Degree | Type | Year |
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4313784 Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability | OT | 0 |
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The cities on the planet, although they only occupy less than 3% of the total surface area, concentrate more than 50% of the population and have 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions associated. Construction and mobility represent more than 75% consumption of energy resources. In this module, the student is approached to new scenarios for the future of eco-cities through tools and methods for the environmental improvement of cities as well as the management of mobility and transport in an urban environment.
1. Form theoretical concepts about sustainable mobility and eco-cities.
2. Approach students to the new scenarios of the future of the urban world from the new paradigms of sustainability.
3. Facilitate the integration of environmental, social and economic aspects in the analysis of cities.
4. Present tools and methodologies for the environmental improvement of cities at different scales: buildings, neighbourhoods and urban environments.
5. To train students in the urban metabolism and in the social, environmental and economic costs that daily mobility implies.
6. Introduce the student methods, tools and actions prevention of environmental impacts of cities and their transport models against hegemonic public policies.
7. Present instruments for management, cross-cutting strategies and citizen participation in sustainable mobility and eco-cities through case studies.
8. Work in an international and multidisciplinary context.
There are two parts: PART 1 SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY & PART 2 ECO-CITIES
PART 1 (4.5 ECTS)SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY (Prof. Dr. Oriol Marquet)
In recent years, mobility and transport, both in academia and in public policies, have been the object of an enormous analytical and applied transformation. The subject under study has shifted from transport to everyday mobility, which implies changing the analytical focus from the supply side to the demand perspective. At the same time, a dialectical or congruent methodological approach has been incorporated, replacing the more traditional causal approach, all framed within the innovation that has meant moving on from the paradigm of modernity to that of sustainability. These changes began in the 80s of the 20th century, after the great economic crisis of the 70s, when oil began to show signs of being a finite energy source and public transport policies had to be rethought, especially in cities and metropolitan areas. In recent years, we have witnessed a transformation process that has implied the abandonment of the modernity paradigm, which largely shaped the twentieth century, and the adoption of that of sustainability, which is regarded as the guiding principle of the 21st century.
Sustainable mobility is expressed through daily trips that pollute less and that use less energy, that is, the non-motorized transport modes (walking and cycling). However, these transport modes require urban characteristics that allow their use: adequate public spaces and destinations close enough for you to get on a bike or walk, within a reasonable time and with an adequate effort. The urban variables that allow this type of mobilitycome together under the concept of compactness, a dense urban space, where density and mixture of urban functions is the most appropriate.
PART 2 ECO-CITIES (prof. Dr. Carles Martínez Gasol, Sara Maestre , Dr. Johannes Langemeyer)
The cities on the planet, although they only occupy less than 3% of the total surface, concentrate more than 50% of thepopulation and have 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions associated. In some Europeancountries the cycle of construction and mobility represent more than 75% consumption of energy resources. In this context, urban ecology is key to improving future regional development and urban systems. The objectives of this module are the application of tools to facilitate urban sustainable development. Classes will be articulated in the following sub-blocks:
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lessons | 49 | 1.96 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Final work | 60 | 2.4 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Complementary activities | 20 | 0.8 | |
Reading of papers | 45 | 1.8 | |
Reading of teaching material | 18 | 0.72 | |
Readings related to the subject | 28 | 1.12 |
Master classes and problem solving and case studies.
Learning based on real cases.
Presentation and oral presentation of research works developed.
Participation in complementary activities.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Assistance and active participation in class | 15% | 0 | 0 | 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 |
Course work | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Defense of course work | 10% | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Exam | 35%+10% | 0 | 0 | 2, 4, 5, 7 |
Evaluation of the first part (Sustainable Mobility)
Evaluation of the second PART (Ecocities)
• Delivery of papers (comment of papers) (60%)
• Oral defense of the same (20%)
• Written test (20%)
Each part contributes 50% to the final module mark.
This module does not offer Single Assessment, as agreed with the coordination of the degree and with the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Sciences.
Bloque 1
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Jabareen, Y. (2006). Sustainable Urban Forms: TheirTypologies, Models, and Concepts. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 26(1), 38–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X05285119
James, P., Weissman, J., Wolf, J., Mumford, K., Contant, C. K., Hwang, W., Taylor, L., & Glanz, K. (2016). Comparing GPS, Log, Survey, and Accelerometry to Measure Physical Activity. American Journal of Health Behavior, 40(1), 123–131. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.40.1.14
Lamb, W. F., Mattioli, G., Levi, S., Timmons Roberts, J., Capstick, S., Creutzig, F., Minx, J. C., Müller-Hansen, F., Culhane, T., & Steinberger, J. K. (2020). Discourses of climate delay. Global Sustainability, 3, 6–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.13
Lamb, W. F., Res, E., Lamb, W. F., Wiedmann, T., Pongratz, J., Andrew, R., Crippa, M., Olivier, J. G. J., Wiedenhofer, D., Mattioli, G., Khourdajie, A. Al, House, J., Pachauri, S., Figueroa, M., Saheb, Y., Slade, R., & Hubacek, K. (2021). A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018. Environmental Research, 16, 073005
Loo, B., & Chow, S. (2006). Sustainable Urban Transportation: Concepts, Policies, and Methodologies. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 132(2), 76–79. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2006)132:2(76)
Marquet, O. (2020). Spatial distribution of ride-hailing trip demand and its association with walkability and neighborhood characteristics. Cities, 106(August), 102926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102926
Marquet, O., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2014). Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 70, 210–222. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2014.10.007
Marquet, O., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2015). The Walkable city and the importance of the proximity environments for Barcelona’s everyday mobility. Cities, 42, 258–266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2014.10.012
Marquet, O., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2016). City of Motorcycles. On how objective and subjective factors are behind the rise of two-wheeled mobility in Barcelona. Transport Policy, 52, 37–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.07.002
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Marquet, O., Ríos Bedoya, V., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2017). Local accessibility inequalities and willingness to walk in Latin American cities. Findings from Medellín, Colombia. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 11(3), 186–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2016.1230804
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