Planning for Healthy Cities

Course aim

To provide students with a theoretical and practical understanding, embedded in the concept of prevention of chronic diseases, of the role of the built environment in enabling health promoting behaviours such as physical activity, contact with nature, social interaction and consumption of nutritious food.

Course content

Students will develop knowledge in theoretical, urban design and health settings approaches to the development of built environments that promote the adoption of individual behaviors that help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes and depression. Through studio work and field trips students will acquire skills to analyse the built environment and develop urban design ideas that support mental and physical health promoting behaviours. This will include a consideration of open space requirements at street, neighbourhood and metropolitan level and approaches to promoting active transport such as walking, cycling and use of public transport.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1 hour x 12 weeks
Tutorial	1.5 hours x 12 weeks
Field Placement (Field work)	3 hours x 1 week
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
Lecture (online)	1 hour x 12 sessions
Tutorial (online)	1.5 hours x 12 sessions
Field Placement (Field work)	3 hours x 1 session

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Essay, Presentation, Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.