Visualizing Sustainability Challenges and Pathways

Aim

After completion of the course, the student should be able to:

• describe and apply basic visualization concepts
• critically review and analyze visualization tools and techniques for sustainability communication and decision making
• analyze geospatial data and present results orally and in text
• develop visual representations, with focus on data management, graphic representations and narratives, as well as present results orally and in text

Content

The course handles basic knowledge in geographic and information visualization and includes collection, handling, and processing of data, as well as development of visual representations for different user groups. The focus of the course is on visualization in the field of sustainable development with emphasis on science communication, decision support and analytical tools. The course specifically discusses representation and analysis of sustainability aspects including linkages in-between aspects, visual communication, and the role of visualization for planning and decision support