Assignment Task

Intent :

The aim of this assessment is to examine a case study that has attempted to address the challenge you identified in Assessment 1. Your goal is to investigate the case study and identify the lessons that may be applicable to your Plan of Action.

Your case study may be covering a policy (or policies) or strategy (strategies) or a physical intervention at the precinct, local government area (LGA) and/or city-wide scale. The case study should be aimed at tackling the sustainability challenge that is related to the content you covered in Assessment 1. The case study can be a city overseas or in Australia (other than your city of residence).

Objective:

This assessment task addresses the following subject learning objectives.

• Develop effective written communication strategies
• Analyse the challenges and practical application of principles of environmental, economic, and social sustainability to urban development at the city and precinct scale
• Develop coherent criticisms of existing policies and plans using available evidence appropriately
• Examine the environmental risks posed by patterns of development, and the strategies available to manage risk and adapt urban development patterns to mitigate risk

This assessment task addresses the following course learning objectives.

• Communicate with people with a wide variety of cultural, social, economic, and political perspectives using verbal, written, and visual media
• Explore the principles of environmental, economic and social sustainability and apply them to
  analysing and developing plans and design solutions
• Develop coherent and logically structured arguments that use evidence appropriately

Task instructions:

• Research, analysis and critical thinking in urban sustainability are needed to both identify the
  issues encountered and the key lessons learnt in a case study.
• Provide a detailed analysis of the case study,
  including issues at stake and their local contexts.
• Summarise the lessons learned from this case, focusing on those relevant to your challenge in particular.

Case Study

• The logic for selecting the case study/relevance for the research issue
• Analysis of the issues at stake and their local contexts. (The problem/area of improvement)
• Location and physical context of the intervention/action plan in the case study including maps and photos. If the case study has multiple sustainability areas (eg, transport, waste, housing…etc), you are to briefly mention the overall scope (some areas may be interconnected) but focus on the sustainability area that is most relevant to your topic.
• Intervention/Action Plan (what was done? When?)
• Critical assessment of the case study – Such as the realised benefits, impacts, (costs, if available), risks and/or failures. Include a summary critique of the policies and/or plans (if policies/plans are not available, then please base your critique on the strategies/ interventions.
• Outcomes/Lessons learnt (what are the key lessons we can learn from/apply/implement in the context of your city?).