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Urban Water - Innovations for Environmental Sustainability
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- Free Access
- Free certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on May 4, 2015
- Ends on June 15, 2015
Course details
Syllabus
- Core concepts such as the “water nexus” and “regenerative sustainability”
- Blue-green building design
- Eco-health and the role of water in environmentally-sensitive urban planning
- Urban stream regeneration
- Water ethics
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Karen Bakker
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