| Unit name | The Policy and Politics of Urban Sustainability |
|---|---|
| Unit code | SPOLM5109 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Liz Lloyd |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School for Policy Studies |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit examines the pressing and interconnected issues of climate change, resource use, and sustainability through a focus on cities and public policy. The unit will consider how cities drive and respond to climate change, and will examine the policy making processes associated with sustainability at the urban level. Emphasis will be placed on understanding how cities are embedded within the context of a multi-level and multi-actor system of governance, including international, national and regional interests, and how this impacts on the ability of, and the manner in which, cites respond to the sustainability agenda. In understanding these issues the unit will draw on a number of different theoretical sources including those related to risk, to collective action problems, and to governance.
