Sustainable Energy Landcapes URBAN5153

  • Academic Session: 2025-26
  • School: School of Social and Political Sciences
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No
  • Curriculum For Life: No

Short Description

This course explores the complex interplay of energy systems within urban landscapes and social inequalities, recognising the importance of energy to our everyday lives. Examining international, national, and local forms of production, guided by the principles of energy justice, the course will review sustainable solutions at the nexus of city planning and public policy.

Timetable

18 hours encompassing 15 hours of timetabled on-campus teaching in Semester 2 delivered in 3 hourly blocks (1hr lecture + 2hr workshop), once per week, over 5 consecutive weeks plus one additional 3hr field visit in sixth week.

Requirements of Entry

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

Professional-style report, 2,500 words (100%)

 

Within this, students are asked to take into account how energy impacts on sustainability and social justice, interpreting the notion of energy justice within an infrastructural, policy, and practice arenas. 

Course Aims

The course aims to provide students with a theoretical, methodological, and empirical overview of energy systems at various scales, from international to local. It provides students with an understanding of how energy intersects with urban landscapes and social inequalities, as well as the tools available to planners and policymakers to bring about sustainable energy landscapes.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Examine the multifaceted role of energy in shaping everyday life and its implications for sustainability and social equity.

■ Apply energy justice as a guiding framework for analysing energy systems and designing sustainable solutions within city planning and public policy.

■ Critically evaluate energy infrastructures, policies, and practices, and to develop innovative strategies for promoting sustainable energy landscapes.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.

 

Minimum requirement for award of credit for students on MSc City Planning is D3 or above.

 

University standard regulations apply to students on other qualifications.