Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Civil Engineering and Built Environment

Learning Methods

Lecture
Seminar

Module Offerings

7301DCIV-SEP-CTY

Aims

To develop understanding of the operation, design and management of infrastructure in both the Developing World and the Developed World. From this students will develop the capability for critical assessment of the sustainability of infrastructure in a wide variety of situations.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Overview of sustainability and definition in the context of sustainable infrastructures. International standards for infrastructure and infrastructure management at local and national levels, including UN SDG’s and their implication on engineering problems. Water, sanitation and health. Global view of levels of provision of water supply and sanitation. Water, waste and health relationships; water and waste related infections. Wastewater collection, treatment and transport. Sustainable sewerage and drainage systems. Sustainable wastewater and sludge treatment methods and analysis of their component parts. Wastewater and sludge reuse. Sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS). Sanitation systems, and sustainable technologies such as Aqua privies, Septic tanks, soakaways, lagoons and reedbeds. Disposal and simplified sewers. Solid Waste Management. A critical review of current practices of management systems including waste collection and transfer, landfill, recycling, re-use, incineration. Sustainable networks and transportation systems and use of environmental assessment methods (CEEQUAL, ENVISION, etc.), environmental management systems, environmental impact assessment, and social impact assessment and how they are used in engineering projects.
Module Overview:
This module develops your understanding of the operation, design and management of infrastructure in both the Developing World and the Developed World. From this you will develop the capability for critical assessment of the sustainability of infrastructure in a wide variety of situations.

 
Additional Information:
This module develops students' understanding, and critical awareness, of the sustainability of infrastructure. Students consider and compare infrastructure through the world, with a particular emphasis on sustainable development.

Assessments

Portfolio
Centralised Exam