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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

SUST5007 (v.1) Decarbonising Cities and Regions

Area: Faculty of Humanities
Credits: 25.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Tutorial: 2 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Seminar: 1 x 2 Days Semester
Equivalent(s): 314240 (v.1) Decarbonising Cities and Regions 546
OR
314547 (v.1) SCP546 Decarbonising Cities and Regions
OR
SUST5015 (v.1) SCP546 Decarbonising Cities and Regions or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit examines ways of reducing carbon emissions in our cities and regions through various new technologies, lifestyle and behaviour change programs, urban and regional planning approaches and other end-user policies and initiatives. Low carbon infrastructure and housing design options are analysed and discussed in relation to both remote communities and urban development. A basic introduction to carbon accounting is provided and applied at a local government level. Governance approaches to decarbonising cities are examined through international case studies demonstrating best practice. Focusing on the End-User, this unit will provide students with skills and knowledge in decarbonising the economy, through their own households and local communities.
Field of Education: 090300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2         Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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