Designing a Green Corridor for Clean Air and Comfort
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Designing a Green Corridor for Clean Air and Comfort
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Duration | 3 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,205 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Designing a Green Corridor for Clean Air and Comfort
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- Overview
- Highlights
- Course Details
- Curriculum
Designing a Green Corridor for Clean Air and Comfort at FutureLearn Highlights
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- Earn a certificate upon completion
Designing a Green Corridor for Clean Air and Comfort at FutureLearn Course details
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Skills you will learn
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- On this three-week course, you’ll explore the development of green areas in urban environments
- You’ll discover how these areas enable safe mobility away from vehicles and air pollution while supporting outdoor exercise and everyday connections with nature
- By the end, you’ll have a sound understanding of how green corridors promote clean air and support citizen health and wellbeing
- You’ll discover the considerations associated with the constructed and natural elements in a green corridor
- This will include developing an understanding of how green and grey elements affect temperature and air pollution
- This knowledge will help you develop the tools for decision-making, such as how to select plants, how to design to work with both constructed and natural elements, and the principles for planning decisions in response to a range of pressures
- By the end of the course, you’ll understand how the corridor provides connections for people’s mobility, for ecology, and for the surrounding landscape
Designing a Green Corridor for Clean Air and Comfort at FutureLearn Curriculum
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The benefits of sticky plants to our urban environment
The vital nature of green corridors
The root and branch approach to green corridors
Trees in the urban system
Trees also bring challenges
Weekly wrap up
Getting inside the corridor with the 'green' and 'grey' components
The 'green' and 'grey' components of a corridor
Engaging with the elements: Thermal characteristics
Engaging with the elements: Airflow
Choosing trees and shrubs for your local environment
Weekly wrap up
Moving in and out of the corridor with strategic planning
Moving through and beyond the corridor
Accessible to all
Tactical urbanism
Course wrap up
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