Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Environmental Dimension

Environmental Dimension
10
13991
1
First semester
OB
Main language of instruction: English

Teaching staff

Introduction

Metrics, tools and methods for planning and designing healthy and sustainable built environments, will be elicited through literature review –scientific evidence-, and analysis of case studies at all scales –from policies and regulations to planning and design- related to the environmental dimension. 

The mains topics proposed for this edition are:

(1) Environmental Epidemiology: Air Pollution, Noise, Green Spaces, Temperature.

(2) Mobility: Sustainable Transport Systems, Transport Planning, Infrastructure and Cities.

(3) Energy and Waste: Materials and Energy Flows, Waste Collection, Energy Transition.

(4) Food and Water:  Peri-urban Agriculture, Food/Water Planning and Governance, Climate/Food/Water Emergency.

(5) Nature-Based Solutions: Blue and Grey Infrastructure.