Integrating Sustainability within University Sustainability …
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consumption among urban communities. The course starts with human geographical
perspectives on space, space and scale to enable students to be familiar with current
processes of change and contestation at different scales and the forces behind the
changes in place, related to planning, resources and energy, environment and the
climate, economic development, innovation and meaning of production (University
of Bergen 2015). Students will also be exposed to contemporary challenges for the
development of sustainable cities and communities using examples given during
lectures.
In Denmark, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, also offers a master programme
which integrates sustainable development education into the programme, known
as Master of Science in Sustainable Cities. This programme discusses the challenges and impact of cities as well as businesses with the environment, society
and the economy (Aalborg University 2007). Furthermore, this programme trains
students to address the modern challenges with all the sustainable development
practices (Aalborg University 2007). Topics discussed in this programme are especially significant for the present as the population growth and the development are
expected to reach 70–80% of the world population living in cities in the future
(Aalborg University 2007). To prepare the students for the future challenges, they
need to obtain the appropriate knowledge; they will have to face all the challenges,
especially in the planning sectors involving energy, water, waste disposal, urban
planning, and so on.
In London, King’s College London is also following in line with education of
sustainable development for the future challenges. They are offering a master programme, called MSc/MA of Sustainable Cities. The programme offered at King’s
College London is a programme explicitly unique in the UK. It focuses on discussing
topics related to sustainable cities; it is an interdisciplinary course that focuses on
the human and physical processes that shape urban ecologies and environments. It
offers students the opportunity to gain practical experience through an internship programme (King’s College London 2018). The programme aims to develop students’
critical understanding of the interrelationships between urbanization and human
lifestyles, politics, economy, ecology and environment, human impacts on physical processes in cities, and the implications for habitation and liveability; students
can develop their ability to evaluate advanced scholarship in the field of urban policy
critically, with reference to sustainable environmental management. It promotes initiative and develops their independent critical judgment to identifying, analysing and
solving problems at an advanced level. It also helps them develop their relevant transferable skills, which are embedded in the learning and assessment schemes; develop
their practical skills in data handling, interpretation and use, and develop their skills
in connecting physical dynamics to social, political and management processes. In
addition, it also enables them to focus on the challenges of managing cities in an
integrated and sustainable manner, regardless of their first-degree discipline and to
enable them to deploy scientific, social and economic theory within a sustainability framework. The course also takes into account the need to address the needs of
society, the economy and the protection of environmental services (King’s College
London 2018).
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consumption among urban communities. The course starts with human geographical
perspectives on space, space and scale to enable students to be familiar with current
processes of change and contestation at different scales and the forces behind the
changes in place, related to planning, resources and energy, environment and the
climate, economic development, innovation and meaning of production (University
of Bergen 2015). Students will also be exposed to contemporary challenges for the
development of sustainable cities and communities using examples given during
lectures.
In Denmark, Aalborg University, Copenhagen, also offers a master programme
which integrates sustainable development education into the programme, known
as Master of Science in Sustainable Cities. This programme discusses the challenges and impact of cities as well as businesses with the environment, society
and the economy (Aalborg University 2007). Furthermore, this programme trains
students to address the modern challenges with all the sustainable development
practices (Aalborg University 2007). Topics discussed in this programme are especially significant for the present as the population growth and the development are
expected to reach 70–80% of the world population living in cities in the future
(Aalborg University 2007). To prepare the students for the future challenges, they
need to obtain the appropriate knowledge; they will have to face all the challenges,
especially in the planning sectors involving energy, water, waste disposal, urban
planning, and so on.
In London, King’s College London is also following in line with education of
sustainable development for the future challenges. They are offering a master programme, called MSc/MA of Sustainable Cities. The programme offered at King’s
College London is a programme explicitly unique in the UK. It focuses on discussing
topics related to sustainable cities; it is an interdisciplinary course that focuses on
the human and physical processes that shape urban ecologies and environments. It
offers students the opportunity to gain practical experience through an internship programme (King’s College London 2018). The programme aims to develop students’
critical understanding of the interrelationships between urbanization and human
lifestyles, politics, economy, ecology and environment, human impacts on physical processes in cities, and the implications for habitation and liveability; students
can develop their ability to evaluate advanced scholarship in the field of urban policy
critically, with reference to sustainable environmental management. It promotes initiative and develops their independent critical judgment to identifying, analysing and
solving problems at an advanced level. It also helps them develop their relevant transferable skills, which are embedded in the learning and assessment schemes; develop
their practical skills in data handling, interpretation and use, and develop their skills
in connecting physical dynamics to social, political and management processes. In
addition, it also enables them to focus on the challenges of managing cities in an
integrated and sustainable manner, regardless of their first-degree discipline and to
enable them to deploy scientific, social and economic theory within a sustainability framework. The course also takes into account the need to address the needs of
society, the economy and the protection of environmental services (King’s College
London 2018).