Planning for Cities and Climate Change (9041.3)

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Planning for Cities and Climate Change
Available teaching periods Delivery mode Location
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EFTSL Credit points Faculty
0.125 3 Faculty Of Arts And Design
Discipline Study level HECS Bands
Discipline Of Built Environment And Design Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021)
Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)
The subject will introduce current practices and understanding on how the planning and design of Australian cities and regions can respond to the challenge of climate change. A focus will be on climate change scenarios and how urban and regional planning can contribute to mitigation and adaptation responses. It will examine the role of research and data collection, gathering relevant information on climate change projections, impacts, vulnerability and adaptation options.

This unit is co-taught with unit 8646 Planning for Cities and Climate Change G.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Understand the national and international context of climate change research and policy as it affects cities;
2. Identify the key vulnerabilities of cities and how governments might respond;
3. Utilise key competencies that facilitate the inclusion of climate change response into planning and city development outcomes.


Graduate attributes

2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
Year Location Teaching period Teaching start date Delivery mode Unit convener
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Required texts

List of recommended 

Beatley, T, Boyer, H, and Newman, P. 2009. Resilient Cities Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change. Washington DC: Island Press.

Bicknall, J, Dodman, D, Satterthwaite, D. 2009. Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Understanding and Addressing the Development Challenges. Earthscan: London.

Bulkeley, H. and Newell, P. Governing Climate Change (2nd ed) Routledge. (This text has been requested for short term loan with the library).

Christoff, P (ed) (2014) Four Degrees of Global Warming. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxford, UK

Garnaut, R. (2008) The Garnaut Climate Change Report.  Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.

Dryzek, J, Norgaard, R, Scholsberg, D. (eds). (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. Oxford University Press.

Hodgkinson, D and Garner, R (2008) Global Climate Change: Australian Law and Policy. Nexis Lexis Butterworths: Chatswood, NSW.

Hume, M. (2009) Why We Disagree about Climate Change.  Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2013) Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis.  Available at www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/  

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014a) Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability.  Available at www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014b) Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change.  Available at www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/

Jennings , I, and Newman , P. 2008. Cities as sustainable ecosystems: principles and practices. Washington, DC: Island Press.

Newman , P, and Beatley, T. 2008. Green Urbanism Down Under: Learning from Sustainable Communities in Australia. Washington, DC: Island Press.

Norman, B, Steffen, W, Webb, B, Capon, T, Maher, B, Woodroffe, C, Rogers, K, Tanton, R, Vidyattama, Y, Lavis, J, Sinclair, H, and Weir, B. 2013. South East Coastal Adaptation (SECA): Coastal urban climate futures in SE Australia from Wollongong to Lakes Entrance. National Climate Change Research Facility, Gold Coast, Australia. 130pp.

Norman, B. 2010. A low carbon and resilient urban future: an integrated approach to planning for climate change. ACT Attorney General's Department, Canberra. Available here: http://210.193.178.189/~/media/publications/local-govt/low-carbon-resilient-urban-future.pdf

Measham, T. and Lockie, S. (eds.) (2012) Risk and Social Theory in Environmental Management.  CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood, Vic.

Palutikof, J, Boulter, S, Ash, A, Stafford Smith, M, Parry, M, Waschka, M, Guitart, D. (eds). (2013). Climate Adaptation Futures. Wiley Blackwell. 

Pelling, M. (2011) Adaptation to Climate Change: from resilience to transformation.  Routledge: London.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Students are expected to participate in all lectures and tutorials over the 7 week period

Required IT skills

None

Work placement, internships or practicums

None