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Beyond Smart Cities: Emerging Design and Technology

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Overview

Leverage disruptive technology to design smart, sustainable urban solutions.

On completion of this course, you’ll walk away with: The ability to leverage technological innovation to improve design, planning, and policy of urban living. Strategies for more effective land use, distributed energy systems, and alternative mobility. The skills to recognize and identify the challenges in contemporary city design, with solutions for healthier and more sustainable city systems. Unlimited access to 2U’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.

Syllabus

  • Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
  • Module 1: Design and technology for people-centric cities
  • Module 2: The mobility revolution and urban robotics
  • Module 3: The live-work transformation: Robotics, prefabrication, and IoT technology
  • Module 4: A network of neighborhoods: AI, real-time simulation, and emerging systems
  • Module 5: Sustainable communities: Local production and lower consumption
  • Module 6: Governance: Token economies and algorithmic zoning for prosocial behaviors

Taught by

Kent Larson

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