BA (Hons) Sustainable Urban Design and Planning Bachelor's degree at Oxford Brookes University

This is your introduction to the complex character and dimensions of urban development and change. You will examine the concept of city and how cities change in shape over time in the context of both broader economic, political, social and cultural changes and specific urban land development processes. You'll also look at changes in land use and built environment in British Cities, covering the major phases of urban growth and change from pre-industrial to post-industrial eras. You'll develop ur

You will focus on the contemporary city and the way it is experienced by different social groups. You'll explore sources of difference and division in cities such as: income gender age ethnicity disability and you'll look at who belongs in and who is excluded from the city. You'll also look at how different social groups experience the spaces of the cities. While examining a number of themes as ways of explaining the processes underlying such diversity and how it interacts with the built form. T

Study the role of spatial planning, urban design and urban development in creating better places through an exploration of contemporary challenges faced by built environment professionals at different scales. You will explore planning, design and development and you'll look at the legislative and policy frameworks for planning at a national and local level. You'll examine key theoretical concepts in urban design which will be developed in subsequent Urban Labs. Also you'll look at urban research

How can we build sustainable environments in which we can live, work and relax? In this module, you'll learn about sustainability and the three overlapping issues of sustainable development - environmental, social and economic. You'll examine how infrastructure and resource-use affect the sustainability of England's built and natural environment. You'll gain knowledge of the land-use planning system in England, and how it can help to deliver a more sustainable environment. You'll explore sustain

Focus on the development sector and how it delivers commercial, residential and mixed-use developments and also meets the planning obligations and community infrastructure levy contributions. You'll build an understanding of development viability for planning purposes. Also you will gain key insight of market value and land value as a key benchmark for investors in all areas of land transaction development investment. Along with an understanding of how any assessment of viability will be based o

Develop your basic planning, design and development thinking and communication skills - for architectural (plot and building typologies) and small scale public space (the home patch and the home zone). You will build your spatial understanding of the relationships between planning processes, inclusive urban form and sustainable lifestyles and behaviour. You'll be introduced to the notions of urban design quality for a mixed use development that is a sustainable development. Your project will be

You'll examine the interrelationships of UK spatial planning and its associated political and governance networks, at the local, regional, national and European levels while also exploring comparative planning and related systems. You will explore the evolution of planning systems and highlight important issues such as the: rise of multi-level governance, shifts in the spatial focus of planning including localism forms of governance and agency through which planning and other interventions are a