Course name Climate Proof Development of Cities and Strategic Planning

Name of academic (owner of the material) Dr. Mendel Giezen

Email address m.giezen@uva.nl

Topic Adaptation, Climate Resilience, Mitigation

Course website http://studiegids.uva.nl/xmlpages/page/2018-2019-en/search-course/course/56942

Main course information One of the key issues cities have to deal with for the foreseeable future is Climate Change. The increase in green house gasses has impacted the climate in many regions in the world. While some places might get hotter and other colder, it is clear that weather events are becoming more extreme in a lot of cities around the world. Two concrete examples are that there will be more events of extreme rainfall and more periods of extreme temperatures and drought. This leads to the paradoxical situation that cities need to prepare for an excess of water as well as a lack thereof. Combined with a situation in democratic societies where increasingly a variety of stakeholders have influence in the governance process and there is a lot of uncertainty, these challenges require strategic planning in order to adequately adept to these challenges. This will be the focus of this course. The course will use 3D planning software engine Tygron to have students experience the process of strategic planning around climate proof urban development and have them develop creative solutions for cases within the Municipality of Amsterdam. Students will be asked to reflect on the process using the literature and classes they have gotten in the course. They will be working within a reflexive backcasting approach to strategic planning.

Geographical scale City

Region Examined Western Europe and Others

Language English

Other language: Please specify English

Level of Instruction Post-graduate

Year of publication (last updated max 5 years ago) 2018

Course manual

Download

Reading list {Empty}

Assignments/Exams {Empty}

Study Guides {Empty}

Other materials {Empty}

Accepted {Empty}