Built and Sustainable Communities
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours Face to Face + Blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
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.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Discuss the principles of ecologically sustainable development and the application to the built environment
2. Articulate the history and concept of the built environment including the legislative and strategic control of urban environments
3. Examine the health issues related to housing and accommodation and how they are managed
4. Evaluate the environmental hazards arising from the built environment including noise, air, ventilation and waste disposal
5. Examine selected sanitary engineering principles and the ways in which they can be employed to resolve particular problems
6. Articulate the principles of emergency management, including the identification and response to public health issues
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On Campus Lecture | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| On Campus Tutorial | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Online Activities | 5 | 12 | 60 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 4.5 | 12 | 54 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes ULOs |
| Assignment 1 | Group | 25% | 1 |
| Assignment 2 | Individual | 40% | 1, 2 |
| Examination | Individual | 35% | 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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
• 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.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.