Course syllabus for Sustainable urban development

Course syllabus adopted 2023-02-02 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameHållbar urban utveckling och samhällsplanering
  • CodeBOM576
  • Credits9 Credits
  • OwnerTKSAM
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyCivil and Environmental Engineering
  • ThemeEnvironment 1 c,MTS 3 c
  • DepartmentARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • GradingUG - Pass, Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 58134
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0121 Written and oral assignments 2 c
Grading: UG
2 c
0221 Project 5 c
Grading: UG
5 c
0321 Project 2 c
Grading: UG
2 c

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

BOM210 Urbans spaces and functions

Aim


Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

Site-specific conditions, visions, goals and rules
1. show insight into how natural and cultural values, climate change, topography and geological conditions affect where and how it is appropriate to build.
2. understand the interplay between visions, goals and evaluation of alternatives

Design, assessments, methods and models
3. make early assessments of the need for functions, design and maintenance for noise, traffic planning, water resources and technical systems based on existing data
4. dimension and propose the design of street spaces with regard to accessibility, traffic and ambient noise, the acoustic properties of the street space and noise reduction measures, urban and residential qualities, activities and traffic systems, mobility and transport
5. dimension and propose the design of technical supply systems (water, wastewater and stormwater management where hydraulics are applied for pipes / pipe dimensions)

Sustainable and inclusive urban planning
6. identify, analyze and include sustainable development (social, economic and ecological), and evaluate equality and diversity in sustainable urban development

The role of the engineering profession
7. reflect on engineers' ethical responsibility as community builders through decision-making power over technology and technical systems, and reflect on how paradigms, norms and values ​​shape engineers' expertise and influence
8. show insight into the different roles in a project group with different people, and compare different project groups with focus on equality, inclusion and diversity
9. demonstrate in-depth knowledge of how to use technical texts and scientific articles in a conscious, critical and effective way in a technical report

Geographical information
10. Use geographical data via GIS, to model, describe and analyze issues related to the project.

Content

The course is planned as a project work with supportive lectures. The student works in groups with selected parts of planning and dimensioning based on a current urban development project in Sweden. The project illustrates the complex interplay between visions, goals and evaluation of technical alternatives.

Based on the group's own urban planning vision and project goals, the project work will result in a plan for the area with the location of buildings and solutions for traffic and technical systems. Assessments of needs for functions, design and maintenance for noise, traffic planning, water resources and technical systems are based on existing data. The data can consist of overview plans, program plans, political will orientations, statistical data, forecasts, feasibility studies and assessments from a gender and gender equality perspective. In the work, students must identify, analyze and weigh in on the sustainability issues (social, economic and ecological) that arise. Geographic data via GIS is used to model, describe and analyze issues related to the project. The work should reflect on engineers 'ethical responsibility as community builders through decision-making power over technology and technical systems, and reflect on how paradigms, norms and values ​​shape engineers' expertise and influence. The project groups are put together to reflect the diversity in working life. The written presentation must include parts of the description and illustration for the plan program.

In the project work, students will use previously acquired knowledge of how to use professional texts and scientific articles in a conscious, critical and effective way in their own writing from the course Urban Functions and Design and how a technical report is designed from the course Buildings Functions and Design.

The lectures are closely linked to the various aspects of the project work. Geographic information management is presented early in the course, and will create a support for further work in the course. Lectures that support group work and the engineer's ethical responsibility.

The main language in the course is Swedish.

Organisation

The course consists of the following learning activities:
- An introduction to the course and project work
- Theory and exercises in geographic information management
- Lectures and exercises to support the various elements included in the project work
- Group project

Literature

Will be given in the course memo.

Examination including compulsory elements

Requirements to pass the course:
• exercises have been carried out and reported
• participation in the presentation of your own group's project work and critique of another group's project work.
• reported in writing, according to a prescribed template, one's own contribution to the group
• the project work has been approved
• approved assignment

The assignment will be based on the lecture series and the course literature for the entire course, including geographical information management.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.