Green Infrastructure Archives

Superblocks: rethinking cities and urban spaces for citizens (updated)

This short course will give you an introductory understanding of how superblocks are a sustainable, cost-effective and feasible solution to mobility issues in cities. Upon completion of this course, you will understand: • The concept of a superblock and where it originates• The social, economic and environmental impacts of the superblock model.• The potential opportunities and limitations […]

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The Urban Heat Island effect: How to tackle excess heat in cities

By Luiza Quaglio

Our summers are getting hot! Most cities are not prepared to manage heat and prevent impacts on wellbeing. And have you heard of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect? How seriously can it impact health? How does it relate to climate change? and to mobility? Do yo believe it being irreversible? This course will give

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Urban Green Infrastructure: Introduction

By Luiza Quaglio

Explore the potential of urban green infrastructure Green infrastructure aims to reduce the impacts of climate change with a network of green areas. Building with nature rather than against it, green infrastructure can increase biodiversity in densely populated regions and help solve climate challenges. In this course you will learn to: Assess the impact of

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Street of a city with people, tram and other vehicles.

Fundamentals of Urban Mobility

By laura.alvarez

This course introduces the fundamentals of urban mobility planning. Mobility choices affect all aspects of city life: from economic efficiency to social inclusion, sustainability, and quality of life. These choices shape and reshape cities in irreversible ways. Urban life is much better for everyone when we invest in mobility for all, not just car users.

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Planning the Streets of the Future

By Lior Steinberg

Planning the Streets of the Future This five week course invites you to reimagine three street typologies that can be seen in your city: the local street, the shopping street, and the thoroughfare. We take you on a virtual tour through the Hague, Tel Aviv, and Barcelona to help you deconstruct the street and reimagine

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Free Visualisation Tools for Urban Mobility Planning: Beginners

By Lior Steinberg

Welcome to our short online course ‘‘Free Visualisation Tools for Urban Mobility Planning”! This is the first in a series of short free online courses developed in collaboration between EIT Urban Mobility and Humankind. By gaining some basic visualisation skills, you will be able to bring your ideas to a broader audience. In the following short course, you will learn how to use Sketchup and Google Earth to create your own

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Free Visualisation Tools for Urban Mobility Planning: Intermediate

By Lior Steinberg

Welcome to our short online course ‘‘Free Visualisation Tools for Urban Mobility Planning”! This is the second in a series of short free online courses developed in collaboration between EIT Urban Mobility and Humankind. By gaining some basic visualisation skills, you will be able to bring your ideas to a broader audience. In the following short course, you will learn how to use Sketchup and Google Earth to create your own street

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Designing the Cycling City

By George Liu

Designing the Cycling City This five week course gives you the building blocks and basic skills required to start designing your cycling city. You will discover the best practices in bicycle infrastructure design and how to bring these elements together in your home context. The final design project invites you to present a plan that

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