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Campus RainWorks Challenge
- University of Texas at Arlington (TX)
The Campus RainWorks Challenge is a green infrastructure design competition for American colleges and universities that seeks to engage with the next generation of environmental professionals, foster a dialogue about ...
- Posted May 3, 2023
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BS in Sustainable Environmental Design
- University of California, Davis (CA)
Students in the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems major focus on the social, economic and environmental aspects of agriculture and develop a thorough understanding of our food cycle from farm ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Urban Design Graduate Certificate
- University of Cincinnati (OH)
The graduate Urban Design Certificate will provide individuals with foundational knowledge about the art and science of cities through history to inform future visions for cities; introduce the skills and ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Urban Studies Minor
- University of Denver (CO)
The Urban Studies minor at DU offers a multidisciplinary introduction to a range of issues that are affecting cities today. Our courses examine the history and nature of urban life ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Strengthening city–university partnerships to advance sustainability solutions: a study of research collaborations between the University of British Columbia and City of Vancouver
- University of British Columbia (BC)
- Sustainability Solutions Group (QC)
- City of Vancouver (BC)
This paper aims to investigate sustainability research collaborations between the City of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia (UBC), as a case study to better understand how to use ...
- Posted May 28, 2021
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Spatial distribution of urban vegetation: A case study of a Canadian University Campus using LiDAR-based metrics
- University of British Columbia (BC)
Planners and urban managers design green spaces according to established standards, aspiring to create green spaces within and around the built environment. However, when building density is extremely high, it ...
- Posted April 21, 2021
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Field-Based Experiential Education in Geography: Discovering and Rethinking Urban Environmental Challenges and Possibilities
- Boise State University (ID)
- York University
Drawing on our experience teaching a 2-week field-based geography course on urban environmental issues, we reinforce the value of field-based experiential education (EE) especially as it faces growing threats. We ...
- Posted April 8, 2021
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Integrating Multiple Perspectives in an Urban Ecology Course
- Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
New approaches are needed to educate university students about urban sustainability challenges. In particular, students need opportunities to learn the importance of integrating not just biophysical issues (e.g. climate ...
- Posted Feb. 17, 2021
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The VCU Pocket Park: Creating a sustainability-oriented green space on a dynamic university campus
- Virginia Commonwealth University (VA)
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a growing, changing university in the heart of the city of Richmond, VA. Green space is limited on this dense urban campus. The VCU Office ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Honours Bachelor of Environmental Design & Planning
- Fanshawe College (ON)
This program combines the theory, knowledge and techniques of landscape architecture, urban design and physical planning with training in geographic information systems, computer-aided design, visualization and presentation technologies. Students work ...
- Posted July 10, 2019
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Healthy Cities Certificate
- University of Michigan (MI)
Creating cities to promote public health is an interdisciplinary endeavor. The Graduate Certificate in Healthy Cities provides University of Michigan graduate students with the language, skills, and competencies needed to ...
- Posted May 22, 2019
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Urban Planning and Geodesign Minor
- University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)
This minor is administered by the Department of Geography and Geology. Consists of 24 credits.
- Posted Feb. 13, 2019
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Sustainable Urbanism (DrSU)
- Washington University in St. Louis (MO)
The Doctor of Sustainable Urbanism (DrSU) is a post-professional applied research degree intended to prepare professionals and advanced urban design students for careers in multidisciplinary, evidence-based sustainable urban design and ...
- Posted Dec. 13, 2018
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Urban Design Certificate
- University of Virginia (VA)
The four graduate departments – Architectural History, Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban + Environmental Planning – each offer unique contributions to the program. The certificate is structured to synthesize concepts, methods and strengths ...
- Posted Oct. 10, 2018
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Urban Resilience Certificate
- University of Pennsylvania (PA)
The Certificate in Urban Resilience draws on the resilience expertise within the different departments of the School, is rooted in Ian McHarg’s layered analysis methods of thinking holistically across ...
- Posted Sept. 27, 2018
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Sustainable Design Minor
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
Sustainable design implies making decisions at various scales of the built environment (buildings, communities, land use patterns, urban support systems) in ways that support environmental quality, social equity, and economic ...
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Sustainable Environmental Design (BA)
- University of California, Berkeley (CA)
The sustainable environmental design major recognizes that the emergent, multidisciplinary field of sustainability science is growing rapidly. As the world population urbanizes, the planning and design of resilient, resource-efficient, healthy ...
- Posted Aug. 30, 2018
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Urban Design for Sustainability Syllabus
- Lesley University (MA)
What would a truly sustainable society look like? We will address that question, starting with a look at the rise and decline of societies and how the ideas of sustainability ...
- Posted June 9, 2017
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