Sustainable Cities: Climate Change and Planning

As cities grow and develop their environmental impacts are concentrated locally but have impacts across the globe. This course focuses on the complex interaction between the social and material processes of urbanisation and environmental change and explores the concept of sustainable cities, integrating knowledge from urban planning, environmental science, and social sciences. Using the framework of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it will focus on understanding the challenges and opportunities cities face in achieving sustainability. In the process of exploring these issues, students will be introduced to measures aimed at addressing the environmental impacts of urbanisation and creating more sustainable cities.