HS1009 Urban Planning 7.5 credits
This course will be discontinued.
Last planned examination: Spring 2023
Decision to discontinue this course: No information inserted

Course offering missing
Course offering missing for current semester as well as for previous and coming semestersContent and learning outcomes
Course contents
- Construction development
- Municipal land use planning
- Building permits and detailed development plans
- Water requirements in a neighborhood
- Design of water supply and sewage piping
- The geometric design of a street in plan and profile
- The various layers in the road structure and their functions
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- the basic concepts of the Swedish Planning and Building Act
- design a smaller area with different types of structures and thereafter draw up a detailed development plan illustration using CAD
- create a detailed development plan along with regulations
- account for how a detailed development plan is formally managed up until it becomes legally binding
- give a graphic presentation of a detailed development plan
- account for the establishment of a building permit
- basic concepts of real estate law
- calculate the total water requirements for an area with various types of developments and urban functions
- calculate run-off from wastewater and surface water for an area with various types of developments and urban functions
- dimension water mains, wastewater pipes, and storm pipes from this area
- account for the geometric design and profile of a street as well as the composition of the road structure.
Course disposition
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Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
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Recommended prerequisites
Fluid Mechanics
Equipment
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Literature
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Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- PRO1 - Project, 4.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 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.
The course contains a number of mandatory modules, in accordance with the course memo.
To receive a final grade for this course, the following are required: a passing grade on the written examination (TEN1), a passing grade on the submitted assignments (PRO1) as well as participation in the mandatory modules.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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Examiner
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 web
Further information about the course can be found on the Course web at the link below. Information on the Course web will later be moved to this site.
Course web HS1009Offered by
Main field of study
Architecture, Technology
Education cycle
First cycle
Add-on studies
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Contact
Eva Knutsson (evakn@byv.kth.se)
Supplementary information
Course previously given as 6H2209