Sustainable Cities: Governing Urban Adaptation Under Climate Change Archives

The social dimension of urban adaptation: justice and fairness

In this video step, Sander Chan introduces the social dimension of urban adaptation, and two of the most important social concepts that define this social dimension: justice and fairness. After …

What is this course about?

As Julie Greenwalt explains in this video, growing cities house a majority of the human population and create most of our economic wealth. Climate adaptation can lower the vulnerability of …

What are key adaptation challenges for local residents in Bolgatanga, Ghana?

Scientific evidence tells us that the poorest countries are the hardest hit by the adverse impacts of climate change, particularly in Africa. To show you what this means in reality, …

How can telecoupling contribute?

In the previous steps, we have learned how complex drivers of change shape urbanization, urban concentration, as well as the spatial configuration of cities in general. We have also explored …

Introducing the ‘smart city’

In this video step you will be introduced to the concept of the ‘smart’ city and learn how advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data analytics can be …

What drives urbanization?

In this video, Shuaib Lwasa further explains the dynamics behind the concept of urbanization by introducing you to key drivers of urbanization and the direction in which they are taking …

What are the key challenges for urban adaptation from a governance perspective?

In previous steps we explained what governance is and the actors in urban areas. In this video we explain in detail what the challenges are that actors in urban governance …

Urban Adaptation Governance

It should be clear from the previous two weeks that, on an urban planet, cities are relevant to global climate change adaptation efforts and vice versa. But why does this …

What is Urbanization?

Urbanization can be defined in a variety of ways. Primarily, urbanization is a concept that we use to describe two often related but distinct processes: the development of rural land …

Introduction

Welcome to the third and last week of your course. This is perhaps the most important one, as it explores how to put into action what you have learned in …

Introductions

The course was developed by the University of Groningen Campus Fryslân and the Global Center on Adaptation. The actual course design was done by a smaller team of experts: Dr. …

Welcome to Sustainable Cities

Welcome to the course Sustainable Cities! The next three weeks of this course are devoted to the exploration of urban adaptation governance. We will discuss what the governance of urban …

Describing urban typologies demands an understanding of the characteristics of the city and its urban typologies at city, district and street level. What are Urban Typologies? Urban typologies can be …

Introduction to Urban Systems and Typologies

Urban typologies describe an urban system in a detailed way and are used by urban planners and researchers. Describing urban systems demands an understanding of the characteristics of the city …

Summary of Week 2

Well done! You have now completed the second week of this course. At the end of this week, you should have a better conceptual understanding of urban systems and the …

Course: Sustainable Cities: Governing Urban Adaptation Under Climate Change

Sustainable Cities: Governing Urban Adaptation Under Climate Change