Preparing students for the sustainability challenges of an increasingly urbanizing world: some reflections
| dc.contributor.author | Howes, Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-03T13:47:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-03T13:47:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In September 2015 the governments of the world signed up to a set of Sustainable Development Goals that acknowledged the importance of both human settlements and education that are directly relevant to planning. These goals are the latest step in attempts to address a global set of interlocking social, economic and environmental problems. Climate change, for example, will have a disproportionate impact on the poor, undermine prosperity, and degrade the ecosystems on which societies depend. Such problems are particularly important for urban areas as they host the majority of the world’s population, are the main centres of economic activity, and generate large ecological footprints. Transforming urban areas into more sustainable and resilient forms should therefore be a major priority for governments. This transformation entails not only the modification of the bio-physical dimensions of the built environment, but also requires changes to its socio-economic systems. Planners have a crucial role to play as the key agents of urban change. The challenge for universities is therefore how to prepare students to fulfil this role when they graduate and start to work as planners. This paper addresses this educational challenge by reviewing the use of cutting edge pedagogy that is supported by on-line technology and innovative approaches to interdisciplinary teaching. The overall approach is one of critical reflection of the teaching practices that have been trialled and developed by the author over many years. Both theoretical and empirical analyses are utilised to support the underlying argument that integrating a practical understanding of sustainability into university planning curriculums is essential. | |
| dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-85-7785-551-1 | |
| dc.identifier.pageNumber | 636-638 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/2538 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en |
| dc.publisher | AESOP | en |
| dc.rights | openAccess | en |
| dc.rights.license | All Rights Reserved | en |
| dc.source | Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south | en |
| dc.title | Preparing students for the sustainability challenges of an increasingly urbanizing world: some reflections | |
| dc.type | conferenceObject | en |
| dc.type.version | publishedVersion |