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Lund University

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Lund University via Coursera Specialization

Overview

In this specialisation you will learn how to drive change in cities and communities towards sustainable, climate friendly, just, healthy and prosperous futures, and you will boost your career with new knowledge, understanding and skills for navigating urban transformations. This specialisation brings together a series of cutting-edge courses with world-leading teachers on cities, communities, sustainability, governance and innovation. This specialisation is offered by the IIIEE at Lund University and the City Futures Academy – an online learning community on urban transformations. Our flagship course, Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities, is ranked in the Best Online Courses of All Time by Class Central. The ranking by Class Central contains 250 courses from 100 universities based on 170,000 reviews. Our specialisation builds on the success of the Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities course. A key approach embedded in the courses in this specialisation is the role of experimentation in urban transformations. In particular, urban living labs are highlighted as a means for catalysing change in cities and communities towards sustainable, climate friendly, just, healthy and prosperous futures. The experimentation within urban living labs offers the potential for accelerating transformations and systematic learning across urban and national contexts.

Syllabus

Course 1: Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities
- Offered by Lund University. How can we shape our urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures? This course explores ... Enroll for free.

Course 2: Urban Nature: Connecting Cities, Sustainability and Innovation
- Offered by Lund University. How can we work with nature to design and build our cities? This course explores urban nature and nature-based ... Enroll for free.

Course 3: Cities and Consumption: Urban Sustainability and the Sharing Economy
- Offered by Lund University. How can we govern consumption and the sharing economy in our cities? This course explores cities, consumption ... Enroll for free.

Courses

Taught by

Dr. Bernadett Kiss, Dr. Helen Toxopeus, Dr. Kes McCormick, Dr. Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Prof. Lena Neij, Prof. Christine Wamsler, Prof. Harriet Bulkeley and Prof. James Evans

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