Informações principais
Sobre o conteúdo
In this interdisciplinary course you will learn about the water-related dimensions of environmentally sustainable urbanism. The course features Vancouver, one of the world's leading cities for green design.
Each week, you’ll watch lectures plus a compelling documentary-style video featuring architects, planners, artists, engineers, and academics that have created real-world innovations which link water and sustainability in the built environment. You’ll meet the inspiring founder of the Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (one of the greenest buildings in North America); visit North America’s largest urban wastewater-to-energy plant; learn from architects designing urban waterscapes as ‘landscape infrastructure’ along Vancouver’s revitalized waterfront; travel along one of North America’s largest revitalized urban streams, which has become a hub for community engagement; and explore the creation of a ‘watershed mind’ with an award-winning poet and artist.
Programa de estudos
- 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
Instrutores
- Karen Bakker
Criador do conteúdo
A University of British Columbia foi fundada em Vancouver em 1908. A Universidade da Colúmbia Britânica é uma das universidades mais prestigiadas da América do Norte e está classificada entre as melhores universidades do mundo. A UBC tem mais de 61.000 estudantes, distribuídos pelo campus histórico de Vancouver (1908) e pelo campus de Okanagan (2005), e um orçamento anual de 2,3 mil milhões de dólares.
Plataforma
EdX est une plateforme d'apprentissage en ligne (dite FLOT ou MOOC). Elle héberge et met gratuitement à disposition des cours en ligne de niveau universitaire à travers le monde entier. Elle mène également des recherches sur l'apprentissage en ligne et la façon dont les utilisateurs utilisent celle-ci. Elle est à but non lucratif et la plateforme utilise un logiciel open source.
EdX a été fondée par le Massachusetts Institute of Technology et par l'université Harvard en mai 2012. En 2014, environ 50 écoles, associations et organisations internationales offrent ou projettent d'offrir des cours sur EdX. En juillet 2014, elle avait plus de 2,5 millions d'utilisateurs suivant plus de 200 cours en ligne.
Les deux universités américaines qui financent la plateforme ont investi 60 millions USD dans son développement. La plateforme France Université Numérique utilise la technologie openedX, supportée par Google.
