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Sustainable Urban Development

Course Code:

GEO7210

Semester:

7th Semester

Specialization Category:

S.

Course Hours:

4

ECTS:

5


Course Tutors

Manika Stella

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the completion of the course students:

  • will have comprehended the technical, economic, social and environmental issues that affect urban development and will be able to shape arguments so as to describe forms of urban development
  • will have understood the function and structure of urban agglomerations, being able to make successful projections for further development
  • will have understood the challenges and opportunities related to metropolitan areas
  • will familiarize with urban planning legislation, being able to recognize different scales and level of planning
  • will have learned international best practices that might find analogies with Greek metropolitan areas
  • will have learned effective ways to collect and combine social and spatial data, using GIS
  • will have learned how to collaborate in an interdisciplinary environment

 

General Competences

After completion of the course students:

  • will be able to conduct research and proceed in data analysis using the appropriate technological tools
  • will be able to work independently and in groups
  • will learn how to work in interdisciplinary environments
  • will learn how to value multicultural environments
  • will familiarize with sustainable practices and eco-friendly strategies
  • will be able to elaborate critical thinking

 

SYLLABUS

  1. Basic knowledge about urban areas taking into account technical, economic, social and environmental dimensions.
  2. Historic patterns of urban development and contemporary approaches (compact city, urban sprawl, smart city, metropolitan district etc)
  3. Urban scenery, quality of life and urban infrastructures. Various land uses, urban networks, sustainable mobility and contemporary challenges.
  4.  Environmental assessment of the built environment with emphasis on the reduction of energy consumption.
  5. The role of climate change on urban development. Protection against natural disasters. International goals.
  6. Basic principles of urban design. Standards, urban indicators etc
  7. Evolution of pertinent legislation in Greece. Types of studies and special categories.
  8. The role of survey and geoinformatics engineers on the implementation of sustainable urban development.

 

Laboratory exercises include:

  1. assignments involving literature review
  2. urban planning of small-scale urban areas
  3. assignments suitable for using contemporary GIS software so as to combine spatial and social data

 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Written final exam (min 50%)
Project (during the whole semester) max 50%

 

ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Suggested bibliography:
1. Aouad, D. (2016). Urban Acupuncture as a tool for today’s re-naturalization of the city: The nonconstructible parcels of Municipal Beirut through the case study of Saifi district. 10.1201/9781315226255-96. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304774624_Urban_Acupuncture_as_a_tool_for_today’s_renaturalization_of_the_city_The_nonconstructible_parcels_of_Municipal_Beirut_through_the_case_stu dy_of_Saifi_district
2. Casagrande, M. (2014). Paracity: Urban Acupuncture. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279058320_Paracity_Urban_Acupuncture/citation/download
3. Casagrande, M. (2006). Urban Acupuncture – Treasure Hill. Taiwan Architect. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/216563643_Urban_Acupuncture_-_Treasure_Hill Casagrande, Μ. (2016). From Urban Acupuncture to the Third Generation City. Journal of Biourbanism.
4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309741134_From_Urban_Acupuncture_to_the_Third_Gen eration_City