Climate Resilient Design, Planning and Governance of Cities

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An introduction to the course, highlighting the main topics that will be covered throughout the following chapters.

This lesson introduces the 4 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) and takes a look at the various environmental and social implications of each.

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A series of lesson introducing urban climate science and its application.

A series of lesson introducing urban climate science and its application.

A series of lesson introducing urban climate science and its application.

A series of lesson introducing urban climate science and its application.

And it all starts with the rising scientific evidence that humanity has entered a completely new era, what will talk much more about, that science now defines as the Anthropocene, an era where humanity is shaping the entire biosphere. We've entered the globalized phase of environmental change.

Most of us believe that cities are a development challenge! They pollute and destroy nature, most are filled with dirt, filth, diseases and violence. They are too complex to plan and difficult to manage. But, what does the evidence suggest? Watch the following videos by Aromar Revi, Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements to know more! 

Most of us believe that cities are a development challenge! They pollute and destroy nature, most are filled with dirt, filth, diseases and violence. They are too complex to plan and difficult to manage. But, what does the evidence suggest? Watch the following videos by Aromar Revi, Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements to know more! 

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This short class explore the linkages between resilience and sustainability.

This short class explore the meanings and different approaches through which resilience can be conceived and implemented. 

This keynote explore why it is indeed still worth working with and through resilience, even at the light of the recent critics received from the concept. 

This video deals with the resilience of critical infrastructures. 

Energy Infrastructure Resilience: contribution of alternative technical systems - Part 1 - definitions, focus on power grid

Energy Infrastructure Resilience: contribution of alternative technical systems - Part 2 - power grid resilience through alternative systems

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Cities shape and are shaped by their natural environment. In this video, Aromar Revi, Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements talks about the interaction between natural resources and cities.

Major soil and water issues in costal cities

This course is a very short introduction to fire ecology.

Almost a century after the Frankfurt School sought solutions to the injustices and suffering they witnessed, the need for a transition to a just society in which all people can live a good and fulfilling life is now high on the international agenda.

The lecture introduces spatial justice emphasizing the political and negotiated nature of urban planning. Spatial justice links social justice with urban space, focusing on two key aspects: distributive justice (fair allocation of resources and burdens) and procedural justice (inclusivity in planning processes). It connects with democratic values, the right to the city, and active citizenship.

Inclusive climate action approaches to accelerating a just transition

We Live Here Together: how to jointly tackle climate change and inequality  

A lesson about a framework for sustainable and resilient cities.

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A focus on one of the key urban climate factors when panning e designing: green and blue infracture of the city.

In this lecture we will discuss the technological and environmental qualities of the building envelope and surface materials for buildings and open spaces.

Outcomes of the Urban Design Climate Workshop initiative, developed by UCCRN following the release of the Second Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities, as a tool to bring science into practice and to implement the five pathways for urban transformation in cities: Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation, integrating DRR and CCA, Co-generate Risk Information, identify and address the needs of Disadvantaged Populations, establish and advance knowledge networks.

Nowadays, the urban development of Charleroi has grown to such an extent that it raises the most diverse questions.

Nowadays, the urban development of Charleroi has grown to such an extent that it raises the most diverse questions.

This short lecture introduces the concept of Water Sensitive Cities.

GIS design tools for urban-scale climate analysis

Introduction to simulation tools

3d Modelling tutorial for simulation

The Urban Adaptation Tools website is an innovative and interactive platform designed to address the critical challenges of urban adaptation and resilience in the context of climate change.

This tutorial introduces the SOLWEIG model

The HWLEM tool is utilized in Urban Design Climate Workshops (UDCWs) during the collaborative mapping phase to simulate perceived thermal stress in urban areas.

Ups and downs of parametric environmental modelling in the design process

Ladybug Tools tutorials

Beginner guide to QGIS

QGIS Trainings tutorial YouTube channel

Data collection (NDVI calculation)

This video show how to derive streams and catchments from a DEM using geographic information systems (GIS).