MOBILITIES AND TRANSPORT PLANNING
PLA4MOB
2015
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.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Andrew Butt
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment into ABURE or ACCPD or AGCPD or AMCPD or AGSPMD or ACSPMD or AMSPMD.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: PLA3MOB
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Consideration of inclusionary and exclusionary consequences of design and mobility assumptions on contemporary planning
- Activities:
- children's, disability and socio-economic considerations of mobility and society - integrated transport planning exercise
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Writing(Writing)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
02. Developed understanding of the social and economic consequences of mobility in contemporary urban and rural settings
- Activities:
- reflective piece, essay, readings on mobility studies
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
03. Skills in assessing transport need and planning responses in contemporary urban and rural settings
- Activities:
- Intergrated Transport Plan, reflective piece
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Writing(Writing)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
Bendigo, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Andrew Butt
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
Five 7.0 hours seminar other recurrence on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
"This subject is run in block mode of 5 full day seminars. May include field visits."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay (2,500 words) | 40 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| One 1,000-word reflective journal | 20 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| Strategy Project (1,000 words) | 40 | 01, 02, 03 |