# Sustainable Urban Development

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**Parent**: https://learningforlife.tudelft.nl/our-courses/architecture-and-urbanism/urban-development/

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- The most relevant challenges that metropolitan regions are facing.
- How you can respond to these challenges.
- Examples of sustainable, metropolitan interventions and solutions.
- How to critically reflect on and engage in the sustainable cities debate.
- Innovative solutions for your own urban living environment.

Free

- Type
  Course
- Location
  Online
- Pacing
  Starts anytime / Self-paced
- Length

  For instructor paced courses this is the length of the course.

  For self-paced courses this is the length of the course if you spend the amount of time per week as specified. You're free to go faster or slower as you see fit.

  7 Weeks
- Effort
  4 - 6 Hours per week

[Enroll on edX](https://www.edx.org/course/sustainable-urban-development-discover-delftx-wageningenx-ams-urb-1x)

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- [Arjan van Timmeren](https://learningforlife.tudelft.nl/instructors/arjan-van-timmeren/)
- [Mariette Overschie](https://learningforlife.tudelft.nl/instructors/mariette-overschie/)

- Overview

  **Learn why cities are key in resolving global urbanization and sustainability challenges and how you can engineer tomorrow's cities today.**

  Did you know that cities take up less than 3% of the earth's land surface, but more than 50% of the world's population live in them? And, cities generate more than 70% of the global emissions? Large cities and their hinterlands (jointly called *metropolitan regions*) greatly contribute to global urbanization and sustainability challenges, yet are also key to resolving these same challenges.

  If you are interested in the challenges of the 21st century metropolitan regions and how these can be solved from within the city and by its inhabitants, then this Sustainable Urban Development course is for you!

  There are no simple solutions to these grand challenges! Rather the challenges cities face today require a holistic, systemic and transdisciplinary approach that spans different fields of expertise and disciplines such as urban planning, urban design, urban engineering, systems analysis, policy making, social sciences and entrepreneurship.

  This MOOC is all about this integration of different fields of knowledge within the metropolitan context. The course is set up in a unique matrix format that lets you pursue your line of interest along a specific metropolitan challenge or a specific theme.

  Because we are all part of the challenges as well as the solutions, we encourage you to participate actively! You will have the opportunity to explore the living conditions in your own city and compare your living environment with that of the global community.

  You will discover possible solutions for your city's challenges and what it takes to implement these solutions. Your participation will also contribute to wider research into metropolitan regions as complex systems.

  We invite you to take the first steps in understanding the principles that will be essential to transform metropolitan regions into just, prosperous and sustainable places to live in!

  This course forms a part of the educational programme of the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions and is developed by Wageningen UR and TU Delft, two of the founding universities of AMS Institute.
- Details

  ### Additional Instructors

  **Huub H.M. Rijnaarts**\
  Professor in Environment and Water Technology - Wageningen University & Research

  **Marc Spiller**\
  Researcher and Lecturer at the Urban System Engineering group - Wageningen University & Research
- Qualifications

  ##### Chartered Engineering Competences

  All our online courses and programs have been matched to the competences determined by [KIVI’s Competence Structure](https://charteredengineer.nl/competence-structure/), a common frame of reference for everyone, across all disciplines, levels and roles.

  These competences apply to this course:

  - A1: Extend your theoretical knowledge of new and advancing technologies.
  - E3: Undertake engineering activities in a way that contributes to sustainable development and a circular economy.
- Admission

  This is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that runs on edX. There are no prerequisites for this course.

- Course format: MOOC

  **This course is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)**. Our MOOCs are delivered on edX.org and are open to all. They include video lectures, readings, assignments, and community discussions. Content is free, with optional certificates and additional exercises available for a fee.

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