Course Overview

The course is designed in a way that upon completion of the course student will learn the policy issues and basic concepts related to climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience.

Course Objectives

Students of this course are expected to learn and understand the issues related to climate adaptive planning. This course has been designed in such a way which provides a clear understanding of different policy issues related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. This course also provides a clear understanding on different concepts related to climate change mitigation, adaptation and community resilience. 

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

After completing the module students are expected to be able to:

·       Develop basic understanding on climate change adaptation, mitigation and resilience;

·       Understand different spatial or city planning approaches to climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience;

·       Think critically about values threshold and governance in adaptation to climate change;

·       Understand interrelationship between climate change and assets and how asset planning impacts on urban poor’s adaptation to climate change;

·       Develop pro-poor adaptation framework for integrated settlement development.