{"c_title":"[M0.002400] Culture and Transition City","c_info":"3 credits | Lecture\/Seminar | Master | Dept. of Environmental Planning","c_summary":"Whether internationally or nationally, the current prevailing approaches to sustainable development, such as Green or Smart Cities, narrowly emphasizes the present and the future. This attitude discusses the future based only on the current big trend that limits devising a strategy. In this context, this course spotlights culture, which is a significant component accompanying the environment, society, and economy in achieving sustainable development. UNESCO and UN-Habitat also have presented \u2018Urban Culture and Heritage\u2019 as an ingredient to leverage the sustainable development of cities, urban competitiveness, and social inclusion. The course aims to discuss sustainable urban development in a time of great urban transformation by offering an in-depth understanding of combining past-present-future in terms of \u2018urban culture and heritage.\u2019 Accordingly, the course provides an opportunity to explore how better to conserve, utilize, and strengthen urban culture & heritage for the planning and management of transition city; and how better to integrate them into urban policy for a sustainable future. The course will take an interdisciplinary perspective, including but not limited to architecture, museology, anthropology, archaeology, and development studies."}