Curriculum
Climate Resilient Design, Planning and Governance of Cities
UCCRN_edu
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Climate Change and Urban Climate
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Global Challenges and Urban Transformation
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Urban Resilience
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Resilience of Critical Infrastructure
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Urban Ecology
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Equity and environmental justice
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Climate Resilient Planning and Urban Design
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Tools for Climate Resilient Planning and Urban Design
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Video lesson
Water on earth
This short interview focuses on the scarcity of fresh surface water on earth and the importance of groundwater. It also discusses conflicts of use between different economic sectors and the main environmental threats linked to water, including flooding, rising sea levels and soil subsidence due to over-pumping.
This course is also available for free on Edx here (free account is necessary).
References:
- ECA, UN, et al. Water and climate change. unesco, Paris, 2020. ESCAP-2020-RP-Water-climate-change.pdf, 235 p.
- Romero, P. 2022. Asia’s coastal cities ‘sinking faster than sea level-rise’. SciDev. net-Environment.
- Lecturer: Christian Valentin
- Contribution: UCCRN_edu
- University: SU
- Type of lesson: Interview