| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
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| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
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The aim of the module is to outline the main vulnerabilities, risks and likely impacts of climate change in a range of areas of the human, built and natural environments. To describe in detail, for a number of key areas, the assessment of impacts and engineering strategies for adaptation.
This module addresses the risks and likely impacts of climate change in the human, natural and built environments, covering key aspects such as water resources, flooding, sea level rise and coasts, health, transport, infrastructure and cities. Engineering strategies for adaptation are then described in detail, so the student will learn not just how climate change will impact society, but also how we can respond. The student will be well equipped to assess, propose and apply sustainable adaptation strategies in a range of key infrastructure and environmental settings.
Key Vulnerabilities and Risk and frameworks for assessment;
Impacts and Adaptation – water resources;
Impacts and Adaptation – Flooding: Fluvial and pluvial , Sea level rise and coastal;
Impacts and Adaptation – Critical infrastructure;
Impacts and Adaptation –Food and agriculture, water-energy nexus;
Impacts and Adaptation –Heat, people and buildings;
Consolidation: Sustainable Cities: strategy, design and implementation.
At the end of this module, students should have an understanding of:-
1 The main societal and infrastructure vulnerabilities and risks of climate change;
2 Linked nature of risks to society and necessity for integrated assessment and response;
3 Detailed technical knowledge of risks and engineering responses for key areas.
At the end of this module, students should have achieved the following skills:-
4 Ability to assess likely impact and vulnerability of systems (or infrastructure components) to climate change;
5 Ability to select and specify sustainable response and adaptation strategies for critical engineering systems;
6 Confidence and understanding to promote use of sustainable engineering approaches.
| Graduate Skills Framework Applicable: | Yes |
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| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 10:30 | 10:30 | Essay - Climate impact assessment and adaptation planning exercise |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 2:00 | 2:00 | Revision for exam |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 1:30 | 1:30 | Exam |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 24 | 1:00 | 24:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Practical | 3 | 3:00 | 9:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | Tutorials |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 51:00 | 51:00 | Includes background reading and reading lecture notes for a full understanding of material. |
| Total | 100:00 |
Lecture series and directed reading provides background and detailed information for outcomes 1-3 and 4-6.
Outcomes 4-6 are primarily achieved through practical sessions using real case study data to propose and assess simplified real-life adaptation strategies.
The small group teaching session on priorities for food/land/water particularly addresses outcome 2.
The small group teaching session on role of large cities and master planning particularly addresses outcomes 5 and 6.
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
| Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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| Written Examination | 90 | 2 | A | 50 | Unseen written exam |
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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| Written exercise | 2 | M | 50 | Climate impact assessment and adaptation planning. Using work commenced in practicals in class during block week (approx. 8 pages). |
Unseen Exam - Two sections: (A) shorter factual questions (B) longer more stretching questions. The exam addresses outcomes as follows:
Knowledge:
* The main societal and infrastructure vulnerabilities and risks of climate change;
* Linked nature of risks to society and necessity for integrated assessment and response;
* Detailed technical knowledge of risks and engineering responses for key areas (e.g. water resource, flooding, heat)
Skills:
* Ability to assess likely impact and vulnerability of systems (or infrastructure components) to climate change;
* Ability to select and specify sustainable response and adaptation strategies for critical engineering
systems;
The written exercise addresses:
Knowledge:
* Linked nature of risks to society and necessity for integrated assessment and response;
* Detailed technical knowledge of risks and engineering responses for key areas (e.g. water resource, flooding, heat)
Skills:
* Ability to assess likely impact and vulnerability of systems (or infrastructure components) to climate change;
* Ability to select and specify sustainable response and adaptation strategies for critical engineering systems;
* Confidence and understanding to promote use of sustainable engineering approaches.
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