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This online course explores how nature can help designing and building cities. It analyzes various nature-based solutions such as green roofs and city parks that reduce heat,...

This online course explores the landscape of urban governance in the digital era. It looks at how data has an impact on city life and its structure, instruments, policies, and...

This online course (MOOC) gives an introduction to Roman Architecture.The course covers many topics, including: The beginnings of urbanism and city planning in RomeThe use of...

This online course explores the basics of urban planning in Africa through technical, environmental, social and economical dimensions.

This online course (MOOC) explores why cities are key in resolving global urbanization and sustainability challenges.It discusses some of the most relevant challenges...

This online course explores how to finance infrastructure in fast-growing African cities.

This online course explores key concepts of urban development by examining cities around the world. It also includes a historical exploration of cities like ancient Rome.

This online course program explores four facets of contemporary Japanese architecture: theory, technology, city, and humans. Through lectures by instructors and discussions with...

In this architecture course, students will learn how to "read" Rome, an ancient city, reborn in the fifteenth century and reshaped substantially in the following three...

China's architectural history spans thousands of years. In this online course, students will explore the ancient cities of Chang'an of Han, Luoyang of Northern Wei, Chang'an and...

This online course provides the foundation for understanding cities’ exposure and sensitivity to climate change. It also introduces the concepts of urban resilience and adaptation.

This online course explores cycling in modern cities and analyses the state-of-the-art knowledge that emerges from research and practice on the Dutch cycling system.

This online course explores key strategies for optimizing urban freight transport based on recent developments in market understanding, vehicle technology and cooperative ventures.

In this interdisciplinary course, students will learn about the water-related dimensions of environmentally sustainable urbanism. The course features Vancouver, one of the...

This online course teaches about today’s urban challenges focusing on developing countries, referred to as the global south. The course explores pathways that are going beyond...

This online course (MOOC) explores ancient Greek history from the Bronze Age to the death of Socrates in 399 BCE.Topics discussed in the course include:Prehistory to HomerThe...

This online course explores the challenges and opportunities associated with “smart urban infrastructures” as well as how these infrastructures can be managed in order to...

This online course explores how migration has shaped cities around the world and the particular issues that migrants face in urban contexts.

This online course explores how ecology can guide urban design to avert environmental disasters and improve people’s lives.

This course will explore sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy. It places cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change....