The BSc in Spatial Planning and Environmental Management at DIT

BSc in Spatial Planning andEnvironmental Management

A combined programme at DIT Environment & Planning

DT106

DT106 is a combined degree that allows you to specialise in either:

- planning the future of towns and cities (BSc Spatial Planning)

- managing a sustainable environment for the future (BSc Environmental Management)

Introduction

The BSc in Spatial Planning and Environmental Management

DT106 is a combined programme. Students take all subjects in year 1. In year 2 they can choose between the Spatial Planning or Environmental Management streams. Year 4 allows full specialisation in their chosen field, including the completion of a dissertation.

How does DT106 work?

Common first year modules

Environmental management

modules

Spatial planning modules

Environmental management

modules

Spatial planning modules

Environmental management

modulesand

dissertation

Spatial planning modules

and dissertation

BSc Environmental Management

BSc Spatial Planning

DT106

1st year 2nd year 4th year3rd year

* All BSc students will take a number of common modules, mainly in first year, but also throughout years 2 – 4. Students also take specialist modules as part of each streamed programme. Further programme content information is available at: steep.dit.ie

What will I study?

Earth Sciences

Society and Environment

Settlement Analysis

Research methods

European Field Trip

Dissertation

Rural management plansEnvironmental fieldwork

Climate systemsConservation managementRiver basin management

Urban DesignLocal Area Plans

Society and governanceHeritage appraisal

Development management

BSc Environmental Management

BSc Spatial Planning

DT106

Sample Common Modules * Sample Streamed Modules *

Sample Streamed Modules *

How do you plan a carbon-neutral community?

Do they exist and can we develop them in Ireland?

What will I learn on the BSc Spatial Planning?

Vastra Hamnen, Malmo (Sweden)

What is “tactical urbanism”? How can it be used to kick-start the regeneration of our towns and cities?

What will I learn on the BSc Spatial Planning?

PARK(ing) Day Dublin: founded by DIT staff and students

What happens to our green bin waste?

What can we do about the rest?

What will I learn on the BSc Environmental Management?

65%Re-used

Ballymount Landfill & Recycling Centre

How important is water resource management?

How do you create a natural water conservation and filtration system?

What will I learn on the BSc Environmental Management?

Airfield Estate, Dundrum

What is the “New Urban Agenda” and what does it mean for Ireland?

“The New Urban Agenda…will set global standards of achievement in sustainable urban development, rethinking the way we build, manage, and live in cities” Habitat III UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development , Ecuador, Oct 2016

What will I learn on the BSc Spatial Planning and Environmental Management?

Dublin City Council wants to radically reimagine the city centre

DIT Environment & Planning students conducted research that kick-started Dublin City Council’s College Green Plaza initiative

Environment & Planning grads are needed because…Dublin is changing

Environment & Planning grads are needed because…Ireland is changing

More people are commuting longer distances in Ireland than ever before.

DIT Environment & Planning staff are involved in actively campaigning at the highest levels for a more sustainable future for Ireland

5 years ago China had 42 cities bigger than Dublin. Now there are 100.

The DT106 programme is being delivered by DIT Environment & Planning lecturing staff at the Gengdan Institute of Beijing University of Technology

Environment & Planning grads are needed because…the world is changing

Shanghai in 1990

Shanghai in 2015

The North Pole is an alarming 20 degrees warmer than normally recorded as winter descends in 2016

DIT Environment & Planning graduates are working with environmental agencies such as an Taisce, Friends of the Earth, Environmental Protection Agency, Greenpeace, Marine Institute, etc.

Environment & Planning grads are needed because…the planet is changing

About a quarter of urban dwellers live in slums or informal settlements. Another one billion people are classed as migrants.

DIT Environment & Planning graduates are working with global agencies, such as UN Habitat, Transport for London, NZ Transport, ENTSOE-E European Energy Grid, etc.

Environment & Planning grads are needed because…global society is changing

Construction sector skills shortage estimated at 40,000 workers (Nov 2016)

Environment & Planning grads are needed because there is a…Housing and Skills shortage

Priory Hall, Dublin 13

What you’ll do while studying at DIT Environment & Planning: -

Field trips

Studio work

Lectures and seminars

We’re into Active Learning

We are based at DIT Bolton Street. This is the halfway point between the DIT Grangegorman Campus (and sports facilities) and Dublin city centre, both within 10 minutes walking distance.

Where we are based

European Associations

Students can go on Erasmus exchanges to: Dundee (Scotland) / HCU Hafencity (Germany) / TU Dortmund (Germany) / Tampere (Finland) / Lyon (France) and many others

Hafencity, Hamburg

Education partnerships with: National University of LesothoGengdan Institute of Beijing University of Technology

International Associations

[right] Dublin City Councillor Ciaran Cuffe, Lecturer at DIT

Environment & Planning, talks to Professor Brian Norton,

President of DIT, and Anne Graham, CEO of the National

Transport Authority at the ITRN 2016 conference at DIT

Grangegorman

Strong links to industry and government

The BSc in Spatial Planning and Environmental Management is Ireland’s top professionally accredited programme, leading to a specialised, internationally recognised degree

Professional Accreditation

300-400

CAO points range *

Entry Channels

* All built environment programmes suffered as a result of the severe economic downturn. This is guaranteed not to last. Already skills shortages are affecting housing and infrastructure supply. Local authorities and agencies have lifted recruitment embargoes.

All our staff are professionally engaged at the highest disciplinary levels in Ireland and are fully committed to delivering a Teaching & Learning environment of the highest academic quality for all our students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Meet the Staff

Head of School, Henk van der Kamp, is past President of both the Irish Planning Institute and the European Council of Town Planners

Assistant Head of School, Dr. Conor Norton, is a professional urban design consultant and is past President of the Royal Town

Planning Institute Republic of Ireland Branch

Meet the Management

Hilary is managing projects in Bogota, Nairobi and Delhi with the UN-Habitat Safer Cities Programme

Archie is an Assigned Certifier and Sustainability Consultant with i3PT Certification Association

Rachel is a Transport Planner with Arup Consultants

Stephen is Programme Coordinator of the Liberties Improvement Initiative at Dublin City Council

Our Graduates – where are they now?

Niall is Planning Project Manager at Gaelectric working on regional energy projects in Northern Ireland

Aoife is PhD Researcher at Future Analytics Consulting, focussed on urban security, safety and resilience

Gary is Consultant Town Planner at Hughes Planning & Development Consultants, Dublin

Sorcha is Strategic & Environmental Planner at Brady Shipman Martin, planning, landscape and environment specialists

Our Graduates – where are they now?

Colin is producing an online electricity grid map for the European Energy Union with ENTSOE-E in Brussels

Jean is a PhD Candidate at K2 - the acclaimed Swedish Knowledge Centre for Public Transport in Lund

Cillian is a Geospatial Data Analyst and Systems Specialist at the NZ Transport Agency, Auckland

Ilana is Acquisitions Consultant, identifying and planning new sites with Lidl UK in London

Our Graduates – where are they now?

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