Smart Urban Green Infrastructure
Understand how carbon-smart green infrastructure can mitigate climate change impacts in urban areas.
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Duration
5 weeksWeekly study
3 hours100% online
How it works
Smart Urban Green Infrastructure
Explore the potential of carbon-smart green infrastructure
Green infrastructure aims to reduce the impacts of climate change with a network of green areas. Building with nature rather than against it, green infrastructure can increase biodiversity in densely populated regions and help solve climate challenges.
On this five-week course, you’ll learn the different approaches to carbon-smart urban green infrastructure and how it can be considered a solution to simultaneously deal with climate and social pressures.
You’ll investigate the advantages of carbon-smart urban green infrastructure and their applications to urban contexts. With this knowledge, you’ll have the tools and methodologies you can use immediately in your work.
Understand current urban mobility challenges
You’ll delve into how urban mobility impacts human life and society before exploring some of the current mobility challenges.
Once you have identified these challenges, you’ll explore emerging mobility technologies to understand how you can overcome them.
Delve into the concept of urban nature
To understand the environmental impacts of the built environment and urban mobility, you’ll gain an understanding of urban nature and ecosystems.
You’ll learn how carbon cycling works in urban habitats, how to integrate existing vegetation into urban areas, and biodiversity threats. Next, you’ll discover how to navigate these challenges, such as through nature-based solutions.
Learn how to design a green city
Finally, you’ll explore the practices of designing a green city. You’ll look at the possibilities of integrating nature as well as the strategic planning, construction, and management of a green city.
Guided by the experts at EIT Urban Mobility, you’ll finish the course with the knowledge and confidence to implement carbon-smart green infrastructure.
Syllabus
Week 1
Mobility Challenges
Introduction to the online course
In this section we have gathered some useful information on the course objectives and outline, the course faculty as well as methods to enhance the learning experience. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the information.
Introduction to Week 1
Welcome to Week 1 of Smart Urban Green Infrastructure online course. Please read the intro article carefully and watch the Welcome to Week 1 video.
Current Urban Mobility Challenges
This week introduces current urban mobility challenges.
Wrapping up week 1
Let’s review the key learning points from this week.
Week 2
Urban Nature and Ecosystems
Introduction to Week 2
Welcome to Week 2 of Smart Urban Green Infrastructure online course. Please read the intro article carefully and watch the Welcome to Week 2 video.
Carbon Cycling
This section of the week introduces urban nature, ecosystems and carbon cycling.
Human Impacts on Urban Nature and Ecosystems
In this section of the week we take a look on the human impact on urban nature and ecosystems.
Urban Vegetation
During this section of the week we investigate the role of vegetation in urban spaces and ecosystems.
Wrapping up week 2
Let’s review the key learning points from this week.
Week 3
Environmental Urban Mobility Impacts and Urban Nature as Infrastructure
Introduction to Week 3
Welcome to Week 3 of Smart Urban Green Infrastructure online course. Please read the intro article carefully and watch the Welcome to Week 3 video.
Environmental Urban Mobility Impacts
This section of the week focuses on environmental urban mobility impacts.
Urban Nature as Infrastructure
This section of the week focuses on urban nature as infrastructure.
Wrapping up Week 3
Let’s review the key learning points from this week.
Week 4
Designing the Green City
Introduction to Week 4
Welcome to Week 4 of Smart Urban Green Infrastructure online course. Please read the intro article carefully and watch the Welcome to Week 4 video.
Urban Green as Infrastructure
During this section of the week we will explore some implementations of urban green as urban infrastructure.
Planning Urban Green
During this section of the week we will dive into the historic context of urban green, the discourse between dense city and urban nature as well as have a look at the possibilities of different planning approaches.
Wrapping up Week 4
Let’s review the key learning points from this week.
Week 5
Constructing and Managing the Green City
Introduction to Week 5
Welcome to Week 5 of Smart Urban Green Infrastructure online course. Please read the intro article carefully and watch the Welcome to Week 5 video.
Constructing Urban Green Infrastructure
In this section of the week we take a closer look at the construction of urban green infrastructure.
Green Infrastructure in Traffic Environments
During this section of the week we will focus on green infrastructure in traffic environments.
Wrapping up week 5
Let’s review the key learning points from this week.
Wrapping up the Smart Urban Green Infrastructure Online Course
Let’s review the key learning points from the whole course.
When would you like to start?
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Assess the impact of mobility infrastructure on climate change
- Identify the potential of carbon smart urban green infrastructure to mitigate climate change
- Identify the benefits of urban green infrastructure to human wellbeing
- Reflect on your surroundings and applications for smart urban green infrastructure
- Collect knowledge, context and different ways of applying carbon smart urban green infrastructure from case examples
- Apply basic principles of urban green infrastructure to your planning tasks
- Report your learnings to your team and reflect together
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for urban mobility and transportation professionals, urban planners, and other professionals working in this field at any stage of their career.
Who will you learn with?
Experienced executive education and professional development professional in Aalto University Executive Education Ltd.
Mikko Laak is an executive education and professional development professional who works as Program Manager at Aalto University Executive Education.
Who developed the course?
EIT Urban Mobility
EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Since January 2019 we have been working to encourage positive changes in the way people move around cities in order to make them more liveable places. We aim to become the largest European initiative transforming urban mobility. Co-funding of up to € 400 million (2020-2026) from the EIT, a body of the European Union, will help make this happen.
Aalto University Lifewide Learning
Aalto ACCESS offers inclusive, easily approachable topics and learning contents that bring together Aalto University’s bachelor and master’s students with individuals interested in lifewide learning opportunities both online and on-site.
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Choose the best way to learn for you!
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$244.99 for a whole year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$134/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Limited access
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Sample the course materials
- Access expires 20 Oct 2024
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