In this module students explore the socio, economic and political factors that influence connected environment projects. Through a series of lectures and guest seminars from practitioners outside of academia, students will gain insight on how IoT is delivered in commercial, environment, community and public office applications. Topics will include stakeholder and community engagement, ethics, GDPR and sustainability. In practical activities students will develop case studies of past projects and assess an IoT product or service using an evaluation framework to explore market readiness of existing services and the challenges of real world IoT deployments.


Aim: To expose students to the commercial landscape for deploying connected devices and to develop an understanding of the strategies required to successfully deliver connected environment services.

The module aims to introduce students to questions of regional development, planning and policy in a global context. It critically assesses what we mean by...

Regional Development, Planning and Policy in a Global Context (BPLN0095)

The module aims to introduce students to questions of regional development, planning and policy in a global context. It critically assesses what we mean by local and regional development, the values and ethics that underpin the search for regional development and the question of who gains and who loses from different forms of development. It examines theories of local and regional development and situates these in their historical and geographical context. It pays particular attention to the governance of regional development, the role of institutions in shaping patterns of development and the impact of public policy.

The module is concerned crucially with regional development planning and policy in an international context using a range of regional case studies, which aim to highlight the dilemmas and challenges faced by planners and policy-makers.

By the end of the module, students should:

- Have a deeper awareness of the global character of local and regional development processes

- Understand the main forces influencing the prospects for local and regional development

- Be able to critically analyse different approaches to the promotion of local and regional development

- Understand the role of governance, institutions and public policy in shaping patterns of local and regional development