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Module Title
LM Urbanity and wellbeing
School
School of Geog Earth & Env Sci
Department
Geography
Module Code
03 38668
Module Lead
Irina Kuznetsova
Level
Masters Level
Credits
20
Semester
Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
None
Exclusions
Description
The module will provide opportunities to explore conceptual approaches to wellbeing within urban contexts both in the UK and internationally and implement them in empirical research or policy analysis. There are three key sections of the module: 1) Geographies of wellbeing that includes the impact of physical environment and pollution, ‘healthy cities’, wellbeing metrics, vulnerability and social exclusion; 2) Cultural diversity, wellbeing, and art; 3) Urban design, planning and wellbeing including participatory design and special imaginaries of wellbeing. The module has been created within the European University for Well-Being – EUniWell and has been planned based on consultations with GEES students.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Assess advanced theoretical understandings of wellbeing within spatial variations and temporal change in cities from the perspectives of human geography;
Evaluate the potential of interdisciplinary perspectives on wellbeing within urban contexts including social science, humanities and urban design, planning and architecture
Demonstrate knowledge of the impacts of social, political, and environmental inequality and difference on individual and social wellbeing, across a range of scales (in relation to the Subject Benchmark Statement: Geography. 3.8)
Assessment: Assignment 1: 1000 blog (20 %)
Assignment 2: 4000 policy briefing paper or research report (80 %)
Reassessment: Student to re-write the assessment on new topic/materials