Sustainable Future Cities

Overview

What you will study

On successful completion of this Sustainable Future Cities course offered by Cranfield University you will gain:

• Comprehension of the growing opportunity of urbanisation from multiple perspectives

• Knowledge of the current developments in understanding Human, Social, Financial, Built, and Natural Capitals in the urban environment

• Understanding of how contemporary methods of assessing the status of urban condition are carried out and their limitations

• Awareness of the tools available to support decision making for improving the sustainability of urban systems (of systems)

• Realisation of the role of residents, workers and transient communities as active participants in the co-evolution of city systems and in shaping city valorisation

• Insight into the conceptual frameworks and current work aimed at integrating management of grey-green-blue infrastructure in urban systems

• Alertness to the iterative, dynamic nature of cities, their identity and attractiveness in a mobility population

• Awareness of aspirational targets for future cities, such as low emission, smart and resilient systems.