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 58113
- Open for exchange studentsNo
- Only students with the course round in the programme overview.
Credit distribution
Module | Sp1 | Sp2 | Sp3 | Sp4 | Summer | Not Sp | Examination dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Bijan Adl-Zarrabi- Professor, Building Technology, Architecture and Civil Engineering
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 functionsAim
The course aims to provide the students with an extension within the subject area of technical urban planning and infrastructure so that the student, based on technical knowledge (which is mainly introduced and deepened in other courses in the program) will be able to work and contribute to discussions and decision-making processes in the planning of the city's structure and the technical city system requirement.Following The Urban spaces and functions, the course aims to provide professional insight into and knowledge of designs, assessments, methods, models, and dimensions that are used in the planning of sustainable buildings and technical systems for traffic, water, sewage, waste, and energy and about the trade-offs that must be made based on the complexity of site-specific conditions, visions, goals, and rules as well as economic drive that exists in the development of dense urban environments with mixed functions. The course will also provide skills in using geographic information systems (GIS) to describe and analyze aspects of the built environment.
Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)
Site-specific conditions, visions, goals and rules1. 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
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.