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Sustainable Urban Development
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 42 hours estimated
Did you know that cities take up less than 3% of the earth’s land surface, but more than 50% of the world’s population live in them? And, cities generate more than 70% of the global emissions? Large cities and their hinterlands (jointly called metropolitan regions...
Offered through edX | and created by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), DelftX, WageningenX , and others | Taught by Arjan van Timmeren, Huub H.M. Rijnaarts, Mariette Overschie and others
Nature Based Metropolitan Solutions
Cost $169 · . Course Length: 36 hours estimated
How can ecosystems contribute to quality of life and a more livable, healthier and more resilient urban environment? Have you ever considered all the different benefits the ecosystem could potentially deliver to you and your surroundings? Unsustainable...
Offered through edX | and created by DelftX, WageningenX, DelftWageningenX , and others | Taught by Arjan van Timmeren, Taneha Kuzniecow Bacchin, Filippo Lafleur and others
Sustainable Urban Regeneration
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 28 hours estimated
The transformation of land use, functions, and services in cities represents an opportunity to foster sustainable development, contributing to local and global challenges. Urban regeneration is a key area to govern change, attract investments, engage stakeholders,...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Università Bocconi | Taught by Edoardo Croci, Benedetta Lucchitta, Annamaria Bagaini and others
Sustainable Cities
Rated 5.0★ stars based on | 1 ratings · . . Course Length: 54 hours estimated
Did you know that experts estimate an additional three billion people will live in cities by 2050? What will the impact be on the current world population – half of which currently lives in cities and contributes to about three-fourths of global economic output?...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Aromar Revi, Joshua Castellino, Jeffrey D. Sachs and others
Co-Creating Sustainable Cities
Cost $139 · . Course Length: 64 hours estimated
Around the world, major challenges of our time such as population growth and climate change are being addressed in cities. Here, citizens play an important role amidst governments, companies, NGOs and researchers in creating social, technological and political...
Offered through edX | and created by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), DelftX, WageningenX , and others | Taught by Gert Spaargaren, Huub H.M. Rijnaarts, Bas van Vliet and others
Inclusive and Sustainable Cities
A MicroMasters from edXCost $375 · . Contains 3 courses · . Course Total length: 70 hours estimated
By 2050, an additional two billion people will live in the cities of the world. If the current approach to urbanization does not change, most of these people will live in sub-standard conditions, lacking opportunities for income generation, occupying inadequate...
Offered through edX | and created by Delft University of Technology, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), DelftX | Taught by Dick Van Gameren, Nelson Mota, Frederique Van Andel and others
Cities and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
. Course Length: 2 hours estimated
According to the United Nations, urbanization and population growth could result in an increase of 2.5 billion people into urban populations by 2050, with associated impacts ranging from increased transportation needs to more building. How do we make cities...
Offered through edX | and created by SDGAcademyX, SDG Academy | Taught by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Transformative Living Labs in Urban Climate Action and Transportation Planning
Cost $50 · . Course Length: 3 hours estimated
“Transformative Living Labs in Mobility” introduces living laboratory model of achieving sustainable urban mobility systems. The goal of the course is to explore the ways that multiple stakeholders and agencies organize and investigate living labs to find...
Offered through edX | and created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Taught by Christopher Knittel, Oliver Lah
Development and Planning in African Cities: Exploring theories, policies and practices from Sierra Leone
Cost $44 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
Week 1: Introduction to development and planning in African cities Week 2: Urban land & informalities Week 3: Governance & planning Week 4: Urban risk, vulnerabilities & infrastructure The course is open to people from any disciplinary background with...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by UCL (University College London) | Taught by Andrea Rigon, Joseph Mustapha Macarthy, Alexander S
Sustainable Development: Solutions and Trends
Cost $45 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
We have all heard about climate change and other urgent sustainability challenges, but what can we do about it? In this course, you become familiar with some of the major environmental challenges we face today. You will learn about different sustainability...
Offered through edX | and created by KTHx | Taught by Maria Malmström
Sustainable Urban Water Systems
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 10 hours estimated
The MOOC “Sustainable Urban Water Systems” aims to provide knowledge about modern and sustainable solutions for urban water management in water-sensitive cities. The focus is on stormwater control and water supply strategies for the mitigation of effects on the...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Politecnico di Milano | Taught by Anita Raimondi
Enforcing Sustainable Development
Cost $45 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
What can we do to address the sustainability challenges we face? In this course, you will gain insight into how individuals, organisations and societies approach sustainability challenges in different ways. In various parts of the world different challenges are...
Offered through edX | and created by KTHx | Taught by Maria Malmström
Urbanisation and Health - Promoting Sustainable Solutions
Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
More than half of world’s population lives in cities while only 5% did so in the 18th century. The rapid urbanisation has resulted in for example inadequate infrastructure, physical inactivity, gentrification, air pollution, and growing numbers of slum dwellers....
Offered through Coursera | and created by University of Copenhagen, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, University of Coimbra , and others | Taught by Flemming Konradsen, Carlos Verdaguer, Cristina Gallego Gamazo and others
Exploring Sustainable Development
Cost $45 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
Have you ever wondered why there is such a focus on Sustainable Development in the public debate today? In this course you will be introduced to the concept of sustainable development and how it has evolved to what it currently means, a holistic ongoing process to...
Offered through edX | and created by KTHx | Taught by Maria Malmström
Rethink the City: New approaches to Global and Local Urban Challenges
Inclusive and Sustainable CitiesCost $179 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Learn about today's urban challenges focusing on developing countries, referred to as the Global South. We will debate the benefits associated with three different themes, going beyond traditional urban strategies and policies: 1. Spatial justice Having fair,...
Offered through edX | and created by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), DelftX, Delft University of Technology | Taught by Dominic Stead, Roberto Rocco, Darinka Czischke Ljubetic and others
Passive Urban Cooling Solutions
Cost $5 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
By 2070, 1 out of every 3 people worldwide will live in areas with mean annual temperatures of more than 29°C – temperatures that are more than double what most humans have lived in for most of human history. These conditions currently existing in under 1% of the...
Offered through edX | and created by World Bank Group | Taught by OLC and SURR, OLC WBGx
Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities
Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesRated 4.5★ stars based on | 531 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 30 hours estimated
How can we shape our urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures? This course explores sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy in Europe and around the world. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Lund University | Taught by Dr. Kes McCormick, Prof. Lena Neij, Prof. James Evans and others
e-Learning Course on Urban Rail Development
Cost $5 · . Course Length: 21 hours estimated
Rising urban populations are putting pressure on urban transportation systems, which must expand to meet growing mobility and accessibility needs in cities around the world. To serve this increasing demand for mobility without the congestion, air pollution, road...
Offered through edX | and created by WBGx, World Bank Group | Taught by OLC and SURR, OLC WBGx
Sustainability Science – A Key Concept for Future Design
Cost $74 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
Sustainability is indispensable for the future of humankind. Sustainability science has emerged as an effort to tackle the complex problems the world is facing today. Lecturers from different disciplines provide a holistic overview of key issues in sustainability...
Offered through edX | and created by The University of Tokyo, UTokyoX | Taught by Takashi Mino, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Makoto Yokohari and others
Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1
Rated 4.6★ stars based on | 99 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
Sustainability, Resilience and Efficiency are fundamental considerations for city managers in managing urban infrastructures. Today, more than 3.9 billion people, making up more than 54% of the global population, live in cities. Urbanization is expected to...
Offered through Coursera | and created by École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Taught by Matthias Finger