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GG4016: TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

This course assesses the opportunities to develop a sustainable transport system in Britain and elsewhere. It questions whether mobility is a fundamental human right; whether we can rely on technological solutions to mitigate environmental problems from transport; how the environmental, social and economic costs and benefits of new transport infrastructure can be traded off against each other; the role of spatial structure in the development of sustainable transport systems and the extent to which urban and rural challenges require fundamentally different solutions.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Mark Beecroft

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied) or MSc Data Analysis Visualisation and Communication (Studied)
  • Either GG3570 Concepts in Human Geography (Passed) or MSc Data Analysis Visualisation and Communication (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Introducing transport geography; transport
trends; transport policy in Scotland, England and Europe; transport and the
environment; travel behaviour change; rural transport and accessibility, active
travel, transport scheme appraisal

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 33
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
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Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 67
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

The proposed new weighting is Coursework 40% Exam 60%. Student feedback which suggests that the current weighting places too much emphasis on the exam The contribution of the Transport Question Time Debate (a recently added in course actiuvity) and associated student effort is better reflected by an uplift in the weighting of the coursework assignment. The assignment is linked to the debate as well as relating to many of the lectures in the first half of the course.
Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

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Course Learning Outcomes

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