University of Lausanne
HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS Specialization

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University of Lausanne

HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS Specialization

For HEALTH in all urban sustainable POLICIES. The MOOC offers transdisciplinary knowledge (medicine, biology, geography, remote sensing, architecture, planning, urban design, policies with participatory engagement) about what urban systems are, how they can be modeled, and how citizens and policymakers can apply this knowledge to better cope with urban complexity to improve health and well-being.

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Beginner level

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3 months
at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand and assess social, ecological, and psychological factors affecting urban health.

  • Strengthen skills to model urban health as a complex system.

  • Engage stakeholders to design resilient, sustainable cities.

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October 2024

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Specialization - 3 course series

What you'll learn

  • Address urban health through complex multidisciplinary approaches

  • Use multidimensional and multiscale concepts, methods and ecosystem frameworks

  • Mobilize and support all players directly or indirectly involved in urban health

What you'll learn

  • Theories of complexity

    Different Methods of Modelling: individual (ABM)aggregated (Dynamic systems)

    Practice of Holistic Systems Modeling

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Prof. Céline Rozenblat
University of Lausanne
6 Courses648 learners

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