Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Seminar
Module Offerings
7501CATSCI-SEP-PAR
Aims
a) Contextualize sustainability and transformational adaptation in view of current environmental changes.
b) Appreciate the interconnectedness of the factors involved.
c) Make informed decisions during the adaptation transformation planning process, despite uncertainties.
d) Discern the wider implications of transformational adaptation on social structures, ecology, land use, trade, resource management, energy provision, governance, health and economic systems through a critical exploration of the primary considerations related to sustainability and environmental change.
e) Form a thorough understanding of adaptation transformation planning through facilitated self-reflective practical team exercises.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Form a synthesis of knowledge related to the current discourse around transformational adaptation and mitigation strategies, vulnerability, adaptive capacity, ecosystem services and resilience building in relation to current environmental change;
2.
Conceive the nature of the interconnectedness of the numerous interactions related to transformation adaptation, sustainability and environmental change;
3.
Critically analyse the implications of transformational adaptation to environmental change in the wider context of sustainability, equity and well-being provision;
4.
Evaluate the ethical dilemmas when problem-solving and decision-making, in a general context and in relation to current environmental change;
5.
Effectively communicate (in written and oral forms) to both peers and a wider audience;
6.
Reflect critically on team working experience in order to inform self-development and confidence.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Environmental change, Energy provision, Built environment adaptation possibilities (new build & renovation), Ecosystem services and biodiversity enhancement, Atmospheric carbon reduction, Mechanisms of environmental change, Geo-engineering, Transformational adaptation (vulnerability, risk, resilience and adaptive capacity), Health and well-being implications of environmental change, Water security and waste, Food security, Materials, Economic fundamentals and non-growth economic systems, Transportation, Land use, Adaptations needed for climatic changes and weather extremes, Population growth and migration implications for transformational adaptation and sustainability.
Additional Information:This module is available onsite or at a distance.