Search result for History of cities Online Courses & Certifications
Get Course Alerts by Email
Migration and Cities
by Nick Dines , Anna Triandafyllidou- 0.0
3
Learn about how migration has shaped cities around the world and the particular issues that migrants face in urban contexts Rethinking the city and its history through migration Human mobility and urban history Migration and labour in contemporary cities How migrants remake cities Wrap up of Week 2 Wrap up of course...
Free
CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life
by Edward Glaeser- 0.0
11 Weeks
Cities allow for the exchange of ideas, and generate remarkable innovations in business, art, and ideas. The course will explore key concepts of urban development by examining cities around the world, including London, Rio de Janeiro, New York City, Shanghai, Mumbai, Kigali, and many more. A historical perspective on the rise of cities throughout the world...
$169
The City and You: Find Your Best Place
by Richard Florida- 4.6
Approx. 18 hours to complete
This free course will provide the knowledge and the tools needed to understand what cities do, why they matter, the forces shaping the greatest wave of urbanization in history, and how to pick the right place for you. A World of Cities A World of Cities (Instructor Video) Planet of Cities...
Passive Urban Cooling Solutions
by OLC and SURR- 0.0
4 Weeks
In 2020, to encourage more rapid adoption of urban cooling solutions to improve the heat resiliency of cities, the World Bank published a detailed handbook covering the characteristics of rising urban temperatures, the challenges it presents, and ways cities can respond: Primer for Cool Cities: Reducing Urban Heat (the Primer). At the end of the course, participants will be able:...
$5
African cities : An Introduction to Urban Planning
by Jérôme Chenal- 4.7
Approx. 40 hours to complete
This course teached the basics of urban planning in Africa through technical, environmental, social and economical dimensions. It focuses on African cities only. African Cities (Part 1) African Cities (Part 2) State of African Cities (Urban Transition) History of urban planning The Costs and Funding of Cities The Approaches of Urban Governance...
Innovative Governance of Large Urban Systems
by Matthias Finger- 4.7
Approx. 17 hours to complete
Learn about the three phases of the urban value chain: planning, governance and regeneration. IGLUS consists of 2-week action-learning organized in over 10 major cities around the world, during which participants acquire an in-depth understanding of the challenges cities are facing and the ways they are addressing them. Designing cities Digitalization of urban planning and Malaysia as a case study...
The Meaning of Rome: The Renaissance and Baroque City
by David Mayernik , Jay Hobbs- 0.0
6 Weeks
Learn how the art, architecture, and urban form of Renaissance and Baroque Rome projected the city’s image of itself to its citizens and the world. In uncovering some of the meaning of Rome, you will be equipped with the skills necessary to consider how our own cities and communities are, or could be, meaningful....
$50
Related searches
Housing and Cities
by Luca Ortelli , Catarina Wall Gago , Karen Zysman- 0.0
10 Weeks
Housing and Cities is a design-oriented architecture course that focuses on key moments of European urban housing history. It looks into ordinary or replicated housing types of different social classes that contributed to the definition of urban identity across borders and time. Each topic is first introduced through a general overview that examines housing from an urban point of view....
$139
Reimagining Blackness and Architecture
by Arlette Hernandez , Sean Anderson- 4.9
Approx. 14 hours to complete
It shapes our homes, streets, neighborhoods, cities and more. In the United States, a long history of anti-Black racism has created spatial inequalities that are built into the physical environment and erased the stories of Black architects and communities. Mario Gooden on The Refusal of Space Justin Garrett Moore on Architectures of Difference...
The Changing Landscape of Ancient Rome. Archaeology and History of the Palatine Hill
by Paolo Carafa- 4.3
Approx. 8 hours to complete
Studying ancient - as well as medieval or modern - cities basically means telling local urban stories based on the reconstruction of changing landscapes through the centuries. Given the fragmentary nature of archaeological evidence, it is necessary to create new images that would give back the physical aspect of the urban landscape and that would bring it to life again....