Assignment:
Sustainable cities and communities
Examples of forerunner cities
Assignment
• Choose one city/town/locality and learn about its sustainability issues, priorities and achievements
• for example, see the list of forerunner cities
• you can concentrate on one or several sustainability topics or dimensions
• e.g. climate action
• use one of the sustainability frameworks as a guideline, e.g. those presented on the lectures
• SDG 11, Society’s commitment, ISO 37101, Circles of sustainability, European green capital application criteria, etc.
• Make a 15 minute presentation and a two-page summary report
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Sustainability issues (choose applicable)
• Situation of the city/town/rural
locality/village in relation with other bigger centres (map, description)
• Map of the case target structure (different land use forms, if possible)
• Population of the case target area and age distribution (2000/2010/2020/ forecast)
• Amount of green areas (green infrastructure) in the target area
• Examples of old residential areas
• Examples of new residential development
• Examples of urban regeneration (e.g.
central areas, neighbourhoods, industrial areas, traffic routes)
• Citizen involvement: opportunities for residents to participate – are they given any power in the processes
• CO2 emissions of the case area now, and goals for the future
• Information about air pollution in the city
• Energy production in the area, the share of renewable energy
• Public transportation arrangements and the use of it (how many % of residents use)
• Walking and cycling – the situation and development targets
• Shared services, examples (e.g. concerning MaaS, recycling, reparation etc.)
• Others…
Forerunner cities and communities
• Freiburg (Germany)
• renewable energy, green areas, transport
• Hammarby Sjöstad (Stockholm, Sweden)
• planning process, resource efficiency, urban runoff rainwater management, green
environment
• Copenhagen (Denmark)
• transport, climate change management
• Vancouver (Canada)
• green coefficient method, climate change management
• Portland (USA)
• urban planning, Portland Metro, public transport, rural connections
• Greater Helsinki (Finland)
• new general plan, its principles and connection to climate change
• Lahti (Finland)
• European green capital 2021
• Jyväskylä and Kuopio (Finland)
• FISU communes, resource efficiency
• Ii municipality (near Oulu, Finland)
• Hinku-project, climate action
• Palopuro (Hyvinkää, Finland)
• Palopuro agro-ecological symbiosis
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Others: Stockholm, Berlin, Hamburg, Seattle, Amsterdam, Vienna, Oslo…
Research assignment
Sustainability framework –SDG 11
–Society’s commitment –ISO 37101
– Circles of Sustainability
• sustainability topics
• requirements
• metrics, indicators
• practical application
• examples
• sustainability issues
• activities
• targets and performance
• engagement and participation
• reliable information sources City
Evidence
Evaluation of assignment presentations
• Contents
• coverage of the issues presented in the assignment specs
• forms a clear and complete picture
• research based on many different reliable information sources
• suitable for the target group (fellow students)
• Presentation (+ report)
• logical sequence of presentation (4 individuals vs. 1 group)
• clarity of presentation: language, speech, visuals etc.
• interesting, varied, use of suitable tools and methods
• time management/extent
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Good presentation
• Structure
• introduction, recognizable and logical sections, clear end
• Visual aids
• clear, interesting, not too much information, reinforce the
message
• Important points
• highlight, summarize at the end of section
• Voice
• speak loudly and clearly (rehearse!)
• Contact with audience
• face audience, keep eye contact, follow their reactions, interact, activate
• Body language
• stand, emphasize, don’t distract
Levels of learning – aim higher!
Based on Bloom’s taxonomy
1. Communicating facts
• presenting appropriate information
2. Understanding
• realising the meaning of information and facts
3. Application
• use of information in new situations and contexts
4. Analysis
• breaking down and examining information to develop conclusions, fnding evidence to support generalizations
5. Synthesis
• combining information from different sources and applying prior knowledge and skills to produce a new or original fndings
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• judging the value of information based on personal values/opinionskiertotalousamk.f
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Good seminar report (IMRaD)
• Introduction
• Background, challenges, objectives
• Materials and methods
• research topic, scope and focus, data sources, research methods
• Results
• fndings (without elaboration)
• Discussion
• interpretation of results, highlights, conclusions, recommendations
• reliability, assumptions, limitations
• 2 pages long
• Authors, contact information
• Keywords
• Consistent and clear layout
• Suitable linguistic style
• Appropriate fgures, charts, graphs etc. with captions
• Consistent marking of references
• within text
• list of references in the end
Assignment groups
No. Group City/town
/municipality Tool/framework Presentation time
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