pla4mob planning healthy communities
PLANNING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: ACTIVE TRANSPORT AND DESIGN
PLA4MOB
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
The relationship between the built environment, transport and healthy communities has entered a phase of renewed focus, due to the rapid rise of chronic diseases such as obesity and heart disease, and increasing prevalence of social isolation. The 'Garden City' principles of a healthy city espoused by Ebenzer Howard, have been rapidly usurped by changing patterns of settlement such as urban sprawl, increased reliance on the automobile, poorly integrated transport and the failure of planning and urban design to encourage physical mobility and active transport. In this subject, students take an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the relationships between health, transport infrastructure and policy, settlement planning, and the enactment of identity, behaviours, lifestyle and ability (including disability, class, ethnicity, and age), in the pursuit of building healthier communities.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorAndrew Butt
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Enrolment into ABURE or Planning postgraduate courses.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects PLA3MOB
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | Sociology beyond societies: mobilities for the twenty-first century | Recommended | Urry, J 2000 | ROUTLEDGE |
Readings | Transport for Suburbia: beyond the automobile age | Recommended | Mees, P 2010 | EARTHSCAN |
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Bendigo, 2014, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAndrew Butt
Class requirements
Block ModeWeek: 31 - 43
Five 7.0 hours block mode other recurrence on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % |
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One 1,000-word reflective journal | 20 | |
One 2,000-word community mobility strategy design | 40 | |
One 2,500-word essay | 40 |