PLANNING|URBAN DEVELOPMENT|HISTORIC CITIES|HISTORIC NEIGHBOURHOODS|HERITAGE CONSERVATION

This module is delivered through a mix of lectures, small group seminars, workshops and site visits. It aims to develop the students&#039; ability to critically...

Planning Practices for Urban Development in Historic Cities and Neighbourhoods (BPLN0068)

This module is delivered through a mix of lectures, small group seminars, workshops and site visits. It aims to develop the students' ability to critically choose, adapt and apply different methods and methodologies in assessing the significance of heritage assets on an area basis, and the understanding of strengths and limitations of particular methods and methodologies.
 

PLANNING URBAN DEVELOPMENT HISTORIC CITIES NEIGHBOURHOODS

This module is delivered through a mix of lectures, small group seminars and site visits. It aims to develop the students ability to gain knowledge of the...

Planning Discourses for Urban Development in Historic Cities and Neighbourhoods (BPLN0067)

This module is delivered through a mix of lectures, small group seminars and site visits. It aims to develop the students ability to gain knowledge of the dynamics of changing discourses when planning for urban development in historic urban settings, and to foster critical reflection about the varied dimensions at play in the management of historic cities, the varied agents and actors with overlapping interests in historic urban settings, and the evolution of seminal concepts in planning for conservation discourse(s).

SOCIAL LICENSE TO OPERATE|ENVIRONMENTAL and SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY|RISK MANAGEMENT|NATURAL RESOURC

Practically-based analysis of the environmental and social sustainability risk issues affecting private sector natural resource, infrastructure and other...

Environmental and Social Sustainability risk management in natural resource projects (BENV0106)

Practically-based analysis of the environmental and social sustainability risk issues affecting private sector natural resource, infrastructure and other capital-intensive projects, primarily but not exclusively in emerging economies. The course will draw substantively on case analysis and aims to contribute to theory building in an area largely under-researched. It will cover a comprehensive review of key drivers for the private sector and provide an understanding of corporate performance and decision making processes and how environmental and social issues are assessed and integrated into core business strategy. It will include analysis of the role of the financial sector and its influence on environmental and social outcomes through investment practices and standards. It includes a review of assessment and management techniques and tools, the global standards framework, environmental and social risk assessment, impact mitigation and metrics. It will include an analysis of how global resource issues such as biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions and water can be addressed at the project level. The broader institutional context will be addressed through understanding of global standards and the role of key stakeholders such as civil society, multi-lateral agencies, standards institutions and investors. The module will also promote an understanding of the private sector/development nexus and the contribution that environmental and social management at the project level can make.