Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
Within the context of Climate Change & Urban Water Management, the key focus of the course will be on the prioritization of Nature-based Solutions over Grey Infrastructure in Integrated Planning as a Sustainable Urban Infrastructure practice
- Understand and develop linkages between Sustainability, Cities and Infrastructure
- Conceptualize Sustainable and Nature based Infrastructure in the planning practice
- Analyze and apply Nature based Solution components as alternatives
- Devise strategies for implementation of Nature based Solutions
- Course Overview
- Introduction to SUI
- QUIZ 00:00:00
- Nature-based Solutions
- Quiz 00:00:00
- Low Impact Development
- Quiz 00:00:00
- Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System - DeWATS
- Quiz 00:00:00
- CASE STUDY: Building Flood Resilience through Lake Redevelopment and Interlinking of Lakes Project, Ahmedabad
- Quiz 00:00:00
- English Read, write
Sustainable urban infrastructure expands on the concept of urban infrastructure by adding the sustainability element with the expectation of improved and more resilient urban development. In the construction and physical and organizational structures that enable cities to function, sustainability also aims to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the capabilities of the future generations.
SDG 9, of the international sustainable development goals set by the United Nations General Assembly, deals with infrastructure, however, infrastructure is a building block for the rest of the SDGS. Therefore, the achievement of sustainable infrastructure is of significant concern in multiple areas of society.
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