Coursera week 4: future urban visions
Lecures this week were given by: Lena Neij, Lund University on visioning cities Another by Lena on smart sustainable cities One by Fouad Khan, from Luc Hoffman on WWF earth hour city challenge WWF delivered a short clip on the importance of sustainable food The reading on virtual cities can be found here The key points were: Lena Neij- visioning cities Strong visions are needed for a city in order to motivate groups into action The 1st step needed to set visions is to set a definition for sustainability by asking the population, and by using big data, you can come up with a tailor made approach to sustainability you do this by discussing with stakeholders Visions are also useful as they accelerate near changes e.g. a project for green roofs will be installed as they accomplish things in the reduce impacts of acid rain insulate buildings improve air quality increase bio-diversity Visions from 1 city can inspire others, encouraging development and implem