Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities

Permanently available course

TYPE	mooc
LANGUAGE	English
DURATION
DEDICATION	Approx. 9 h
FORMAT	videos, podcasts, reading, practice exercise
CITY
COUNTRY
SCALE
CERTIFICATION	Shareable Certificate (fee charged)
DISCOUNTS FOR MEMBERS

Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities

Lund University Sustainable development

Target Audience

Students who have interest in gaining an increased knowledge and a deeper understanding of sustainable urban transformation and sustainable cities; Researchers, practitioners and entrepreneurs from a range organisations.

Description

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 climate change. We connect the key trends of urbanization, decarbonisation and sustainability. We examine how visions, experiments and innovations can transform urban areas. And we look at practices (what is happening in cities at present) and opportunities (what are the possibilities for cities going forwards into the future).

This course was launched in January 2016, and it was updated in September 2021 with new podcasts, films and publications. The course is produced by Lund University in cooperation with WWF and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability who work with creating sustainable cities. The course features researchers, practitioners and entrepreneurs from a range organisations.

Syllabus:

Week 1 (3 hours to complete): Urban Transformation

By studying this module you can gain an increased knowledge and a deeper understanding of sustainable urban transformation and sustainable cities

Week 2 (2 hours to complete): Urban Infrastructure

By studying this module you can gain an increased knowledge and a deeper understanding of the role of infrastructure and planning in creating sustainable cities.

Week 3 (1 hour to complete): Urban Experimentation

By studying this module you can gain an increased knowledge and a deeper understanding of urban living labs and the role of experiments in sustainable cities.

Week 4 (1 hour to complete): Urban Lifestyles

By studying this module you can gain an increased knowledge and a deeper understanding of the relationship between sustainable urban lifestyles and sustainable cities.

Week 5 (1 hour to complete): Urban Visions

By studying this module you can gain an increased knowledge and a deeper understanding of visions for sustainable cities.

Learning Objectives

What will you learn:

Increased knowledge on sustainable cities.
Improved critical thinking on the opportunities and challenges for sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy.
Deeper understanding of the relationship between urbanization, decarbonisation and sustainability.
Expanded ability to use systems thinking to assess sustainable citie.