Module I: Urban Sustainability

Professors:

Content:

  • Concepts and frameworks for approaching urban sustainability and planning

  • Ecology and ecosystem science and geospatial technologies as applied to urban areas: cities as eco-systems, the relationship between the urban and the natural environment, including urban open space, biodiversity, and ecosystem services

  • Making a city greener without creating inefficiencies that adversely affect residents’ lives

  • Evaluating resilient cities

  • Market based instruments for environmental policymaking

Presentations


Dr. Asad Mohammed
Director of blueSpace
Concepts and Frameworks for approaching Urban Sustainability and Planning
Presentation

Ms. Marie Hinds
Assistant Director, Town and Country, MPSD
Developing Sustainable Cities: Establishing a National Framework, The Trinidad and Tobago Experience
Presentation

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