现在，全球一半以上的人口居住在城市地区，我们城市的可持续发展给城市管理带来了关键挑战。有必要提供可持续性，同时确保受控的城市环境可以适应不断变化的气候以及不断变化的经济和社会状况。该计划代表了一种新型的学位，重点是分析从建筑规模到区域和国家范围的全球可持续发展问题以及用于解决和实现可持续发展的工具。它旨在为城市管理人员和领导者提供与不断变化的全球环境相关的学术上严格且与专业相关的研究生资格。
Over half of the world's population now lives in urban areas and the sustainable development of our cities poses key challenges for urban management. There is a need to deliver sustainability while ensuring managed urban environments can adapt to a changing climate and changing economic and social conditions. This programme represents a new type of degree, focusing on analysing the issues of, and the tools used to address and deliver, sustainable development across the globe, from the scale of the building right up to the regional and national scale. It is designed to equip urban managers and leaders with an academically rigorous and professionally relevant postgraduate qualification relating to changing global circumstances. Full-time: 1 year, Part-time: 2 years