The MSc is taken as a one-year full-time or
two- to five-year modular/flexible programme.
It offers a theory and practice-driven approach
which gives students both a conceptual
understanding and the skills needed to
tackle practical problems, covering the
stages of strategy development, analysis and
implementation, complex decision-making and
project management, and the role of transport
in place-making. There are close linkages and
shared modules with two other Bartlett School
of Planning courses: the MSc in Sustainable
Urbanism and MSc in Mega Infrastructure
Planning, Appraisal and Delivery. Core themes
are as below:
Urban Transport Planning: examines the role
and nature of transport planning as part of the
delivery of sustainable cities internationally. The
context and rationale for transport is explored.
Modules: (1) BENVGTP1 Transport Planning
and the City; and (2) BENVGTP2 International
Case Studies in Transport and City Planning.
Sustainable Cities: introduces some of the key
sustainability debates and literature, developing
an understanding of the tensions and synergies
between environmental, social and economic
objectives. Modules: (1) BENVGTC5 Sustainable
Urban Development: Key Themes; and (2)
BENVGTC7 Sustainable Urban Development
Group Project.
Investing in Mega Projects: provides a critical
review of mega infrastructure theory, decisionmaking
and international practice. Modules: (1)
BENVGMP1 Mega Infrastructures as Agents of
Change; and (2) BENVGMP4 Critical Issues in
Mega Infrastructure Investments or BENVGMP6
Sustainability Visions and Challenges for Mega
Infrastructure Investments.
Beyond these core studies, students take 30
more credits (two 15 credit modules) from
related areas across the Faculty, such as GIS,
data analysis and visualisation via the Centre
for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA); urban
planning with The Bartlett School of Planning