The course links and introduces basic concepts in the areas of ecosystem support and environmental justice – two perspectives that are often ignored in policy and planning. The course illustrates and discusses the ecological resource base needed to support urban structures and a consumption-intensive lifestyle, as well as how natural resources and negative environmental impacts are distributed between different groups in society. The course also discusses strategies for sustainable, just and inclusive use of natural and potentials for promoting environmental justice in planning and environmental engineering.
AG2803 Ecosystem Support and Environmental Justice 7.5 credits
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Information per course offering
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Course syllabus as PDF
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Course syllabus AG2803 (Autumn 2020–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus AG2803 (Autumn 2020–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
1. Briefly describe the historical roots of the research field and the movement "environmental justice" and discuss what the concept means today
2. Be able to explain what “ecosystem support” means
3. Be able to discuss and exemplify how urban and western societies depend on and affect socioecological systems locally and globally
4. Be able to reflect on how environmental justice and ecosystem support are related and how these discourses relate to other sustainability discourses
5. Be able to evaluate real cases by applying theories of environmental justice and ecosystem support and develop suggestions on how a more socio-ecological just planning / environmental engineering can be implemented and reflect on the conditions for this
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
3 years of university studies within the field of Planning, Architecture, Engineering or Social Science. Documented proficiency in English B or equivalent (TOEFL, IELTS, for example).
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- SEM1 - Seminar, 0.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- LIT2 - Literature Assignment, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- PRO1 - Project work, 4.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
LIT2: Individual literature assignment based on the course literature.
PRO1: Project work on planning with ecosystem support and environmental perspectives and an individual reflective text.
SEM1: Seminars where key concepts and literature are discussed.
The final grade is calculated as a rounded weighted average of LIT2 and PRO1, where PRO1 has weight 4 and LIT2 has weight 3.
Other requirements for final grade
Grading criteria are specified for each course round
Examiner
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Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
The Built Environment
Education cycle
Second cycle
Supplementary information
The course is replaced by AL2503 for THSSM and TMHIM from HT20