GEOG222-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Transport, Urban Development and Wellbeing

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

Nau mai ki GEOG222 - welcome to GEOG222. Transport fundamentally shapes our communities and affects our wellbeing. This course examines the role and influence of transport in shaping our towns and cities, and affecting our personal wellbeing. The course will have a particular focus on how transport and urban development can help face challenges like climate change. The course will also look at issues related to Maori, for example, how has urbanisation affected their wellbeing. As well as gaining increased understanding of transport, urban development and wellbeing through traditional learning approaches, students will also learn from transport, urban development and health professionals. They will develop a range of practical, applied and transferrable skills by addressing real world problems and present findings in both written and oral formats.

Prerequisites

45 pts of 100 level including GEOG110 or GEOG106

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Quizz 20% Week 4, Week 12
Infographic 30% Due Week 6
Briefing Paper 40% Due Week 12
Labs 10% See Timetable

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Beatley, Timothy; Biophilic cities : integrating nature into urban design and planning ; Island Press, 2011.

Early, Lisa , Howden-Chapman, Philippa, Russell, Marie; Drivers of urban change ; Steele Roberts Aotearoa, 2015.

Howden-Chapman, Philippa , Early, Lisa, Ombler, Jenny; Cities in New Zealand : preferences, patterns and possibilities ; for the New Zealand Centre for Sustaiable Cities by Steele Roberts Aotearoa, 2017.

Howden-Chapman, Philippa. , Stuart, Keriata., Chapman, R. B; Sizing up the city : urban form and transport in New Zealand ; Steele Roberts, 2010.

Montgomery C; Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design ; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

Newman, Peter , Kenworthy, Jeffrey R; The end of automobile dependence : how cities are moving beyond car-based planning ; Island Press, 2015.

Newman, Peter. , Beatley, Timothy., Boyer, Heather; Resilient Cities : Overcoming Fossil Fuel Dependence ; Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint : Island Press, 2017.

Stuart, Keriata. , Thompson-Fawcett, Michelle., New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities; Tāone tupu ora : indigenous knowledge and sustainable urban design ; Steele Roberts, 2010.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $942.00

International fee $4,988.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

All GEOG222 Occurrences

  • GEOG222-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025