| 11303 Urban Planning and Sustainable Urban Development |
| Danish title: Byplanlægning og bæredygtig byudvikling |
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Language: Danish ECTS-creditpoints: 10, External examination.
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| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester |
| Scope and form: Lectures, project work in groups and excursions |
| Evaluation: Approval of coursework/reports
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: 67243 og dele af 67242 |
| Prerequisites: (11301 / 11712).11302 (67121.67241) |
| Participant limitation: Max. 40 |
| Aim: That the students obtain knowledge of the municipal, regional and national transition processes towards a sustainable urban development, including spatial planning on municipal, regional , national and international (EU) level, with a special emphasis on the urban regions, the urban environment and the sustainable city. The participants have to be able to explain what the most important problems are, the technical concepts and the means of spatial and infrastructure planning, including the conflicts of interest in planning and the relation between planning and the processes that drive development and transition in towns and urban regions |
| Contents: The starting point of the course is actual problems in the area of spatial and infrastructure planning in the Greater Copenhagen region. Special attention is given to the interrelationship between land use, technical infrastructure, transport, energy and environment. The planning tools are described with emphasis on the municipal and regional level. The importance of public participation is assessed from different theoretical points of view. Conflicts of interest between different geografical levels of planning and the different sectors are described. The students work with stakeholder analysis related to chosen relevant problems. Different interpretations of the sustainable city and urban environment are discussed, and a number of examples of planning strategies for European cities are described. |
Contact: Morten Elle, building 118, (+45) 4525 1542, me@byg.dtu.dk
Peter Hartoft-Nielsen, Landsplanafdelingen |
| Department: 011 Department of Civil Engineering |
| Keywords: Urban Planning, Infrastructure, Transport, Energy, Sustainability |
| Updated: 22-04-2001 |
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