Strategies For Urban Livability B Spring 2017 Copenhagen .

Strategies for Urban Livability BSpring 2017Copenhagen3 creditsDisciplines: Sociology, Urban Design, Urban StudiesLecturer: Regitze Hess (rmhess@email.com)Program Director: Neringa B. Vendelbo (nb@dis.dk)Program Assistant: Rachel Frei (rf@dis.dk)Final SyllabusMondays and Thursdays: 14.50-16.10Classroom: V23-301*Prerequisite: Biking capable and the understanding that biking is an integrated piece of the courseCourse DescriptionIn this course, we will explore three core ingredients of Urban Livability.1. Livability Hardware: what do we mean by livability terminology, definitions, factors, indicators,measures, metrics and rankings of livability2. Livability Software: when, where, what are the parameters for urban livability contexts both interms of societal context and what shapes our parameters for wellbeing for one and for all, andphysical contexts in terms of the built environment and how we shape our urban landscape3. Livability Programming: who & how, what are the mechanisms for fostering urban livability, whoare the different stakeholders and how are they involved strategies for urban livabilityInstructor BiographyRegitze Marianne Hess: Architect MAA, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture,Copenhagen (1993). B.Eng. – Civil, McGill University, Montreal (1985). Currently Special Advisor withInternational Federation for Housing and Planning [IFHP], working with IFHP in various capacities since2005. A long range of experience advocating for better cities and built environments through the world ofphilanthropy, non-profits, academia & private practice; as conference organizer; curator; publisher, editor& writer; teacher and critic. Positions of trust include Gehl Institute Board Member. With DIS since 2002.Email: rmhess@email.com; r.hess@ifhp.org.Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this course, you will be able to identify the three strategies, both at a political/policy level, anurban planning/urban design level, and a socio-cultural level. In addition, you will be able to understand thedynamic interdependency between all elements of the urban environment. By the end of the course, youwill not only have gained new knowledge but equally important, you will have acquired new tools of how toput new as well as existing knowledge into a new perspective.More specifically by the end of the course you should know: how to identify and analyze political intentions/design strategies within the urban environmenthow to reflect about policy, design and use of the urban environment, and the interdependentrelation between these.how to develop a ‘personal livability encyclopedia’ based on the information of the lectures and thepersonal findings of the field tripshow to convert these findings into a set of strategic tools for urban livabilityStrategies for Urban Livability DIS – Danish Institute for Study Abroad Disciplines: Sociology, Urban Design, Urban Studies

Final SyllabusReadings / References – Found on CanvasAgyeman, Julian & Duncan McLaren. “Smart Cities” Should Mean “Sharing Cities”, Time, 29 Sept. 2014Auken, Ida. Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better. WorldEconomic Forum, 11 Nov. 2016Bosselmann Peter et.al., Livable Streets Revisited, 2003Clos, Joan, “Towards A New Urban Agenda”, Governing Urban Futures, Urban Age, 2014Cortright, Joe, Less in Common, City Observatory, Sept. 2015The Economist Intelligence Unit. A Summary of the Livability Ranking and Overview, Aug. 2016Frisch, Michael. Planning as a Heterosexist Project.Frug, Gerald, “Who Decides, Who Decides”, p. 14, Governing Urban Futures, Urban Age, 2014Gehl, Jan. Life Between Buildings, [1971 DK version] 1987 UK versionGehl, Jan. Cities for People, Island Press, 2010Gehl, Jan & Svarre. How to Study Public Life, Island Press, 2013Gehl Studio, Public Life & Urban Justice in NYC’s Plazas, Nov. 2015The Happiness Research Institute, The Happy DanesHess, Regitze Marianne, #1 City to Live In Copenhagen, Metropolis Magazine, Sept. 2016.Jacobs, Jane. The Death and Life of Great American Cities, 1961Kimmelman, Michael, The Craving for Public Squares, NYT, 15 June 2016.Larsen, Henrik Gutzon & Anders Lund Hansen. Gentrification – Gentle or Traumatic? Urban Renewal Policiesand Socioeconomic Transformations in Copenhagen. Urban Studies, 2008Merker, Blaine. “Why Designers Should Care about the Mechanics of Mixing”, In Public: Lessons, April 2015Montgomery, Charles. Happy City, FSG Books. 2013Møller, Sten Henrik, Copenhagen, A Love Affair, Politiken, 2003Sadik-Khan, Janette. Street Fight, Handbook for an Urban Revolution, 2016Svendsen, Gert Tinggard, Trust, Reflections 1, Aarhus University Press, 2001Sennett, Richard. Democratic Space, Berlage Institute, 2004Sennett, Richard. “The Open City”Wang, Wilfried, “Sustainability is a Cultural Issue”, Harvard Design Magazine. Summer/Spring 2003Wheeler, Stephen. “Planning Sustainable and Livable Cities”, Routledge, 2003Whyte, William H. The Social Life of Small Urban Space, 1980Readings / References – Found on CanvasCity of Copenhagen, København, A Short Description of the Origin of Copenhagen, 1973City of Copenhagen, A Metropolis for People: Visions and Goals for Urban Life in Copenhagen 2015, 2009.City of Copenhagen, Policy for Disadvantaged Ares of Copenhagen. 2011City of Copenhagen. Good, Better, Best, City of Copenhagen’s Bicycle Strategy, 2011 – 2025, 2011City of Copenhagen, Bicycle AccountCity of Copenhagen. Copenhagen Climate Adaptation Plan: Copenhagen Carbon Neutral by 2025, Oct. 2011City of Copenhagen. Copenhagen Climate Projects, Annual Report, 2015.Approach to TeachingDuring the course Copenhagen will be used as an ‘urban laboratory’ to study how livability strategies arereflected in the urban environment. Classroom lectures will be supported by weekly field trips on bicycle oron foot. The teaching approach is that 1:1 learning and first hand experiences will provide a higher qualityunderstanding of the complex nature of the course topics.Strategies for Urban Livability DIS – Danish Institute for Study Abroad Disciplines: Sociology, Urban Design, Urban Studies

Final SyllabusField StudiesLectures will be supported by weekly field trips by bicycle. All topics will be covered both by literature,lectures and field trips. The field trips will include mapping and observation exercises. All courseassignments will be based in these findings and investigations. The individual student notebook/sketchbook will be a central element in the learning experience. The notebook/sketch book will collectinformation, both notes from readings, lectures and the field trip exercises, this way producing a personal‘livability encyclopedia’.Wednesday, 1st February 2017 (13.00-17.00)Wednesday, 5th April 2017 (8:30-12:30)Expectations of the StudentsAll students are expected to be independent learners/thinkers, good observers, and capable of riding abicycle. The academic content of the lectures will be substantial but the learning objective is primarily theability to translate that academic knowledge into useable applicable knowledge using the city as the urbanlaboratory for this. Students are expected to be able to conduct individual observation exercises, as well asstorytelling exercises and what-if-scenario assignments. Students are expected to be smart and imaginativein relation to the exercises and assignments as well as sensible and sensitive in relation to lectures and fieldtrips. There are times to discuss and create and there are times to look and listen.Team spirit: All students are expected to be helpful and pay attention to your fellow classmates, especiallyin relation of the field trips and mapping/observation exercises. Sharing information and experiences ishighly encouraged: together we know more.Evaluation15%Engaged Participation30%Assignment 1 & 2 (15% each) - Mapping, Observational and Creative Exercises15%Assignment 3 - Paper on Policy vs Reality: Public Space vs. Public Life40%Final Assignment - Project on Applied LivabilityEach student will be graded on the level of engagement in the class discussion and conversations in relationto lectures as well as the field trips. The mapping and observation exercises in the city’s urban spaces willbe graded on the quality of the information gathered rather than a preciseness of the notation/sketchingtechniques. No former drawing/diagramming skills are required. The findings from the exercises will formthe base of information from which the final paper will be created. To be eligible for a passing grade in thisclass, students must complete all of the assigned work.Disability and Resource StatementAny student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact theOffice of Academic Support (acadsupp@dis.dk) to coordinate this. In order to receive accommodations,students should inform the instructor of approved DIS accommodations within the first two weeks ofclasses.PoliciesAttendanceYou are expected to attend all DIS classes when scheduled. If you miss two classes the Director of Teachingand Learning, and the Director of Student Affairs will be notified and they will follow-up with you to makesure that all is well. Absences will jeopardize your grade and your standing at DIS. Allowances will be madein cases of illness, but you will need to provide a doctor’s note.Strategies for Urban Livability DIS – Danish Institute for Study Abroad Disciplines: Sociology, Urban Design, Urban Studies

Final SyllabusAssignments and Late PolicyOur priority for assignments is for students to gain knowledge and master skills that will make you adept atunderstanding the urban environment around you. The assignments are structured to build upon eachother towards a cumulative final assignment that allows you to demonstrate your knowledge and skillmastery from the entire semester.We, the professors, aim to assist you in mastering these skills through personal feedback and classdiscussions with each assignment. We think both will be critical to your success throughout the semester.Assignments that are not submitted by the due date will not receive written feedback.We are more than willing to set a time to meet with you to discuss your assignment (before or after duedate), however please email us ahead of time- not day of.Academic HonestyDIS expects that students abide by the highest standards of intellectual honesty in all academic work. DISassumes that all students do their own work and credit all work or thought taken from others. Academicdishonesty will result in a final course grade of “F” and can result in dismissal. The students’ homeuniversities will be notified. DIS reserves the right to request that written student assignments be turned inelectronic form for submission to plagiarism detection software. See the Academic Handbook for moreinformation, or ask your instructor if you have questions.Electronic Devices in the ClassroomThe use of electronic devices is restricted to note-taking during lectures and field studies.Strategies for Urban Livability DIS – Danish Institute for Study Abroad Disciplines: Sociology, Urban Design, Urban Studies