Course: Sustainable Cities: Governing Urban Adaptation Under Climate Change

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 …

The second course week introduces you to the concept of urban systems and to the value of urban typologies for better understanding these systems. You will gain a detailed overview …

Based on our previous considerations about the use of digital technologies for urban adaptation, we may ask ourselves: What are key challenges of using digital technologies for urban adaptation? Will …

According to Eisenack et al. (2012), adaptation to the consequences of climate change has become a necessity globally. However, practitioners, policymakers and scientists encounter many barriers that impede adaptation planning …

Contemporary urbanization is believed to be in the third phase of urbanization, as urbanization in the global south (mainly Africa, Asia, Latin America) surpasses the urbanization rates of other regions. …

As mentioned in the previous step, Christopher Alexander argued that multiple and complex connections and relationships make up a living city. Alexander explicitly invites you to consider the various possibilities …

Congratulations! You have completed this course! At this stage, we sincerely hope that you have learnt a lot about how cities can successfully adapt to environmental and climate change. We …

There are many drivers for urbanization and these may differ slightly from one geographic region, country or place to another. Cities have also been defined as ways of life, states …

We have now conceptualized urbanization as two expansion processes. One of the cities and the built environment, and one of their populations. Both processes can be expressed in terms of …

In this step, we provide you with a model answer of the task we set you in the previous step. Example answer to Intervention 1 Green roofs have many advantages. …