

Sustainable Urban Regeneration
- Offered byCoursera
- Public/Government Institute
Sustainable Urban Regeneration at Coursera Overview
Duration | 13 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course |
Credential | Certificate |
Sustainable Urban Regeneration at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
Sustainable Urban Regeneration at Coursera Course details
- The course explores sustainable urban regeneration considering its contribution to sustainability through an integrated and multidisciplinary approach
- This allows for planning, assessing, and evaluating urban regeneration processes and projects considering different stakeholders? perspectives
- Students will acquire knowledge to identify and assess the values generated by urban regeneration at the urban scale
Sustainable Urban Regeneration at Coursera Curriculum
Week 1 - Urban Regeneration: Context and Approaches
Welcome to the course
Week 1 - description
The concept of sustainable urban regeneration
Cities for sustainable development: the Urban Agenda
Implementing the Urban Agenda - Javier Torner, UN-Habitat
Cities' policies for sustainable development Part 1 - Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, OECD
Cities' policies for sustainable development Part 2 - Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, OECD
Land use planning
Reinventing cities - David Miller, C40
Approaches for urban regeneration
The London Olympics case - Ricky Burdett, LSE Cities
The future of cities
Cities and the SDG
Regenerating Urban Land
Recap Week 1
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Week 2 - Towards Climate Neutral and Resilient Cities
Week 2 - description
How does climate change affect our cities?
Climate change adaptation in worldwide cities - Federica Ranghieri, World Bank
The road to carbon neutrality
The Covenant of Mayors initiative - Eero Ailio, European Commission
Urban regeneration to fight climate change
Urban regeneration and climate change: best practices - Wolfgang Teubner, ICLEI Europe
How does nature provide healtier cities
Unlocking the potential for transformative climate adaptation in cities
Urban regeneration projects for climate resilience
The impacts of nature in cities
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Week 3 - Impacts of Urban Regeneration
Week 3 - description
Environmental dimensions of urban regeneration
Social dimension and urban gentrification
Social impact of urban regeneration: case studies - Andy Bow, Foster and Partners
How does urban regeneration create value?
The value of urban regeneration: case studies - Mario Abbadessa, Hines Italy
Urban regeneration value creation: Cercle Grand Paris - Nicolas Buchoud, Grand Paris Alliance for Metropolitan Development
Gentrification is relentless, but not inevitable
Value generation
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Week 4 - Assessing Urban Regeneration
Week 4 - description
Measuring sustainable regeneration
Circularity in cities - Alejandro Gutierrez, Arup
The value of certification for properties
Application of protocols and standards for urban sustainability - Giuliano Dall'O', Politecnico of Milan - GBC Italy
ESG approach to urban regeneration
ESG and urban regeneration - Erica Abisso, Intesa Sanpaolo
Circular built environment
Urban sustainability assessment
ESG and Real Estate
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Week 5 - Institutional Framework and Business Models for Urban Regeneration
Week 5 - description
Models for urban regeneration
Economic and regulatory instruments for urban regeneration
Financial instruments for urban regeneration projects - Rogier van den Berg, WRI Ross Center
Business models for urban regeneration: case studies - Riccardo Serrini, Prelios Group
Participatory processes for urban regeneration
Approaches for co-design process: case studies - Daniela Rizzi, ICLEI
Governing the sustainable city
Financing and governing urban regeneration
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Week 6 - Final assessment
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