NUST eLearning

On completion of the course, students will, through assessment activities, show evidence of their ability to:

•       Conduct and document an in-depth urban analysis;

•       Critique the relationship between the natural and the built environment, evaluating the environmental structures in an analytical, constructive and critical manner.

•       Formulate a coherent urban design framework in response to the urban analysis, indicating strategic spatial interventions;

•       Conceptualise and design spatial, landscape and architectural interventions within the developed urban design framework;

•       Communicate outcomes of analysis, urban design framework and strategic design interventions in written and visual terms with a variety of audiences in academia, industry and the general public.

The course aims to provide students with knowledge about the distribution of spatial data via the web. Students will develop a deep understanding of the settings and needs for web cartography, trends in cartography, the different uses and users of maps on the Web, cartographic principles, publishing maps on the Web, web map design in practice, web maps and their relationship with National Mapping Organizations.