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URST 450 Urban Research

Faculty: Arts

Subject: Urban Studies

Historical, legal, and quantitative analysis of urban research. Emphasis on spatial, racial, and political dynamics of urban inequality. Credit will be granted for only one of URST 450 or GEOG 450. Restricted to students with fourth-year standing or higher.
Equivalency: GEOG 450

SSC Course Schedule - URST 450 Urban Research

URSY 510 Urban Systems and Society

Faculty: Applied Science

Subject: Urban Systems

Urban systems in society and economy; spatial issues; equity and social justice. Governance, policy, regulation. Globalization and international development; implications for urban systems. Urban and regional economics; infrastructure financing. Urban systems and technology; tradeoffs; socio-economic-technical systems; emerging and green technologies.

SSC Course Schedule - URSY 510 Urban Systems and Society

URSY 520 Urban Systems Analysis and Planning

Faculty: Applied Science

Subject: Urban Systems

Planning for engineers. Demand-side planning: population and demand modelling; demand management. Supply-side planning: long term planning, strategic planning. Data, metrics, indicators and assessment. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

SSC Course Schedule - URSY 520 Urban Systems Analysis and Planning

URSY 530 Urban Systems Engineering

Faculty: Applied Science

Subject: Urban Systems

Technical infrastructure systems that support communities: water; waste and storm water; solid waste; transportation; energy and data. Systems services and demands; technical alternatives; distribution systems; modelling, design, construction, operations and maintenance issues.

SSC Course Schedule - URSY 530 Urban Systems Engineering

URSY 550 Infrastructure Asset Management

Faculty: Applied Science

Subject: Urban Systems

General frameworks for infrastructure management, system-specific asset management (road conditions, pipe inspection), maintenance and renewal. Data, metrics, indicators and assessment: data sources, performance indicators, assessment, assessing condition and sustainability, multi-objective, multi-criteria decision making, performance prediction, lifecycle cost analysis (LCA), sustainability.

SSC Course Schedule - URSY 550 Infrastructure Asset Management

VANT 150 Sustainability and Engineering Design

Faculty: UBC Vantage College

Subject: Vantage College

Topics in sustainability, including the impact of technology on the environment and society, and fundamentals of engineering design. Restricted to students in the UBC Vantage College Engineering Stream.

SSC Course Schedule - VANT 150 Sustainability and Engineering Design