Program Overview

Sustainable Cities Challenges: Health, Wellbeing and Climate Change

Module Description

The Sustainable Cities Challenges: Health, Wellbeing and Climate Change module, coded as BENV0161, is offered by the UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. This module focuses on the integration of grey, green, and blue infrastructure in urban areas, balancing health and equity needs between local communities and planetary health.

Key Information

• Faculty: UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment
• Teaching Department: Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources
• Credit Value: 30
• Restrictions: This module is restricted to undergraduate BSEER students.

Alternative Credit Options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Module Aims

The aims of the module are to:

• Introduce students to the concepts related to grey, green, and blue infrastructure in urban areas.
• Provide a deep understanding of concepts and principles related to urban resilience, climate change (mitigation and adaptation), urban health, and well-being, and indoor and outdoor air quality.
• Apply digital tools (e.g., GIS and spatial analysis), data (e.g., real-time), and methods (e.g., predictive data analytics) for an understanding of the role of urban data in complex decision-making and for assessing the health impacts, air quality, and urban resilience under different climate change scenarios.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Understand the main concepts and principles related to the complexity of urban health and well-being, the role of transport, mobility, and physical activity on health and urban environmental quality, as well as urban microclimate and urban resilience.
• Identify the dynamics of using built and natural environment through primary and secondary data.
• Develop and apply models, tools, and indicators to assess health and well-being at the city and neighborhood scale.
• Use and adapt participatory and engagement tools and approaches for the collection of relevant data.
• Use GIS and other related digital tools and metrics used to assess health and well-being in cities.
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of both existing and changing conditions in the natural and built environment.

Module Deliveries for 2026/27 Academic Year

• Intended Teaching Term: Term 1
• Level: Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and Assessment

• Mode of Study: In person
• Methods of Assessment:
  • 50% Group activity (2 assessments)
  • 50% Coursework
• Mark Scheme: Numeric Marks

Other Information

• Number of Students on Module in Previous Year: 40
• Module Leader: Dr. Oscar Brousse

Last Updated

This module description was last updated on 10th March 2026.