2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

TRAN5112M Sustainable Land-Use and Transport Planning

15 creditsClass Size: 65

Module manager: Dr Greg Marsden
Email: G.R.Marsden@its.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

Module replaces

TRAN5111M

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

This module investigates the interaction between sustainable land-use and transport by analysing the relationship between urban form, social structures and travel patterns.

Objectives

To understand the state-of-art in integrated sustainable urban planning approaches and their impacts on activity choice and the associated transport patterns.

The module will equip students with the ability to develop land-use transport plan policies and to critically assess proposals for new development in the light of the key sustainability objectives.

Learning outcomes
- To understand and be able to analyse the relationship between urban form, social structures and travel patterns.
- Understand the purposes and approaches of integrated land-use and transport planning.
- To critically evaluate the importance of transport and land use to sustainability goals.
- To be able to develop a land-use plan and assess planning applications against its goals.

Skills outcomes
- Ability to research and analyse complex problems
- Capability to conduct basic development control
- Familiarity with GIS tools
- Report writing skills.

Syllabus

Understanding sustainable development and sustainable transport; land-use and transport planning – key relationships; relationships with the economy, environment and social progress, accessibility measures, indicators of progress, frameworks of assessment, development control, travel planning, case study applications.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	1	2.00	2.00
Workshop	2	3.00	6.00
Lecture	6	2.00	12.00
Private study hours			130.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Students are expected to conduct independent reading around the subject of urban planning, cities, neighbourhoods and transport. This reading will be required to support the coursework which they undertake.

There is an individual coursework exercise which uses the principles from the taught laboratory practicals which requires a substantial investment of student effort to complete.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Student progress will be monitored through a coursework mid-way through the Semester.
- Further monitoring of individual contributions to the practical classes will provide more formative feedback.
- An end of semester assessment captures the extent to which the strands are pulled together.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words	60.00
Report	2,000 project report	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 25/04/2014

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