
edXCities are not isolated systems—they're ecosystems shaped by governance, land use, technology, and human behavior. This course examines urban development through the Sustainable Development Goals lens, exploring how people-focused issues, technological adoption, and case studies from the Global North and South reshape cities. You'll learn to trace emerging social, economic, and environmental changes, then discover how to intervene thoughtfully in urban futures through knowledge co-production and shared experience.
Understand urban development and the scale, scope, and establishment of the Sustainable Development Goals ,Gain an overview of urban systems, including governance, land management, and utilities to recognize the new urban sciences that are driving our understanding of urbanization across the world ,Explore the impact of people-focused issues, how technological change is adopted and deployed, and case studies from the Global North and South ,Examine carefully how we should understand how to trace, examine and explore the ways new social, economic and environmental changes emerge and reshape the working of the city. ,Understand how best to intervene in urban futures through sharing urban experiences and contributing to the coproduction of knowledge to enrich and strengthen knowledge exchange in cities.
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