Module manager: Malcolm Morgan
Email: M.Morgan1@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Students must have completed the computer skills sessions in semester 1.
TRAN5112M Sustainable Land-Use and Transport Planning
This module is not approved as an Elective
This module will make students aware of the key aspects of integrated transport and land-use planning which contribute to more sustainable outcomes. Transport is an inherently spatial phenomenon, which cannot be divorced from considerations of urban form, spatial planning, social processes and people. The module delivers this understanding by developing beyond basic generic GIS skills and applies leading edge techniques in GIS (Geographical Information Systems) and spatial analysis which can be deployed to explore contemporary planning problems, alongside theoretical considerations. Students will develop their skills to access, analyse and display spatial data to facilitate advanced policy analysis informed by the theoretical underpinnings of sustainable land use and transport planning taught in the module.
The objectives of the module are to explore, through research-led teaching, the key relationships between land-use and transport planning which can lead to more sustainable planning outcomes. In taking the module, students will apply this knowledge to a range of real-world contexts in the developed and developing world through the development and application of skills in GIS and spatial analysis so that they can independently approach spatial planning problems and understand how best to inform the advancement of sustainability goals.
1. To understand and analyse the relationship between urban form, social structures and travel patterns in the context of sustainability
2. Demonstrate and apply spatial analysis concepts and techniques to real-world transport problems
3. Implement spatial analysis techniques to evaluate real-world policy relevant questions in the field of sustainable planning
Skills Learning Outcomes
4. Students will develop their GIS skills to apply spatial analytical concepts to real world problems and contexts using an appropriate GIS package.
5. Appropriate visualization of analyses in maps and graphics.
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Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lecture | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Practical | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| Seminar | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Private study hours | 127 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 23 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
Feedback given during coursework focused workshop.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Coursework | 25 |
| Assignment | Coursework | 75 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 4/23/2024
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