Turku Summer School: Smart Sustainable Cities

Turku Summer School course on Smart Sustainable Cities, 6 ects

The main topic in the course is Smart Sustainable Cities and its three main dimensions (environment, business and social). The course consists of seminars and lectures, working in multidisciplinary groups, field visits and project work. Also a pre-assignment.

Goals: After the course the student can:

Define the concept of Smart Sustainable Cities and the key elements and fields interlinked in Smart Sustainable Cities
Understand the general current economic, social and environmental trends that are connected with sustainable growth of cities
Identify stakeholders in sustainable urban development processes
Identify techniques to involve people in sustainable urban development initiatives
Know relevant energy and material flows in city environments
Explain the urban water cycle, sustainable use and reuse.
Have an understanding of the future of the cities

Pre-assignment:

SUMMER SCHOOL – SMART SUSTAINABLE CITIES / THE PRE-ASSIGNMENT

Individual task. Get familiar with the theme of Smart Sustainable City. Watch the videos and read the following articles:

After watching and reading the materials, describe how the terms SMART and SUSTAINABLE appears in your city. Please write a short account/description (maximum length of the text is A4). We will go through the pre-assignment on Monday 20th of August in Turku, so please take it with you either on paper or on computer.