Join a CAT student teaching week and explore how we can create fairer more sustainable cities and the systematic factors that influence environmental, political, economic and policy strategies that shape cities.
Through a series of lectures, discussions, and practical activities you will learn alongside our postgraduate students on our MSc courses on Sustainability and Adaptation, Sustainability in Energy Provision and Demand Management, Green Building, Sustainable Food and Natural Resources, Sustainability and Ecology, and Sustainability and Behaviour Change.
You will experience what it might be like to study on one of our postgraduate courses at CAT and gain invaluable knowledge and skills around strategies for planning for just and sustainable cities and communities.
---Key information---
Duration: five days
Upcoming dates: Monday 1 December – Friday 5 December
Start and finish times: starts at 10am and ends at 1pm on the last day
Fees: £700
Includes: tuition, all materials, lunch
What to bring: good boots and waterproof clothing is advised
Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for joining the course at the end of the week. You will not be able to do the final assessment and this will not count toward any accreditation. If attendees wish to enrol on a postgraduate course at CAT and take the module within their future course, they will be able to receive a discount on tuition costs.
---What you will learn---
On this short course, participants will be introduced to the complexities of cities and communities, their local and global interconnections, and how these shape the task of creating sustainable cities.
Topics covered include:
The production of urban and community spaces and places today.
Climate and ecological breakdown, cities, and their interconnections at different spatial levels.
Interdisciplinary approaches to transformation in cities and communities.
Environmental and climate justice and injustice in urban settings.
Urban specific design, planning, and processes of transformation and regeneration in the built environment.
Social, political, ecological, and cultural implications of sustainability transitions and transformations of space and infrastructures.
Community based and grassroots initiatives.
Urban resistances, reclamations, and reproductions of space.
---How will I learn---
Through pre-reading and some pre-recorded introductory lectures, live in person lectures, discussions, group activities and practical activities at CAT.
This short course is part of the teaching week for the MSc module Cities and Communities. Please be aware there may be some activities and content during the week only available to students, where an activity isn’t appropriate for the short course attendee, we will endeavour to arrange a replacement activity.
Learn more👇
https://cat.org.uk/event/cities-and-communities/
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