Lund University
Sustainable Cities and Communities Specialization
Lund University

Sustainable Cities and Communities Specialization

Boost your knowledge, understanding and skills for navigating urban transformations and creating sustainable cities and communities in countries across the world.

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Prof. James Evans
Prof. Harriet Bulkeley
Dr. Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

Instructors: Prof. James Evans

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Specialization - 3 course series

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1 month at 10 hours a week
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What you'll learn

  • Increased knowledge on sustainable cities and communities.

  • Deeper understanding of the relationship between urbanization, decarbonisation and sustainability.

  • Improved critical thinking on the opportunities and challenges for sustainable cities and communities as engines for greening the economy.

  • Expanded ability to use systems thinking to assess sustainable cities and communities.

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No prior experience required
1 month at 10 hours a week
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Specialization - 3 course series

Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities

Course 19 hours4.7 (2,409 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Increased knowledge on sustainable cities.

  • Improved critical thinking on the opportunities and challenges for sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy.

  • Deeper understanding of the relationship between urbanization, decarbonisation and sustainability.

  • Expanded ability to use systems thinking to assess sustainable cities.

Skills you'll gain

Category: sustainable development
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: city futures

What you'll learn

  • Increased knowledge on urban nature and nature-based solutions.

  • Improved critical thinking on the opportunities and challenges for nature-based solutions to contribute to transforming cities.

  • Deeper understanding of the relationship between cities, nature and innovation.

  • Expanded ability to use systems thinking to assess nature-based solutions.

Skills you'll gain

Category: sustainable development
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: city futures

What you'll learn

  • Increased knowledge on cities and consumption.

  • Improved critical thinking on the opportunities and challenges for governing the sharing economy to contribute to urban sustainability.

  • Deeper understanding of the relationship between the sharing economy, cities, governance, consumption and urban sustainability.

  • Expanded ability to use systems thinking to assess cities and consumption.

Skills you'll gain

Category: sustainable development
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: city futures

Instructors

Prof. James Evans
Lund University
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