Study Guide

Objective

The student:
- understands the importance of well-functioning urban infrastructure
- has an understanding of the sustainability related to urban development
- understands the main challenges that the urban areas are facing and is aware of the existing tools to tackle these challenges

Content

The course focuses on central processes and topics in urban development. How social, economic, environmental and spatial sustainability can be achieved by implementation of intervention mechanisms, hard measures (e.g. transportation, waste), soft measures (e.g. culture, education), technology and innovations (e.g. mapping and spatial data)

Qualifications

No previous knowledge requirements

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The assignments were completed and the student obtained a basic understanding of the course content

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The assignments were completed without major remarks and the student obtained a good understanding of the course content

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Assignments were completed without remarks and the the student obtained an excellent understanding of the course content

Materials

Study material is provided on the moodle page during the course