowledge
Completed three years basic courses in architecture, bachelor in architecture or equivalent. Registration deadline: 1.december.
Course materials
A total of about 300 pages reading material related to the topics of the lectures.
Subject areas
- Architecture
- Urban Design and Planning
- Building and construction technology
- Geography
Contact information
Course coordinator
Lecturers
- Hans Christie Bjønness
- Hans Narve Skotte
- Rolee Aranya