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GEOS3920: Urban Citizenship and Sustainability (Adv)
GEOS3920 has the same thematic content as GEOS3520 however with elements taught at an Advanced level
| Code | GEOS3920 |
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| Academic unit | Geosciences Academic Operations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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A mark of 75 or above in (GEOS2X21 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X15 or GEOS2X11 or ENVI2X22 or DAAE2012) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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GEOS3520 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. describe the relationships between cities, citizens, environments, and in/sustainability
- LO2. define urban metabolism, citizenship, and environmental justice, and describe their relationship to urbanisation
- LO3. apply your understanding of the relationship between cities, justice, and citizenship to critically reflect on different approaches to urban sustainability
- LO4. describe contemporary socio-environmental challenges facing cities, and assess different governance frameworks for addressing them
- LO5. articulate your own preferred concept of sustainability, and be able to justify your position
- LO6. converse with government officials, activists, and business interests about the topic of sustainability, its potentials and its limits
- LO7. work effectively in groups, and understand why a group is working well or is not working well
- LO8. write a report targeted to civil society organisations (as distinct from an academic essay)
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