Built and Sustainable Communities
36 hours Face to Face + Blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This unit provides a basis for understanding the built environment and the factors impacting on the sustainability of communities. It will focus on concepts related to ecological sustainable development, the planning of urban environments including statutory controls, the relationship of environmental health to the promotion of a sustainable community and the management of disasters and emergencies, encompassing planning, response and recovery.
Requisites
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Discuss the principles of ecologically sustainable development and the application to the built environment
- Articulate the history and concept of the built environment including the legislative and strategic control of urban environments
- Examine the health issues related to housing and accommodation and how they are managed
- Evaluate the environmental hazards arising from the built environment including noise, air, ventilation and waste disposal
- Examine selected sanitary engineering principles and the ways in which they can be employed to resolve particular problems
- Articulate the principles of emergency management, including the identification and response to public health issues
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
---|---|---|---|
Live Online Lecture |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
On Campus Class |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
Specified Activities Various |
5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
4.50 | 12 weeks | 54 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
---|---|---|---|
Assignment 1 | Individual | 30 - 40% | 1,2 |
Examination | Individual | 30 - 40% | 3,4,5,6 |
Online Quiz | Individual | 15 - 30% | 1,2 |
Content
- Key concepts of sustainable development, including ecological footprint, triple bottom line, health impacts assessment, healthy cities and key global polices.
- History of the built environment, land use planning processes and strategies and their application to environmental health.
- Air, water, noise sources of exposure, pollutants of concern, monitoring and control.
- Health issues related to housing and accommodation and statutory controls pertinent to public health protection.
- Waste water disposal theory: Standards of installation, application and supervision. Codes of practice installation standards, regulatory control emergency water supplies, water tanks.
- Emergency Management, Prevention, Preparedness, Response, Recovery, hazard identification, public health response.
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.