Course program
Considering the problem of limited natural resources, now evident since 1972 with the well-known report of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology commissioned by the Club of Rome, and the emergency related to Climate Change, an emergency both for the emergencies it is creating at global and local level, and because it is a new phenomenon, the Course addresses these issues:
Lesson topics:
1) Concept of sustainability,
2) The Limits to Growth
3) UN Agenda 2030 for the Sustainable Develpoment
4) Ecological Footprint and Resilience
5) Territorialist approach
6) Planning process and Community participation
7) Structure of the city
8) Sustainable city
9) Tools for Planning Sustainable Communities
10) Swot analisys.
Prerequisites
"SELF-ASSESSMENT" QUESTIONNAIRE
At the beginning of the Course, a Questionnaire will be submitted to the students in order to know the level of knowledge of the topics of the Course itself according to a "Self-assessment" method which in any case will not affect the final evaluation.
Books
Magnaghi A.(2005), The Urban Village: A Charter for Democracy and Local Self-Sustainable Devel- opment, ZEN BOOKS, London
Cohen S. (2017), The sustainable city, Columbia University Press, New York
Frequency
Class Attendance
Exam mode
Students will have to demonstrate their preparation in both the theoretical and practical parts. For both, case studies were also presented during the lessons and there are bibliographical references that students must know.
Lesson mode
Frontal/traditional teaching