Urban and Regional Planning – Security and Crises
Society faces significant challenges related to security, supply, energy, climate change, natural disasters, war risks, and various crises.
This course provides basic knowledge on how security and crises are managed within urban and regional planning, as well as insights into the Swedish crisis management system and civil defence.
Urban and Regional Planning – Security and Crises, 7.5 credits, is an elective within the Urban and Regional Planning – programme, 180 credits, the Bachelor’s Programme in Human Geography – Society, Environment, and Global Processes, 180 credits, and the Bachelor’s Programme in Geography, 180 credits. The course is also offered as a free standing course.
The course examines how responsibilities are distributed across different geographic and administrative levels, which control instruments are used, and what plans are developed through interaction among various actors. It combines both theoretical knowledge and practical application. In the course project work, planning bases are developed through geographic information system (GIS) analysis. While grounded in Swedish urban and regional planning, the course also includes international perspectives.
Teaching Format
Mandatory instruction includes an introduction, lectures, seminars, and project work.
Detailed information, including grading criteria, is provided during the course introduction and via the learning platform Athena.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, you will be able to:
- Describe and explain concepts such as risk, crisis, preparedness, threat, security, disaster, and vulnerability in relation to urban and regional planning.
- Describe planning instruments and tools used within Swedish crisis management.
- Critically review scientific, political, and planning-oriented texts related to security and crises.
- Apply spatial perspectives to issues of security and crises using geographic data and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Present a geographic analysis of crises and threat scenarios in a planning case.
Assessment
Assessment consists of written submissions, active participation in seminars, and presentations.
Examiner
Several teachers evaluate and assign grades within the course.
Examiner: Anders Rickegård
