UDI5201 · Ecology and health

Overview

Positioning human health as a key consideration for city planning, this unit will develop knowledge at the intersection of public health, and the urban and territorial planning sectors. It will explore the factors and determinants central to developing cities planned and built with a focus on human and environmental health.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the human and environmental health dimensions in the practice and implementation of urban design;
2. Critically reflect on the relationship between human and environmental health in urban design;
3. Incorporate human and environmental health considerations in urban design frameworks and practice;
4. Interpret legal and spatial codes and legislative standards that avoid risks to human and environmental health;
5. Understand and apply the rules of occupational health and safety appropriate to the unit of study.

Workload

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours. The remaining 9 hours are to be used for self and group learning activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.