| CODE | SPI1721 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Sustainable Development | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 3 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Spatial Planning and Infrastructure | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Study-unit Aims: - To introduce, at an early stage, a holistic approach towards architectural and engineering solutions, particularly as far as concerns macro-scale issues; - To introduce students to climate change phenomena and their impact, and how interventions can be targeted to achieve carbon neutral solutions; - To introduce sustainable development issues particularly relevant to Malta, including water resources, waste management, and transport. Learning Outcomes: - Ability to analyze sustainable development issues, particularly as contributed to by the building, construction and engineering industry. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Review of the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (EU SDS) − Renewed Strategy (available online:http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/06/st10/st10117.en06.pdf ) Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future (Brundtland Commission) (available online: http://www.un-documents.net/wced-ocf.htm ) Agenda 21 (available online: http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Agenda21.pdf ) Sustainable Development Act – Chap. 521 Laws of Malta, (available online: http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&itemid=11917&l=1 ) Understanding Sustainable Development - Blewitt J, 2008, Earthscan An Introduction to Sustainable Development - Rogers P, 2008, Earthscan |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Rachael Scicluna |
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