STP220: Cities and Sustainability

Cities around the world are grappling with problems of automobile dependence, urban sprawl and environmental quality. This unit involves an integrated approach to understanding and changing cities based on a theme of sustainability. Topics: town planning, transport planning, environmental planning, social planning, natural resource management, infrastructure planning and management. The interplay between city technology, professional practice and community values. A case study focus on cities that have used sustainability to reduce automobile dependence and its associated problems.

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Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures/seminars: 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed S571 Cities and Physical Planning Policy may not enrol in this unit for credit.
Notes	Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit except where the course structure states otherwise.
School	School of Sustainability
Unit Coordinator	Mr Allan Johnstone Position: Lecturer E-mail: A.Johnstone@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 3.020 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6278
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Mr Allan Johnstone Lecturer (A.Johnstone@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6278 Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 3.020 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)