Urban Planning

Strategic Planning and Urban Design Foundations

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Explore the basics of urban design. Learn how to create a roadmap for growth and design healthier, more sustainable neighborhoods.Urban designers work with a multidisciplinary team to shape how a city looks and functions, helping to make it a more livable, sustainable, and resilient place for people to live. In this course, join Marc Asnis—an urban designer for the city of Portland, Oregon—as he helps to acquaint you with the basics of urban design. Using Portland as a case study, Marc steps though how to create an urban design framework, which serves as a roadmap for growth and change in a city. Learn how to take your projected growth allocations and guiding principles and translate them into a vision of your desired urban form. This includes the creation of new neighborhoods, public infrastructure investments, green buildings, and more. Armed with these strategic planning and urban design principles, you can start making transformative changes in your own hometown.

Smarter Cities: Using Data to Drive Urban Innovation

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Learn about the future of cities and how smart cities are rising to meet the challenges of rapid urban development. Discover how to start a career in urban innovation.IntroductionWelcome1. Our Future Belongs to CitiesThe big migrationChallenges of rapid urban development2. Rethinking How Cities Are DeliveredOverview of core city functionsThe problem with applying 20th century solutions to 21st century problemsThe amazing opportunity to reinvent our cities3. Building Smarter CitiesWhat is a smart city?Examples of smart cities around the worldPlanning tips for a smart city4. The Role of Data in Driving Urban InnovationData in a city contextWhat is open data?Data and the Internet of Things (IoT)Create urban innovation with dataConclusionNext steps

Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation & Climate Resilient Development

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The course aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interface between urban development, disaster risk and climate change; the dynamics of risk and variability of climate change; causal factors and impacts of disasters and climate change and the issues involved therein.The course also focuses on disaster and climate resilient urban development, the process, data base requirement, various types of analyses and management and also highlights disaster and climate risk governance.Graduate from any discipline, post graduate students of any discipline, professional from any sector, academicians, researchers and policy/decision makers and anybody who is interested in the subject can enroll in this course.

Sustainable and Affordable Sanitation Solutions For Small Towns: Policy, Planning and Practice

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Instructional designers today have tremendous access to a variety of technology tools while designing e-learning. An important role for instructional designers is to integrate effective pedagogical strategies to promote students’ engagement and learning. This course focuses on learner-centric principles and practices in the design of e-learning in STEM disciplines. Effective strategies and processes based on research from the learning sciences and educational technology will be discussed. Course participants will explore the application of e-learning design in various STEM topics in K-12 and higher education. The course will expose participants to some examples of basic and advanced technologies involved in designing e-learning.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Local academic institutions, Local government agencies. PREREQUISITES:Nil.INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Local academic institutions, Local government agencies

Cities and Consumption: Urban Sustainability and the Sharing Economy

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeHow can we govern consumption and the sharing economy in our cities?This course explores cities, consumption and the sharing economy in Europe and around the world. We connect together the key themes of the sharing economy, cities, governance, consumption and urban sustainability. We explore how the sharing economy can contribute to increasing social, environmental and economic sustainability. And we argue that it is imperative that the sharing economy is shaped and designed to advance urban sustainability.This course was launched in May 2020, and it was updated in September 2021 with new podcasts, films and publications. This course is produced by Lund University in cooperation with partners from Sharing Cities Sweden – a national program for the sharing economy in cities with a focus on governance and sustainability. It features researchers, practitioners and entrepreneurs from a range organisations.

Big Data for Smart Cities

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Cities run on a stream of data. In the smart city, the innovative use of data helps provide better and more inventive services to improve people’s lives and make the entire city run more smoothly. But the data our cities collect nowadays is more massive and varied, and is accessed at higher speeds than ever before. This is Big Data. New technologies are constantly being developed to better manage Big Data. This computer science course, from the IEEE Smart Cities initiative and the University of Trento, helps students understand and use these new technologies to help improve a city.Our international team of instructors and content experts discuss the fundamental concepts of Big Data and how it has changed Data Management. They provide a vision for managing Big Data today, and how we can make Big Data work for the smart city.Verified students are eligible to earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Professional Development Hours (PDHs), valid toward continuing education requirements for many professional certifications.

Coordinar proyectos en cooperación al desarrollo desde la arquitectura

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Descripción de curso Este curso establece las bases y criterios básicos que permitirán el dialogo entre los que trabajan en ONGDs y profesionales de la arquitectura y el urbanismo. Para ello, mostrará los conocimientos técnicos básicos a quienes coordinan los proyectos y expondrá la necesidad de analizar la diversidad de contextos a quienes desarrollan un trabajo más técnico. Se facilitará que las decisiones tengan en cuenta una lectura adecuada el entorno así como la necesidad de incluir la población local en el desarrollo de proyectos. Se abarcarán las diferentes escalas y fases desde la planificación urbana, hasta los proyectos de arquitectura, contemplando el análisis constructivo y las instalaciones a nivel de detalle.

Introduction to Metrics for Smart Cities

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The concept of a Smart City holds much promise for improving the quality of life for city dwellers, but what exactly do we mean by “Smart City?” It means aligning information technologies to citizens’ needs in order to enhance their day-to-day lives by increasing efficiency, lowering costs, and engaging more directly with city dwellers. Smart City has emerged as an interdisciplinary concept that covers different aspects related to big cities, including the infrastructure that enables communication between channels and entities for overcoming economic backwardness in a community, and for addressing differences between various urban and suburban zones. A dynamic model is observed that can be analyzed as a complex system. Since a city can´t be visualized in only one perspective, this course tackles some of its individual sectors to obtain the key performance indicators that are essential to improving the quality of life, including: urbanization, communication, education, and economy. Quantifying that data is useful for estimating consumed resources, forecasting shortages, and correcting damage in a timely manner.Once participants understand the importance of a Smart City and its classifications, they will learn to identify the impact of using metrics to measure its performance. A very important skill to develop is how to classify a metric and to identify its units or measure. The main focus of this course is to develop participants’ basic knowledge of a Smart City by being able to identify the parameters involved in its creation. Participants will also be able to define and establish the necessary metrics to measure the performance of a Smart City.

Site Planning Online

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Cities are built site by site.Site planning has been taught in urban planning, landscape architecture and architecture programs for over a century and continues to be a foundation course for those who aspire to plan the built environment. It is a required subject on licensing and certification programs for each of these disciplines.Mastering the art of site planning requires substantive knowledge, well-honed design skills, and familiarity with examples and prototypes of site organization.This course provides the perspectives of leading academics and practitioners on the important issues in preparing site plans. It offers a foundation of knowledge, and the opportunity to apply what is learned in preparing a site plan.Please note: edX Inc. has recently entered into an agreement to transfer the edX platform to 2U, Inc., which will continue to run the platform thereafter. The sale will not affect your course enrollment, course fees or change your course experience for this offering. It is possible that the closing of the sale and the transfer of the edX platform may be effectuated sometime in the Fall while this course is running. Please be aware that there could be changes to the edX platform Privacy Policy or Terms of Service after the closing of the sale. However, 2U has committed to preserving robust privacy of individual data for all learners who use the platform. For more information see the edX Help Center.

Sustainable Urban Environments

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How can we strengthen sustainability? By empowering individuals and communities to transform and balance dynamic natural resources, economic prosperity, and healthy populations.In this course, you’ll explore productive and disruptive social, ecological, and economic intersections – the “triple bottom line.” You’ll investigate a spectrum of global, national, regional, municipal and personal relationships that are increasing resiliency. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to effectively locate your interests, and to leverage optimistic change within emerging 21st century urban environments.This course will describe fundamental paradigm shifts that are shaping sustainability. These include connectivity, diversity, citizen engagement, collaboration source tracing, mapping, transportation, and integrative, regenerative design. We will take examples from cities around the globe; making particular use of the complex evolution of site-specific conditions within the Connecticut River watershed. In addition we will present tools and strategies that can be utilized by individuals, communities, and corporations to orchestrate effective and collective change.Each week, lessons will highlight the significance of clean water as a key indication of ecosystem, community and human health. Learners will be asked to investigate and share information about their local environment.Finally, we will note the impact of such disruptive forces as industrial pollution, changing governance, privatization of public services, mining of natural resources, public awareness, and climate change. A fundamental course goal will be to characterize indicators of economic prosperity and happiness that relate to environmental sustainability – and the capacity of individuals to create change.

Умный город

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeКонцепция “Smart City” встречается в стратегиях развития большинства крупных городов мира. В ее основе лежит идея создания цифровых городов, где управление осуществляется с помощью технологий, внедрение которых затрагивает множество городских процессов, многие из которых не видны простому горожанину, но в итоге оказывают влияние на его жизнь в городской среде.Курс создан экспертами в области IT, социологии, культурологии и юриспруденции, с помощью которых слушатели смогут разобраться в актуальных городских процессах, подходах к их цифровизации и механизмах внедрения технологий “Умного города”.Слушатели курса разберут технические, социальные, политические и экономические особенности предлагаемой концепции города будущего и смогут увидеть образ города, в котором они хотели бы жить

What is International Development?

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Discover the fascinating study of international developmentOn this course, you will learn how international development is conceptualised, imagined and communicated as an area of study.You will consider the ways international development impacts individuals living in different parts of the world, focusing on Nairobi in Kenya.You will use the example of Nairobi to relate abstract concepts and debates to the lived experiences of real people.Upon completion of this course, you’ll have a deeper understanding of indicators of development, population growth, migration, urbanisation, and environmental issues like waste and pollution.We have facilitation dates planned with our course team for:25th October - Friday 27th November 20217th February - Friday 12th March 20229th May - Friday 11th June 2022This course is designed for anyone interested in diversity across the world.It will be of particular interest to those considering study or work in international development.

Solid Waste Management

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Solid waste management (SWM) is a crucial function of local governments around the world, and directly affects public health, the environment, and livelihoods. However, rapid urbanization and population growth place multiple pressures on solid waste management systems, particularly in cities in low- and middle-income countries. In particular, the urban poor are most affected by lack of access to basic SWM services, such as waste collection and disposal.Yet, the sector also provides numerous opportunities: Improving solid waste management provides a cleaner and healthier environment; improves livability for all city residents; and attracts new investment and tourism, which improve a city’s economic competitiveness, creating jobs, and new business opportunities. SWM also contributes to new sources of energy thus tackling climate change challenges. In these ways, SWM is directly relevant to the World Bank’s goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity.Historically, the highest expenditures of local governments is in the SWM sector but – particularly in low- and middle-income country cities – the bulk of expenses goes towards collection and transport instead of treatment and disposal. Another challenge is ensuring the financial sustainability of SWM projects and cost recovery once SWM infrastructure has been created. The world is generating increasing amounts of waste, with large amounts (primarily plastics) ending up in the oceans. However, there is also a paradigm shift from thinking about waste as something to be disposed – “out of sight out of mind” – to a resource that can be used for energy generation, reduce the use and costs associated with virgin resources, and improve our climate change efforts.Given this background, this e-learning course is designed to look at the SWM sector, with a focus on MSW, from several angles in order to simplify concepts and promote understanding of this sector.

Transporte inteligente para un futuro sostenible

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El transporte es una de las áreas de mayor consumo energético de los estados y este consumo no deja de incrementarse año tras año, llegando a representar el 40% de la energía final invertida por un país como España. De toda esta energía, el transporte por carretera supone el 80% y, en la actualidad, prácticamente toda esa energía proviene de recursos energéticos fósiles como el petróleo. Esta situación nos enfrenta a importantes retos, ya que el transporte, cada vez más necesario en nuestras sociedades modernas, debe compatibilizarse con modos de desplazamiento energéticamente eficientes y medioambientalmente sostenibles.Este curso se centra en el tratamiento de aspectos estrechamente vinculados con el transporte por carretera, incluidos los condicionantes tecnológicos, energéticos y medioambientales asociados al transporte actual, así como las perspectivas en nuevos desarrollos de combustibles, tecnologías de la combustión, gestión sostenible de transporte y vehículos autónomos. Finalmente, aquí también podrás descubrir la opinión de importantes sectores relacionados con la movilidad sobre el futuro del transporte que nos espera.Si estás interesado en el desarrollo sostenible, en qué papel juega el transporte en todo ello, y en cómo nos moveremos en unos pocos años, el curso ‘Transporte inteligente para un futuro sostenible’ te ayudará a saber más sobre todo ello. ¡Bienvenido!.

Transforming Urban Mobility: Introduction to Transport Planning for Sustainable Cities

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Learn how urban mobility projects can help to create sustainable citiesGood transport systems and projects are critical to the development of environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive cities.This course considers the impacts of motorisation, our current unsustainable travel patterns, and the framework for changing to sustainable urban mobility.Understand the components of a sustainable urban mobility strategyYou’ll explore the impacts of different transport systems and discover approaches to transport planning that help cities become more sustainable.You’ll also examine the different dimensions of sustainable urban mobility, including the Avoid-Shift-Improve (ASI) framework, which strives to achieve significant GHG emission reductions, reduced energy consumption, less congestion, with the final objective being to create more liveable cities.Discover how sustainable urban mobility is most effectively deliveredYou’ll understand the role of urban planning in supporting the use of public transport, walking and cycling, and how integrated solutions can work across cities worldwide.You’ll experience how integrated urban and transport planning helps improve the welfare of people and their communities, shaping travel behaviours and neighborhoods into healthier, more efficient spaces.You’ll also consider how sustainable land use planning helps improve the welfare of people and their communities, shaping their urban areas and neighborhoods into healthier, more efficient spaces.Learn from planning experts at the UCL Bartlett School of Planning and the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI)The Bartlett School of Planning is one of the leading research-led planning schools in the world. In collaboration with TUMI, you’ll learn about planning, design and management of cities, their transport systems, and how you can shape their future.The course is best suited to transport and city planning practitioners in both the Global South and Global North, including in Africa, Latin America and Asia.This includes academics, researchers, students and those working in national and city authorities, consultancies, and civil society. It’s also suited to those who are simply interested in learning more about sustainable urban mobility.