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My path to a free self-taught education in Sustainable Cities!

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# sustainable-cities-online-courses
My path to a free self-taught education in Sustainable Cities! *I will be adding pizzas to the ones I finish to track my progress.* :relaxed:

## Contents

- [About](#about)
- [Preparation](#preparation)
- [Courses](#courses)
- [Books](#books)
- [Articles](#articles)
- [Research](#research)
- [Capstone Project](#capstoneproject)

## About

I looked online for free MOOCs that would offer a strong background for anyone interested in Sustainable cities. The structure is inspired from [The Dual Master’s in Sustainable Smart Cities](https://www.uab.edu/smartcities/masters-program/program-details) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Staffordshire University. I will continue to improve the list as I find new courses.

## Preparation

A great MOOC that gives you easy access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines.

- [Learning How to Learn](https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn) :pizza:

Also I think MOOCs for learning how to use solution-based journalism to impel positive social change would also prove useful :)

- [Journalism for Social Change](https://www.edx.org/course/journalism-social-change-uc-berkeleyx-j4sc101x-0) by University of California, Berkeley - 7 weeks of study, 2 - 4 hours per week
- [Journalism Skills for Engaged Citizens](https://www.coursera.org/learn/journalism-skills) by The University of Melbourne - 6 weeks of study, 4-6 hours/week

Also learning how to research and present an effective and persuasive position paper or policy advice might prove useful.

- [Be Persuasive: Write a Convincing Position Paper or Policy Advice (Project-Centered Course)](https://www.coursera.org/learn/persuasive-writing) by Universiteit Leiden - 4 weeks of study, 2-4 hours of study, 4-5 hours of active project work

## Courses

### Principles of Sustainable Development

- [Introduction to Sustainability](https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainability/) by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 8 weeks of study, 8-10 hours/week :pizza:
- [The Age of Sustainable Development](https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainable-development) by Columbia University - 14 weeks of study, 2 hours of lectures per module
- [Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia](https://www.coursera.org/learn/greening-the-economy) by Lund University - 5 weeks of study, 5-8 hours/week :pizza:
- [Our Earth: Its Climate, History, and Processes](https://www.coursera.org/learn/our-earth) by University of Manchester - 5 weeks of study

#### Optional

- [Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy](https://www.coursera.org/learn/environmental-law) by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 6 weeks of study, 4-6 hours/week

### Introduction to Sustainable Smart Cities

- [Smart cities](https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/smart-cities) by The Open University - 6 weeks of study, 3 hours/week :pizza:
- [Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities](https://www.coursera.org/learn/gte-sustainable-cities/) by Lund University - 5 weeks of study, 5 hours/week :pizza:
- [Sustainable Urban Development](https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:DelftWageningenX+AMS.URB.1x+1T2016/info) by Delft University of Technology - 7 weeks of study
- [Cities are back in town : urban sociology for a globalizing urban world](https://www.coursera.org/learn/urban-development) by Sciences Po - 8 weeks of study
- [Sustainable Cities](https://courses.sdgacademy.org/learn/sustainable-cities-may-2017) by SDG Academy - 10 weeks of study
- [Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs](https://www.edx.org/course/ecodesign-cities-suburbs-ubcx-ecodesignx-0?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=ubcx%252Cecodesign-for-cities-suburbs%252Ccourse%252Capr82018) by University of British Columbia - 6 weeks of study

### Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Systems

- [Energy 101: The Big Picture](https://www.coursera.org/learn/energy-101) by Georgia Institute of Technology - 6 weeks of study, 5-7 hours/week
- [Our Energy Future](https://www.coursera.org/learn/future-of-energy) by University of California, San Diego - 9 weeks of study, 45 hours of videos, quizzes and peer reviews
- [Politics and Economics of International Energy](https://www.coursera.org/learn/global-energy) by Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) Sciences Po - 8 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
- [Introduction to Sustainable Energy](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/nuclear-engineering/22-081j-introduction-to-sustainable-energy-fall-2010/) by MIT - [lectures and reading material](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/nuclear-engineering/22-081j-introduction-to-sustainable-energy-fall-2010/lectures-and-readings/) available online
  
### Managing Natural Resources and Sustainable Smart Cities

- [Livable Future Cities](https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:ETHx+FC-02x+2T2016/info) - by ETH Zurich - 11 weeks of study :pizza:
- [Urban Water - Innovations for Environmental Sustainability](https://www.edx.org/course/urban-water-innovations-environmental-ubcx-water201x#.VPXUIVPF9vo) by University of British Columbia -  6 weeks of study, 3 - 4 hours/week
- [Global Environmental Management](https://www.coursera.org/learn/global-environmental-management) by Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 5 weeks of study
- [Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change](https://www.coursera.org/learn/global-warming) by The University of Chicago - 12 weeks of study

#### Optional

- [Water Resources Management and Policy](https://www.coursera.org/learn/water-management) by University of Geneva - 5 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
- [Sustainable Agricultural Land Management](https://www.coursera.org/learn/sustainable-agriculture) by University of Florida - 8 weeks of study
- [Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries](https://www.coursera.org/learn/climate-change-mitigation) by University of Cape Town - 6 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
- [Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Contaminants: New Paradigms, Technologies, and Applications](https://www.coursera.org/learn/natural-attenuation-of-groundwater-contaminants) by Rice University - 9 weeks of study
- [Shale gas and fracking](https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/shale-gas/2/todo/1576) by the University of Nottingham - 4 weeks of study
- [A Circular Economy of Metals: Towards a Sustainable Societal Metabolism](https://www.coursera.org/learn/circular-economy-metals) by Universiteit Leiden - 6 weeks of study, 5-7 hours per week

### Green Infrastructure and Transportation

- [Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures](https://www.coursera.org/learn/smart-cities) by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - 5 weeks of study, 2-3 hours per week
- [Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1](https://www.coursera.org/learn/managing-urban-infrastructures-1) by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - 5 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
- [Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies](https://www.coursera.org/learn/sanitation) by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - 5 weeks of study, 4-6 hours/week
- [Municipal Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries](https://www.coursera.org/learn/solid-waste-management) by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - 5 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week
- [Sustainable Urban Freight Transport: A Global Perspective](https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/sustainable-urban-freight-transport-a-global-perspective/) by TUDelft - 5 weeks of study, 4-6 hours per week
- [Supply Chain Fundamentals](https://www.edx.org/course/supply-chain-fundamentals) by MIT
- [Supply Chain Analytics](https://www.edx.org/course/supply-chain-analytics) by MIT
- [Leveraging Urban Mobility Disruptions to Create Better Cities](https://www.edx.org/course/leveraging-urban-mobility-disruptions-to-create-better-cities) by MIT

### Green Buildings

- [Resilient Architecture Research](https://www.ooed.org/learn/resilient-architecture-research-fall-2014) by Open Online Academy
- [Sustainable Building Design](https://www.edx.org/course/environmental-technologies-in-buildings) by MIT
 
### Health & Liveability

- [Community Change in Public Health](https://www.coursera.org/learn/community-public-health) by Johns Hopkins University - 5 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week
- [Climate Change and Health](https://iversity.org/en/courses/climate-change-and-health) by Heidelberg University - 5 weeks of study
- [Global Warming Science](https://www.edx.org/course/global-warming-science) by MIT

#### Optional

- [Sustainable Food Production Through Livestock Health Management](https://www.coursera.org/learn/livestock-farming) by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 6 weeks of study; 5-7 hours/week

### Smart Technologies for Cities & Buildings

- [Introduction to Metrics for Smart Cities](https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-metrics-smart-cities-ieeex-scmtx-1x#.VPXTolPF9vo) by IEEE - 4 weeks of study, 5 - 7 hours/week
- [Future Cities](https://www.edx.org/course/future-cities-ethx-fc-01x-2#.VPXTtFPF9vo) by ETH Zurich  - 10 weeks of study, 3 hours per week 
- [Smart Cities](https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:ETHx+ETHx-FC-03x+1T2017/info) by ETH Zurich - 10 weeks of study
- [Internet of Things: How did we get here?](https://www.coursera.org/learn/internet-of-things-history) by University of California, San Diego - 2 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week
- [A developer's guide to the Internet of Things ](https://www.coursera.org/learn/developer-iot/home/welcome) by IBM - 4 weeks of study

### Big Data & Smart Cities
  
- [Introduction to Big Data](https://www.coursera.org/learn/big-data-introduction) by University of California, San Diego - 3 weeks of study, 5-6 hours/week
- [A Crash Course in Data Science](https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-science-course) by Johns Hopkins University - 1 week of study, 4-6 hours
- [Fundamentals of GIS](https://www.coursera.org/learn/gis) by University of California, Davis - 4 weeks of study, 3-5 hours/week
- [Cloud Computing Concepts, Part 1](https://www.coursera.org/learn/cloud-computing) by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 5 weeks of study

#### Optional

- [Cloud Computing Concepts: Part 2](https://www.coursera.org/learn/cloud-computing-2) by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 5 weeks of study
- [Data Management and Visualization](https://www.coursera.org/learn/data-visualization) by Wesleyan University - 4 weeks of study, 4-5 hours/week
- [Social Computing](https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-computing) by University of California, San Diego - 3 weeks, 2-3 hours/week
  
### Research Methods & Project Planning

- [Understanding Research Methods](https://www.coursera.org/learn/research-methods/home/info) by University of London & SOAS University of London - 4 weeks of study
- [Social Norms, Social Change I](https://www.coursera.org/learn/norms) by University of Pennsylvania, Unicef, 4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours/week
- [Social Norms, Social Change II](https://www.coursera.org/learn/change) by University of Pennsylvania, Unicef, 4 weeks of study, 2-3 hours of work per week
- [Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy](https://www.coursera.org/learn/environmental-law) by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 6 weeks of study, 4-6 hours/week
- [Citizen Engagement: A Game Changer for Development](https://www.edx.org/course/citizen-engagement-game-changer-wbgx-ce01x) by World Bank Group  - 5 weeks of study, 2-4 hours/week 
- [U.Lab: Transforming Business, Society, and Self](https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:MITx+15.671x+3T2015/info) by MITx - 8 weeks of study

## Books

- [Citizen-Driven Innovation](http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/sites/enoll.org/files/Citizen_Driven_Innovation_Full%284%29.pdf)
- [Economic Foundations for Sustainable Urbanization](http://unhabitat.org/books/economic-foundations-for-sustainable-urbanization-a-study-on-three-pronged-approach-planned-city-extensions-legal-framework-and-municipal-finance/)
- [Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning](http://unhabitat.org/books/guiding-principles-for-climate-city-planning-action/)
- [Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28260428-science-and-the-city)
- [Shaping cities](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shaping-Cities-Urban-Ricky-Burdett/dp/071487728X)

## Articles

- [Co-Creating the Cities of the Future](http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/16/11/1971)

## Research

- [Urban age](https://urbanage.lsecities.net/)

## Capstone Project

List of datasets for projects:

- [on kaggle.com](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets?sortBy=relevance&group=featured&search=city)

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