Healthy Urbanism, Certificate | Part time online | UCL | United Kingdom
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Healthy Urbanism

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About

University College London (UCL)'s Healthy Urbanism course provides strategies to understand and improve the health and wellbeing impacts of urban development through a new conceptual framework called THRIVES. It includes case studies of health-promoting housing and office buildings, large scale urban developments, and green infrastructure projects.

Overview

Key facts

University College London (UCL)'s Healthy Urbanism course covers: 

  • theory and key concepts for understanding the health impact of urban development
  • definitions of equity, inclusion and sustainability for healthy development
  • urban health indicators and their use
  • community participation
  • using evidence and reflective practice to build a case for healthy development
  • guidance for healthy urban design and planning

There will also be downloadable workbook activities with model answers.

Programme Structure

The content is divided into six sections: 
  • Welcome information (15 min): Information about the course and how to get the most out of the training. 
  • Foundations (30 min): How urban environments impact health and wellbeing and the key components of the THRIVES framework. 
  • Principles (50 min): Three key take-away messages for healthy urbanism, including how the concepts of inclusion, equity and sustainability relate to health through case studies. 
  • Pathways (55 min): Practical knowledge and tools for community participation and healthy urban development processes. Apply new skills by evaluating a development brief.
  • Application (50 min): Explore ways to apply the THRIVES concepts in your work and try to build a business case for healthy urban development using the case studies and resources provided.
  • Conclusion (10 min): A brief summary and links to further resources.

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 1 days

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

The course is aimed at built environment and public health professionals and postgraduate students, including those working in planning, engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and associated fields. 

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    Free
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    Based on the tuition of 0 GBP for the full programme during 1 days.
  • National

    Free
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 0 GBP for the full programme during 1 days.

Cost: Free

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