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Beyond Engineering: Building with Nature
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
0. Necessary Background Knowledge
1. Why Beyond Engineering?
2. Stakeholder Identification and Mapping
3. Game Theory
4. Social Design Principles
5. Towards Coalition Building
Prerequisite
Strongly recommended that you complete Engineering: Building with Nature (BwN101x) prior to this course. For learners who are not familiar with the Engineering and Ecological Design Principles from the first course, links will be provided to crucial educational material to enable them to complete this course. Learners must realize that this will require extra study hours (8 - 16 extra hours).
Instructors
Jill Slinger
Associate Professor
TU Delft
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