302482 (v.2) SS 564 - Sustainability Studies (Urban)

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Practices, methods and theories for producing and maintaining sustainable urban communities. Case studies exploration of a range of environmental issues including - social justice in the city, social ecology of urban life, employment, service provision,urban infrastructure, recreation and leisure, demographic changes and participation in local governance.

Unit Outcomes:

On completion of this unit students will be able to: understand the applicability of notions of sustainability in urban communities, appreciate the major theoretical approaches informing this field of study, identify, from a series of case studies, the key processes, issues and stakeholders, in the context of sustainable community development and demonstrate skills in the reporting and evaluation of projects in the aforesaid context.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Church, Cameron J. and Brian W. Baetz (1999) "Development of decision support system for sustainable community design: Journal of Urban Planning and Development 25(1); Froelich, Maryann (1998) Smart growth: why local governments are taking a new approach to managing growth in their communities" Public Management 80(5); Perkel, Ronald Drew (1998) Sustainable global communities in the information age: visions from futures. Journal of International Affairs 51(2); Ward, Janet (1998) Living to leave a legacy: creating sustainable communities. American City and Country 63(2); Young, Stephen C (1996) Greening cities: Building just and sustainable communities. Environmental Politics 5(2); Geis, Don and Tammy Kutzmark (1995) Developing sustainable communities. Public Management 77(8).

Unit Texts:

Hough, Michael (1995) Cities and Natural process. London and New York: Routledge.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y