AG2811 Planning for Resilience 7.5 credits

• Educational level

  Second cycle

• Academic level (A-D)

• Subject area

  Built Environment
  

• Grade scale

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

• Course page on KTH Social

Learning outcomes

The course introduces the participants to different perspectives on complex adaptive systems and their resilience, adaptability and transformability. Epistemological issues are analysed in lectures, seminars and readings, and policy implications discussed. Special reference to the concepts in a planning context will be made.

After passing the course, the participant can:

• Describe different meanings of the major concepts (including resilience, adaptability, transformability, social-ecological systems and complex adaptive systems) and describe how these concepts are related within different theoretical frameworks
• Describe and assess policy and planning implications of these concepts
• Apply the central concepts of the course in a planning context

Course main content

Lectures cover: Resilience, adaptability, transformability, ecosystem dynamics, complex adaptive systems, social-ecological systems, cases from research

The course also includes: Seminars discussing the literaure

Eligibility

Same as for the Master program in Sustainable Urban Planning and Design, the track Environment and Planning.
The student should have passed the courses: AG2805 Sustainable Planning and Design, AG2171 Futures studies and Forecasts, AG2126 Theory of Science and Research Methodology for Planning and Design, and AG2127 Planning theory and Urban Governance, or equivalent.

Literature

Preliminary course book:

Walker, B and Salt. 2006. Resilience Thinking: Sustaining ecosystems and people in a changing world. Island Press: London

will be added with additional literature and relevant internet links

Examination

• PRO1 - Group Project, 2.5 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• SEM2 - Seminars, 2.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• TEN3 - Exam, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Requirements for final grade

Written exam on key concepts, will be graded A-F. Participation in seminars, will be graded with Passed or Not Passed. Written final group exam, will be graded A-F.
To complete the course, all parts must be graded with an E or higher.

Offered by

ABE/Environmental Strategies Research - fms

Contact

Rebecka Milestad, rebecka.milestad@abe.kth.se

Examiner

Göran Finnveden <goranfi@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 11.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 12.