AG2804 Transporter, kommunikationer och hållbar utveckling 7,5 hp

• Utbildningsnivå

  Avancerad nivå

• Kursnivå (A-D)

  C

• Huvudområde

  Samhällsbyggnad
  

• Betygsskala

  A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

• Kurswebb

Lärandemål

After the course you should be able to:

• account for sustainability concepts and indicators, discuss visions of sustainable transport and compare with properties of present transport systems.
• describe alternative energy futures and their relations to climate change and explain the role of transport systems in different scenarios.
• discuss the potential for technological development in transport and infrastructure systems in relation to different energy scenarios.
• describe how scenarios and backcasting can be used to analyse sustainable transport systems
• apply scenarios and forecasting for analysis of sustainable transport options
• analyse relationships between urban development and mobility patterns and their implications for sustainability
• account for how mobility and communication patterns are analyzed and explained within the social sciences, i.e. human geography, psychology, sociology and anthropology.
• select and synthesise policies and strategies for approaching sustainable transport.

Kursens huvudsakliga innehåll

• Sustainability concepts and indicators. Visions of sustainable transport systems and assessment of the present situation.
• Energy futures and climate change – the role of the transport system.
• The potential for technological development in transport and infrastructure systems in relation to various energy futures.
• Scenarios and backcasting as tools for analysing sustainable transport.
• Scenarios and forecasting as tools for analysing sustainable transport.
• Sustainable urban development and mobility.

Overview of important methods and results concerning mobility and sustainability within the  social sciences, for instance regarding individual travel habits and social patterns of mobility and electronic communication

• Strategies and policies for approaching sustainable transport

The content of the course is presented in lectures on methodology and applications. Further training on concrete examples is provided in tutorials in the form of case studies, exercises or study visits. In a project assignment, the student will analyse the sustainability impacts of a plan, a policy or a project in a transport context. The resulting analysis should be summarised in a report to be presented and discussed in a seminar.

Behörighet

Bachelor’s degree in architecture or landscape architecture, civil engineering in the built environment or equivalent, urban and regional planning, social or natural sciences,  comprising at least 30 hp in the field of urban, transport or regional planning, or environmental sciences

För fristående sökande: 150 hp inklusive 45 hp inom arkitektur, samhällsplanering, miljövetenskap eller samhällsbyggnadsteknik samt engelska B.

Litteratur

Preliminarily, the course literature will be based on articles in scientific journals and other available Internet sources. A complete reading list will be provided at the home page of the course.

Examination

• INLA - Inlämningsuppgift, 3,5 hp, betygsskala: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• PROA - Projektuppgift, 4,0 hp, betygsskala: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Krav för slutbetyg

Written exam and project assignment

Ges av

ABE/Miljöstrategisk analys

Kontaktperson

Jonas Åkerman, jonas.akerman@abe.kth.se

Examinator

Göran Finnveden <goranfi@kth.se>

Versionsinformation

Kursplan giltig från och med VT11.
Examinationsinformation giltig från och med VT14.