

UNIL - HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS - PART 1
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HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS - PART 1 at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course |
Credential | Certificate |
HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS - PART 1 at Coursera Highlights
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- November 2023
- 4 assignments
HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS - PART 1 at Coursera Course details
- What you'll learn
- Address urban health through complex multidisciplinary approaches
- Use multidimensional and multiscale concepts, methods and ecosystem frameworks
- Mobilize and support all players directly or indirectly involved in urban health
- Welcome to an immersive exploration of Urban Health Systems with our expertly developed MOOC, specifically designed for professionals and enthusiasts in Urban Health. This inaugural part of our MOOC series (consisting in 3 MOOCs) launches you into a comprehensive 4-week journey, navigating through multidisciplinary frameworks and analytical observations crucial to understanding urban health complexities.
- Attain 2 ECTS credits as you explore pivotal themes, including urbanization-planetary health connections and a Health in All approach.
- Module 1 solidifies foundational knowledge of systemic approaches and key urban health issues, whereas Module 2 enhances your observational and analytical skills, introducing GIS, data stewardship, and innovative AI tools.
- The MOOC culminates with the creation of a systemic flow chart, ensuring a practical, applied understanding, thereby facilitating informed decision-making towards realizing sustainable, health-oriented urban environments. Engage in a profound learning journey where theoretical knowledge harmoniously meets practical application, sculpting the future of Urban Health Systems.
HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS - PART 1 at Coursera Curriculum
Week 1 - INTRODUCTION
General introduction to the MOOC
Course introduction
Instructor's list
GLOSSARY
Week 1 - MODULE 1 A : A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK FOR URBAN HEALTH SYSTEMS - PART1
1.1.1 Introduction to Module 1 - multidisciplinary approach
1.1.2 Introduction to to planetary Health and urbanization
1.1.3. Reflections on Planetary health and Urbanization
1.1.4. Historical perspectives of wellbeing and human health into urban context
1.2.1 Introduction about Collaborative approach as a Complex System
1.2.2 Reflection of Urbanization on Urban Health in Developing Countries
1.2.3 Urban Health in Developing Countries: BAU Urban Lab as a model in systems approach
References
GLOSSARY
Quiz for 1.1 and 1.2
Urban Health and Planetary Health in a Real-Life City
Week 2 - MODULE 1 B : A MULTIDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK FOR URBAN HEALTH SYSTEMS - PART2
1.3.1 Introduction about Healthy Urban Systems
1.3.2 Risk Governance: A Generic Framework
1.3.3 Systemic Risks
1.3.4 The Application of a Framework of Healthy Urban Systems: the Example of Housing and Climate Change
1.3.5 Conclusion / Synthesis Module 1
References
GLOSSARY
Quiz for 1.3
Urban Health and Planetary Health in a Real-Life City
Week 3 - MODULE 2 A : OBSERVING URBAN HEALTH - PART 1
2.1.1 Introduction: Observation for who? For what?
2.1.2 Multi-dimensions and multi-scales of observation: some examples
2.1.3 Observing multidimensional health issues in cities
2.2.1 Traditional and new data collections
2.2.2 Analysing satellite images with machine learning
2.2.3 Temporal data collection: dynamic data and cohorts
2.2.4 Temporality of data collection: the use of cohorts
2.2.5 Stewardship, availability and privacy issues
References
GLOSSARY
Quiz for 2.1 and 2.2
Interacting factors of Urban Health and their levels
Week 4 - MODULE 2 B : OBSERVING URBAN HEALTH - PART 2
2.3.1 Delineating city systems
2.3.2 Analyses and representations
2.3.3 Multilevel approaches / the ecological fallacy
2.4.1 Elaborating data frameworks
2.4.2 Entry points of urban health
2.4.3 Assets-based approaches
2.4.4 Conclusion / synthesis Module 2
References
GLOSSARY
Quiz for 2.3 and 2.4
Spatial scales, entry points and interoperability
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