746A74 · 7.5 credits · Advanced level (A1N) · Miljövetenskap
Sustainability in the urban realm: city/neighbourhood/home
Active · next start HT 2026
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About the course
Aim
After completion of the course the students should on an advanced level be able to:
- describe and compare urban environmental issues on different geographical levels using theoretical tools from the course
- identify critical urban environmental issues related to local management
- identify and critically assess research in the area of urban environmental issues
- present in writing and orally interdisciplinary case studies on environmental management in the urban realm.
Content
This course is grounded in current international research on the urban environment in for example postcolonial studies, political geography, policy studies, system studies and other urban studies. Empirical fields that will be covered include: urban infrastructures for transportation, energy, waste and water, planning and development of the build environment. Different policy and management approaches to the issues raised during the course will be presented and discussed. Concrete international case studies will be presented and discussed.
The course will focus on sustainability on and between different geographical levels of the urban realm: cities, neighbourhoods and homes. The themes that will be covered include:
- Sustainability and power relations in planning and development of cities/towns.
- Issues related to connection/disconnection between different parts (neighbourhoods) of the city/town and the consequences.
- Stakeholder (householders, management etc) activities related to homes.
- Examiner
- Wiktoria Glad
- Main field of study
- Miljövetenskap