The BSc in Spatial Planning and Environmental Management (DT106) is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in either planning the future of towns and cities or managing a sustainable environment for the future. Because it is a combined programme, students have the flexibility to decide in second year whether to stream into one of two specialist areas, either Spatial Planning or Environmental Management. The BSc is one of Ireland’s top professionally accredited programs, leading to a specialised, internationally recognised and highly employable degree in these two fields. The programme is presented at DIT Environment & Planning, which has some of Ireland’s leading experts in these fields. It is based at DIT Bolton Street, exactly halfway between the new DIT Grangegorman Campus and the city centre, both within 10 minutes walking distance.

1. BSc in Spatial Planning and
Environmental Management
A combined programme at
DIT Environment & Planning
DT106

2. DT106 is a combined degree that allows you to specialise in either:
- planning the future of towns and cities (BSc Spatial Planning)
- managing a sustainable environment for the future (BSc Environmental Management)
Introduction
The BSc in Spatial Planning and
Environmental Management

3. DT106 is a combined programme. Students take all subjects in year 1. In year 2 they can
choose between the Spatial Planning or Environmental Management streams. Year 4 allows
full specialisation in their chosen field, including the completion of a dissertation.
How does DT106 work?
Common
first year
modules
Environmental
management
modules
Spatial
planning
modules
Environmental
management
modules
Spatial
planning
modules
Environmental
management
modules
and
dissertation
Spatial
planning
modules
and
dissertation
BSc
Environmental
Management
BSc
Spatial Planning
DT106
1st year 2nd year 4th year3rd year

4. * All BSc students will take a number of common modules, mainly in first year, but also
throughout years 2 – 4. Students also take specialist modules as part of each streamed
programme. Further programme content information is available at: steep.dit.ie
What will I study?
Earth Sciences
Society and
Environment
Settlement Analysis
Research methods
European Field Trip
Dissertation
Rural management plans
Environmental fieldwork
Climate systems
Conservation management
River basin management
Urban Design
Local Area Plans
Society and governance
Heritage appraisal
Development management
BSc
Environmental
Management
BSc
Spatial Planning
DT106
Sample Common Modules * Sample Streamed Modules *
Sample Streamed Modules *

5. How do you plan a carbon-neutral
community?
Do they exist and can we develop
them in Ireland?
What will I learn on the BSc Spatial Planning?
Vastra Hamnen, Malmo (Sweden)

6. What is “tactical urbanism”? How can it be used to
kick-start the regeneration of our towns and cities?
What will I learn on the BSc Spatial Planning?
PARK(ing) Day Dublin: founded by
DIT staff and students

7. What happens to our green bin waste?
What can we do about the rest?
What will I learn on the BSc Environmental
Management?
65%
Re-used
Ballymount Landfill & Recycling Centre

8. How important is water resource
management?
How do you create a natural water
conservation and filtration system?
What will I learn on the BSc Environmental
Management?
Airfield Estate, Dundrum

9. What is the “New Urban Agenda” and what does it mean for Ireland?
“The New Urban Agenda…will set global standards of achievement in sustainable
urban development, rethinking the way we build, manage, and live in cities” Habitat III
UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development , Ecuador, Oct 2016
What will I learn on the BSc Spatial Planning and
Environmental Management?

10. Dublin City Council
wants to radically
reimagine the city
centre
DIT Environment &
Planning students
conducted
research that kick-
started Dublin City
Council’s College
Green Plaza
initiative
Environment & Planning grads are needed because…Dublin is
changing

11. Environment & Planning grads are needed because…Ireland is
changing
More people are commuting longer distances in
Ireland than ever before.
DIT Environment & Planning staff are involved in
actively campaigning at the highest levels for a
more sustainable future for Ireland

12. 5 years ago China had 42 cities bigger than
Dublin. Now there are 100.
The DT106 programme is being delivered by DIT
Environment & Planning lecturing staff at the
Gengdan Institute of Beijing University of
Technology
Environment & Planning grads are needed because…the world is
changing
Shanghai in 1990
Shanghai in 2015

13. The North Pole is an alarming
20 degrees warmer than
normally recorded as winter
descends in 2016
DIT Environment & Planning
graduates are working with
environmental agencies such
as an Taisce, Friends of the
Earth, Environmental
Protection Agency,
Greenpeace, Marine Institute,
etc.
Environment & Planning grads are needed because…the planet is
changing

14. About a quarter of urban dwellers live in slums
or informal settlements. Another one billion
people are classed as migrants.
DIT Environment & Planning graduates are
working with global agencies, such as UN
Habitat, Transport for London, NZ Transport,
ENTSOE-E European Energy Grid, etc.
Environment & Planning grads are needed because…global
society is changing

15. Construction sector skills shortage estimated at 40,000 workers (Nov 2016)
Environment & Planning grads are needed because there is a…Housing
and Skills shortage
Priory Hall, Dublin 13

16. What you’ll do while studying at DIT Environment & Planning: -
Field trips
Studio work
Lectures and seminars
We’re into Active Learning

17. We are based at DIT Bolton Street. This is the halfway point between the DIT Grangegorman
Campus (and sports facilities) and Dublin city centre, both within 10 minutes walking distance.
Where we are based

18. European Associations
Students can go on Erasmus exchanges to: Dundee (Scotland) / HCU Hafencity (Germany) / TU
Dortmund (Germany) / Tampere (Finland) / Lyon (France) and many others
Hafencity, Hamburg

19. Education partnerships with:
National University of Lesotho
Gengdan Institute of Beijing University of Technology
International Associations

20. [right] Dublin City Councillor
Ciaran Cuffe, Lecturer at DIT
Environment & Planning, talks to
Professor Brian Norton,
President of DIT, and Anne
Graham, CEO of the National
Transport Authority at the ITRN
2016 conference at DIT
Grangegorman
Strong links to industry
and government

21. The BSc in Spatial Planning and Environmental Management is Ireland’s top professionally
accredited programme, leading to a specialised, internationally recognised degree
Professional Accreditation

22. 300-400
CAO
points range *
Entry Channels
* All built environment programmes suffered as a result of the severe economic downturn.
This is guaranteed not to last. Already skills shortages are affecting housing and
infrastructure supply. Local authorities and agencies have lifted recruitment embargoes.

23. All our staff are professionally engaged at the highest disciplinary levels in Ireland and are
fully committed to delivering a Teaching & Learning environment of the highest academic
quality for all our students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Meet the Staff

24. Head of School, Henk van der Kamp, is past President of both the Irish
Planning Institute and the European Council of Town Planners
Assistant Head of School, Dr. Conor Norton, is a professional
urban design consultant and is past President of the Royal Town
Planning Institute Republic of Ireland Branch
Meet the Management

25. Hilary is managing
projects in
Bogota, Nairobi
and Delhi with
the UN-Habitat
Safer Cities
Programme
Archie is an
Assigned
Certifier and
Sustainability
Consultant with
i3PT
Certification
Association
Rachel is a
Transport
Planner with
Arup
Consultants
Stephen is
Programme
Coordinator of
the Liberties
Improvement
Initiative at
Dublin City
Council
Our Graduates – where are they now?

26. Niall is Planning
Project Manager
at Gaelectric
working on
regional energy
projects in
Northern Ireland
Aoife is PhD
Researcher at
Future Analytics
Consulting,
focussed on
urban security,
safety and
resilience
Gary is Consultant
Town Planner at
Hughes
Planning &
Development
Consultants,
Dublin
Sorcha is Strategic
& Environmental
Planner at Brady
Shipman Martin,
planning,
landscape and
environment
specialists
Our Graduates – where are they now?

27. Colin is producing
an online
electricity grid
map for the
European
Energy Union
with ENTSOE-E
in Brussels
Jean is a PhD
Candidate at K2
- the acclaimed
Swedish
Knowledge
Centre for
Public Transport
in Lund
Cillian is a
Geospatial Data
Analyst and
Systems
Specialist at the
NZ Transport
Agency,
Auckland
Ilana is
Acquisitions
Consultant,
identifying and
planning new
sites with Lidl
UK in London
Our Graduates – where are they now?

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29. DT106. The BSc in Spatial Planning and Environmental
Management at DIT Environment & Planning.
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