Sustainability and Habitability - SUSD0004
Faculty: Built Environment
School: Architecture Program
Course Outline: Built Environment
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The impact of buildings and urban environments on quality of life or habitability, and of values and preferences on sustainability or quality of the environment, focusing on five fundamental human factors: environmental responsibility; health and wellbeing; comfort and amenity; safety and security; and economic and social equity. Frameworks to facilitate critical examination of the diverse interactions between people and place, including evaluation of built environment performance and consideration of design and management strategies for intervention and change.
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