2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

TRAN3070 Healthy Cities: Transport and Health

10 creditsClass Size: 55

Module manager: Ann Jopson
Email: a.f.jopson@its.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

TRAN3070 provides critical perspectives on healthy cities from a transport perspective. Students consider problems, challenges & solutions. E.g., health problems associated with local air pollution & inequalities, & the role of walking & cycling to tackle problems. Other examples include access to a healthy diet, road safety & wellbeing. Understanding pertinent decision-making processes is integral to considering solutions, e.g., Health Impact Assessment, including citizen participation linking to environmental justice & sustainability. International comparisons are incorporated into the module.

Objectives

The objectives of the module are to:

- understand the key health problems & challenges that face city and transport planners,
- understand the importance of tackling these challenges from a public health and equity perspective, including consideration of one or more of inequalities, demographic trends & culture as appropriate to topics covered,
- understand the contribution actions to support healthy transport behaviour can make to creating sustainable transport scenarios that support the environment, economy and social well being,
- provide a critical understanding of the options available for creating a healthy city, including cycling, walking and sustainable motorized transport.
- Provide an awareness of approaches to and the importance of decision making for health.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:

1. Understand the role of transport in healthy cities.
2. Understand the contribution of healthy cities to wider sustainability objectives.
3. Demonstrate critical awareness of a variety of options available to planners to promote health through appropriate transport choices.
4. Understand the importance of decision making, with regard to demographic trends and culture as appropriate.


Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:

1. Technical skills - understanding how a decision making tool works & relevance in the context of decision making when sustainability is an objective
2. Critical thinking
3. Information searching
4. Communication, including report writing
5. Creativity

Syllabus

Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
seminars	10	1.00	10.00
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			80.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Formative feedback will be provided both individually & generically in class. Weekly seminars provide feedback on ideas & understanding through discussion. Specific coursework Q&A will be included in the seminar schedule. Students will be given guidance on writing reports, & an opportunity to submit an outline of their proposed structure & content with emphasis on use of a decision making tool (two pages maximum) for individual feedback. A workbook will be provided to help students record & develop their understanding during the module – through this students can record what they have learnt, questions they want to ask to clarify & develop their understanding & critical thinking around issues, actions they can take to develop their learning, & practice skills. A discussion board will also be provided as well as opportunity to ask questions individually.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Coursework	100.00
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: 17/04/2024

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