Specific social and ecological features and their interaction jointly create the vulnerability and resilience of a location/community. These characteristics determine the extent to which a community are impacted by and can recover from environmental change. Strategic environmental planning and management that rehabilitates ecosystems and reintroduces nature into human settlements plays a vital role in connecting human and nature, and thereby shaping social-ecological resilience. This class introduces the core concept of contemporary resilience theory to provide students with a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating social-ecological resilience. Key ecological planning concepts and strategies, including green infrastructure planning, ecosystem services, and nature-based solutions, are designed as part of module for fostering students with capacity to bridge concepts and practice for nature-based resilience planning. This course emphasizes learning from doing, and will combine lectures, case study, field work, and team work for presenting planning proposals. This year, the course will include an overseas field trip about Eco-DRR (Ecological Disaster Risk Reduction) in Fukushima in Japan in collaboration with the University of Tokyo (Japan) and Open University (UK).

1. To learn core concept of resilience in environmental planning and management 2. To understand key ecological planning theories, strategies, and practices 3. To adopt theory for evaluating social and ecological characteristics in shaping vulnerability and resilience 4. To propose strategies for enhancing social-ecological resilience to climate change

1.Reading allocated literature in advance and discussing these in the class. 2.Conducting field work where necessary outside of core class hours. 3.Collaborating with classmates to undertake a final project.

1) This year, the course will include an overseas field trip about Eco-DRR (Ecological Disaster Risk Reduction) in Fukushima in Japan in collaboration with the University of Tokyo (Japan) and Open University (UK). Students are encouraged to participate in the Japan trip, and travel allowances will be provided for those who excel in the class. 2) The date for the overseas field trip to Japan may be subject to change based on the schedule of our partner institutes.

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