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The SUSTAIN project stands for Strengthening higher education in Urban Sustainability and Transitions towards internationalization of Academic Institutions and Networks.

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Co-funded by: The SUSTAIN project is funded by the European Commission and co-financed by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA).

Contents Introduction to SUSTAIN

How to use the Lecturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guidebook

SUSTAIN Modules Module 1: Sustainable urban development and planning Module 2: Urban transition management Module 3: Corporate sustainability and green cities Module 4: Climate resilient urban development Module 5: Urban infrastructure Module 6: Sustainable energy and low carbon development Module 7: The governance of sustainable mobility and urban planning Module 8: Sustainable urban water management Module 9: Sustainable urban tourism

SUSTAIN: Learning for the cities of tomorrow In the next 50 years about two thirds of the world’s population will be living in urbanised areas. This rapid urbanization puts high pressure on existing resources, infrastructure and creates many challenges for sustainable urban development (SUD). Currently, many unregulated urban developments significantly and negatively impact natural resources and the environment due to poor planning, misinformed or unfit urban design, air and water pollution, increase in waste generation. All of the above urban growth challenges also lead to a rapid increase in carbon emissions contributing to global climate change. Cities today are also too often poorly equipped to weather the impacts of natural disasters, climate change, contaminated or unstable land and health pandemics. As these increase in frequency and intensity with global climate change and variability, many cities will need massive investments in infrastructure, public services, institutional capacity, and environmental programs to improve basic security, health, resilience and over-all conditions of their urban residents. In this context, cities need to develop the capacity and implement the policies that will enable their sustainable urban development. Higher education has a significant role to play in this endeavor, through the education and training of future urban managers and planners. There is a growing interest on research and education in new urban issues in EU as well as in non-EU countries due to their scale and pace of urbanization as well as to the speed of change these countries experience overall. Education needs to cope with this pace of change and provide knowledge and build skills to young professionals to deal with challenges that lie ahead. With these in mind, the SUSTAIN Project aims to: •

Develop innovative learning packages on sustainable urban development (SUD).

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Promote collaboration and international cooperation between European and Asian Higher education institutions in SUD.

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Improve the quality of higher education SUD in Europe and partner universities in Asia.

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Establish links and bridge higher education and practice in SUD.

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Increase the employability of students.

By promoting European higher education on sustainable urban development and stimulating cooperation between European and Asian educational institutes, the SUSTAIN project aims to provide a platform for academics and lecturers that will facilitate their exchange and modernization of education curricula for SUD. Simultaneously, the SUSTAIN project provides a curriculum on sustainable urban development specifically catered for students and young professionals who are interested to study and work in this field and become leaders of sustainable urban development.

A. How to use the Lecturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guidebook

How to use the Lecturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guidebook Color legend M = Module syllabus L= Lectures (power point presentations) N = Lecturerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Notes and Instructions R = References E= Exercise C= Case Study T= Tool

All or nothing Sustainable urban development and planning

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Simply take an entire learning module that you feel can compliment your existing programme or a new programme you are creating. Modules have been created to be 3 ECTS with significant effort taken to ensure global reach and cuttingedge knowledge. Each module comes complete with a module syllabus, a set of lectures (power point presentations, notes and instructions), references, an exercise, a case study, or a tool for decision making.

Pushing Boundaries Sustainable urban development and planning

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Been thinking of adding a new issue to your current teaching but unsure where to start or lacking time? Simply take any lecture and fit it in with your current programme.

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Use a case study, use a single slide, use anything! Freshen your teaching, bring in new perspectives or issues, these learning modules are for you to use however you may wish.

Sustainable urban development and planning

Urban transition management

Corporate sustainability and green cities

Climate resilient urban development

Urban infrastructure

Sustainable energy and low carbon development

The governance of sustainable mobility and urban planning

Sustainable urban water management

Sustainable urban tourism

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B. SUSTAIN Modules: Syllabi

MODULE 1: SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING The challenge of sustainable urban development calls for professionals who can bridge disciplinary borders. Learn about approaches and methods for developing integrative strategies to achieve urban sustainability in city planning. Get introduced to urban sustainability thinking and equipped with critical view on current strategies and how to introduce urban sustainability-oriented strategies and plans. The broad concept of “sustainability” has become a goal in most official city planning documents and actions plans. It is a guiding principle pertaining to many different practices across a wide range of sectors (energy, building, transport, agriculture, supply chains, biodiversity conservation, etc.). For this reason the challenges of sustainable urban development call for experts and professionals who can bridge silos and implement inter-disciplinary urban development and planning solutions.

Module Objectives

Only trained individuals with a holistic understanding of the multiple and interdisciplinary aspects of sustainable development will be able to successfully adapt urban design and planning practices to the environmental challenges and societal needs of the future. This Sustainable Urban Development and Planning module provides an introduction to planning for urban settlements in a holistic and sustainable manner with respect to long-term human and environmental considerations.

• To understand the definitions and keywords of Sustainable Urbanism. • To introduce to the key sub topics of sustainable urban development and planning: -land use and urban design issues; -transportation and sustainable mobility; -urban ecology and restoration. -Soil, Water, Air; energy and materials use / urban metabolism; -environmental justice and social equity; -economic development; green architecture and buildings; -sustainable communities; sustainable planning scales; -growth patterns management; conflicts management; -mitigation and adaptation to the climate change at urban scale. • To introduce to the holistic approach of sustainable urban development and planning: how to integrate different topics and disciplines in and integrate planning process.

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• To conduct empirical case studies to critically reflect and discuss the key topics of sustainable urban development and planning.

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Acquire the definitions and the keywords of Sustainable Urbanism. Understand the complexity behind the Sustainable urban development, its components and interactions with cities and communities. Gain an understanding of the “holistic approach” principles and of the integrated sustainable urban planning. Apply the theoretical knowledge on case studies discussing the place-specific characters of the sustainable urban development principles.

This module is appropriate for university students and professionals with an interest in sustainable urban development and planning.

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ introduction-sustainable-urban-development-and-planning

Part 1: Sustainable Urbanism key concepts

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Lecture 1: Sustainability definition Lecture 2: Key concept for Sustainable Urban Development, the 3 S in Urban Planning Lecture 3: Sub definitions of Sustainable Urban Development. From the Resilient City to the Low carbon city

Part 2: Introduction to the main topic related to Sustainable Urban Develpment

Lecture 1: Land use and Urban Design Lecture 2: Transportation and sustainable mobility Lecture 3: Urban Ecology and Restoration (water, air, soil) Lecture 4: Energy and Material uses. The Urban Metabolism Lecture 5: Environmental Justice and Social Equity Lecture 6: Economic Development Lecture 7: Green Architecture and Buildings Lecture 8: Sustainable Communities Lecture 9: Scales • Urban sustainability at the building and site scale • Urban sustainability at the neighborhood or district scale • Urban sustainability at the city and regional scale Lecture 10: Growth Patterns Management • Rural Urban understanding • Linkage and pattern analysis • Urban Sprawl • Urban retrofit compaction and clustering • Urban sprawl control • Small town conservation with development • Water’s edge urbanization Lecture 11: Conflicts management Lecture 12: Mitigation and Adaptation to the Climate Change

Part 3: Tools for Sustainable Urban Development

Lecture 1: Indicators of sustainability • integrated indicators • forward looking indicators • distribuitional indicators Lecture 2: Stakeholder analysis Lecture 3: Multicriteria analysis Lecture4: GIS Lecture5: Evaluation tools • Multi agent simulation • The ecological footprint • LCA •

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Lecture 6: Strategic Environmental Assessment Lecture 7: Cognitive mapping

European Academy of Bolzano (EURAC), Italy EURAC is an advanced private no-profit research and training centre established in 1992 with head-quarters in Bolzano, gathering more than 340 staff members from all over the world. Activities include national and international research and training projects as well as direct cooperation with the industry. At local and national level, EURAC has a very strong role in supporting territorial government within the energy efficiency and regional development fields, as well as carrying out very high quality studies and research activities. EURAC is also strongly involved in international projects (52 EU-funded projects at present time), supported by the Vienna representing office at the UNEP premises and the Brussels representing office. EURAC is organized in 11 Research Institutes, performing research activities in different fields. In particular, the Institute for Renewable Energy conducts applied research in the field Solar Thermal Systems, Photovoltaic Systems, Energy in Buildings and Energy Strategies and Planning. The activities include National and International Research Projects as well as direct cooperation with industry partners. Finally, the Institute also supports the promotion of renewable energy technologies and assists political makers through scientific consultancy. Website: www.eurac.edu Contact Persons(s) i.

Garfield Wayne Hunter

Researcher, Institute for Renewable Energy Email: Garfield.Hunter@eurac.edu ii.

Daniele Vettorato

Group Leader, Institute for Renewable Energy Email: daniele.vettorato@eurac.edu

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MODULE 2: URBAN TRANSITION MANAGEMENT Get informed about transition management and reflect on how to apply this approach in your urban context to mobilize existing potential towards action for urban sustainability. Learn how to organise and facilitate Transition Management processes for co-creating strategic urban agendas towards sustainability. Get equipped in selecting and collaborating with stakeholders across areas of expertise, society, science and policy/planning.

Module Objectives

• To develop an understanding of the complexity of urban sustainability transitions;

Learning Objectives

This module introduces Transition Management for Urban Sustainability as DRIFT has researched and applied it in different cities in Europe, Australia, and Latin America. Together with policy entrepreneurs and society’s frontrunners we have developed strategic agendas and transition pathways to foster transformative change in negotiated domains employing tacit and expert knowledge through a co-creation process. The module will use case studies to guide students, novice researchers and urban professionals to a process-content thinking and to reflect on how to navigate societal complexity while mobilizing innovative and transformative societal potential towards sustainability.

• Describe the basic principles of sustainability-transitions-thinking and the individual elements of the approach & apply them to urban cases;

• To develop an analytical understanding and ability to diagnose persistent problems of unsustainability in cities; • To build competence and knowledge to set-up an urban transition management process for agenda building towards urban sustainability; • To engage with multidisciplinary (interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary) knowledge and expertise in solution seeking processes for integrated urban sustainability governance.

• Describe and explain the basic principles and steps of transition management and the differences it has in relation to other (urban) agenda setting approaches; • Analyse persistent problems by applying the sustainability transitions concepts and analytical tools; • Communicate effectively ones understanding of an urban problem and potential of strategies for tackling it in real-life situations; • Organise and facilitate integrative and strategic transition management processes for agenda building towards urban sustainability; • Be able to find and select stakeholders for transition management processes across areas of expertise, society, science and policy/planning; • Be open to learn and integrate new insights and knowledge with colleagues about urban sustainability; • Apply a heuristic transition management framework to be able to make pragmatic decisions in a context of complexity and uncertainty; • Be able to make ‘glocal’ connections between local urban challenges and broader global/national/regional macro-developments;

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This module is appropriate for studentswho would like to learn and get the insights on the theory and practice of transition management in cities as well as professionals who are interested in the subject. The case study oriented learning makes the module especially interesting and suitable for professionals and post-academic courses or seminars.

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• Engage with other professionals, scientists and civil society ethically and effectively.

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ urban-transition-management

Part 1: Introduction to sustainability transitions thinking

Part 2: Transition Management: Urban design principles and applications

Lecture 1: Introduction to sustainability transitions thinking This lecture will introduce students to the understanding of the urban context against the background of on-going societal change and persistent problems that threaten to induce disastrous change or simply, keep urban areas locked in unsustainability. The urban context is presented in relation to particular urban challenges, urban sustainability and the governance of the urban. A first introduction to sustainability transitions thinking in reference to and applied in urban context is realized. More specifically, in this lecture we will describe the basic transitions thinking, its rationale and relation to sustainability transitions. The fundamental conceptual models and frameworks will be outlined (multi-phase, MLP, multi-path, power and agency) and make a quick introduction to the relation of sustainability transitions field to environmental governance.

Lecture 2: Transition Management: Urban design principles and applications This lecture introduces and elaborates on the core principles of transition management (TM) and its strengths and limitations as a framework for strategic environmental planning. This includes a description of the guiding principles of transition management, a step-by-step way the process outline, rationale and methods of transition management for every phase as well as outcomes.

Part 3: Transition Management in Aberdeen city, United Kingdom

Lecture 3: Transition Management in Aberdeen city, United Kingdom

Lecture 4: Transition Management in Rotterdam city, The Netherlands

This lecture will introduce students to the application of Transition Management in the city of Aberdeen, UK as part of the MUSIC project. The chapter provides an insidersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; view on the process and on the outcomes of each step of the Transition Management process. It is really important to show how each step is applied and how results look like especially for getting a grip on the value of Transition Management processes for instigating transformative thinking and transformative narratives in strategic environmental planning. This lecture pays special attention to the visioning part of the process since it was the part in which the major breakthroughs in thinking were achieved in the city of Aberdeen.

This lecture will introduce students to the application of Transition Management in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands as part of the MUSIC project. The chapter provides an insidersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; view on the process and on the outcomes of each step of the Transition Management process. It is really important to show how each step is applied and how results look like especially for getting a grip on the value of Transition Management processes for instigating transformative thinking and transformative narratives in strategic environmental planning in view of an existing policy challenge: the converging of energy and spatial planning agendas for achieving sustainability. This lecture pays special attention to the pathways for sustainability since it was the part in which the city of Rotterdam and the transition process created most policy value.

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Part 5: Transition Management in Port Vila city, Vanuatu

Part 6: Co-creating transition pathways for empowering local communities’ to act for sustainability

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Lecture 5: Transition Management in Port Vila city, Vanuatu This lecture will introduce students to the application of Transition Management in the city of Port Vila, Vanuatu as part of an Australia Aid funded project. The chapter provides an insiders’ view on the process and on the outcomes of each step of the Transition Management process as it has been adapted to the context of the developing and urbanising city of Port Vila, in Efate island of the Vanuatu state in South Pacific. It is really important to show how each step is applied and how results look like especially for getting a grip on the value of Transition Management processes for instigating transformative thinking and transformative narratives in a cross-departmental agenda setting process. This lecture pays special attention to the way underlying challenges have been understood and conceptualized by the transition arenaparticipants especially in the context of a developing country city. Lecture 6: Co-creating transition pathways for empowering local communities’ to act for sustainability. The case of ‘La Botija’ protected area, San Marcos de Colón, Honduras.This lecture introduces and elaborates on the core principles of transition management (TM) and its strengths and limitations as a framework for strategic environmental planning. This includes a description of the guiding principles of transition management, a step-by-step way the process outline, rationale and methods of transition management for every phase as well as outcomes. This lecture describes an application of Transition Management as participatory method with the aim to empower local communities and support collaborative actions.

Part 7: Transition Management in Carnisse neighborhood, Rotterdam

Part 8: Actors in Urban Transition Management. A Multi-actor Perspective (MaP)

Lecture 7: Transition Management in Carnisse neighborhood, Rotterdam This lecture is about the Transition Management in Carnisse neighborhood in Rotterdam, that is a unique case where social and environmental sustainability were simultaneous entry points to openly deliberate in a neighborhood. The case illustrates how a less fortunate or as it is found in the urban literature, deprived neighborhood, become a centerpoint for discussing urban sustainability. The transition management application shows how cultural diversity can be transformational and how via a process of co-creation and deliberation this social asset can be empowered.

Lecture 8: Actors in Urban Transition Management. A Multi-actor Perspective (MaP) This lecture introduces an actor-centered perspective on urban Transition Management applications. Starting from the recognition that a diversity of actors from different societal spheres are involved in urban sustainability transitions, this lecture takes a critical perspective on who is involved in Transition Management processes and what are the (shifting) power relations between those actors that manifest in and result from such processes.

Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT), the Netherlands DRIFT at Erasmus University Rotterdam is the international leading institute in the fields of Sustainability Transitions (ST) and especially Transition Management (TM). The research institute combines cutting edge research at the intersection of theory and practice with high-advisory and training programs for governmental institutions, businesses, and intermediary organizations. DRIFT has two interrelated objectives: First to constantly advance transition theory, and second to influence transition towards more sustainable pathways and accelerate the pace of change. TM is a systemic processapproach that helps to structure complex problems in terms of analysis, vision, scenario, agenda, and experimental interventions. This approach is intended to and evinced to investigate and mobilize innovative competencies for theory building and help develop practical skills for implementation. TM as a governance approach can be used analytically to map the transition issue for the models, structure the problems of unsustainability, and identify the factors and actors in a participating process as well as develop transition pathways. DRIFT has many years of experience, an extensive transition network, and a proven track record in developing “glocal” (i.e. turning to approaches that take into account the multiple level relations between global and local problems and solutions) innovative visions and strategies based on the TM framework. DRIFT has been involved in local, national, and international projects concerned with energy, water, food in urban area and in national policy arenas, and other utility and provisioning sectors.

Website: www.drift.eur.nl Contact person Dr. Niki Frantzeskaki Associate Professor Sustainability Transitions’ Governance Email: n.frantzeskaki@drift.eur.nl

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MODULE 3: CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN CITIES With more of the global population now living in urban environments than rural (World Resources Institute, 2005) cities across the world are facing significant environmental and social challenges. Business is a critical urban actor as it both directly contributes to sustainability problems but has also the capacity to provide solutions. A growing number of corporate executives are taking real leadership on the complex sustainability issues of cities and seek new business models to create real value to society in the long-term.

Module Objectives

• To introduce the topic of corporate sustainability and its meaning with regards to the urban environment.

Learning Objectives

Such firms and individuals are beginning to question the basic assumptions behind business-as-usual and are seeking to challenge current mind-sets, paradigms, worldviews and practices (Marshall et al, 2011). Effective corporate sustainability results in new business models and innovations capable of providing the vehicle to enact sustainability principles in cities and deliver on the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit (Elkington, 1997).The reality check for business leadership is that the projected 6 billion people (UN, 2011) who will live in global cities by 2050 simply cannot live well if companies do not start leading new partnerships to co-create a safe operating space for humanity. In this course we consider how business leaders are taking this challenge seriously. Cutting-edge examples of practice are used to present current approaches and frameworks are provided for how students may both analyze these and also seek to formulate their own in the future.

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Corporate Sustainability: Students will connect with the natural and social sciences to learn and understand about the concept of corporate sustainability. Corporate sustainability will be connected to the urban environment as students learn of how and why companies care and act on city sustainability issues.

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Business strategies: Students will learn about corporate strategies for green cities through engagement with corporate front-runners. Students will engage with how businesses are finding opportunities through providing sustainability solutions and how this is bringing benefits and real value to firms.

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State of the art practices: The course heavily engages with companies and academics at the forefront of corporate sustainability and green cities. Students will be taught of the cutting edge advancements in the field and an outlook upon the future of business.

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Analytical skills: Students will learn how to analyze the corporate sustainability activities of companies in connection to green cities.

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Elevator pitching skills: Students will be taught how to make an ‘elevator pitch’ and will need to put this into practice with an individual recorded message to the CEO.

• To present strategies and mechanisms by which business can contribute toward green cities and their motivation for doing such.

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This module is appropriate for wide range of students engaged with urban sustainability such as those of Urban and regional planning studies, business and management studies, and transition management. This module is also appropriate for professionals seeking knowledge on the role of business in green cities.

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• To give students understanding of the cutting-edge developments shaping the global

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ corporate-sustainability-and-green-cities

Part 1: Introduction to Corporate Sustainability & Green Cities

Part 2: Strategies for Sustainability

Part 3: Doing Business for Green Cities

Part 4: Innovation for Sustainability

Part 5: Future Directions

Lecture 1: Introduction to Corporate Sustainability & Green Cities Lecture 1 gives an extensive introduction to the course and the key concepts. The lecture outlines the need for business to provide solutions to urban sustainability problems and details the evolution of corporate sustainability and how business operating within cities is conceptualized. Lecture 2: Strategies for Sustainability Lecture 2 offers how business managers can formulate comprehensive strategies to create sustainable value. Ways in which these strategies can be analyzed are presented with use of practical examples in the green city context.

Lecture 3: Doing Business for Green Cities Lecture 3 identifies two cutting edge ways in which business is contributing to green cities: the circular economy and social entrepreneurship. The lecture introduces the concept of the circular economy and gives attention to how business can create circular business models. Social Entrepreneurship is offered as an increasingly important phenomenon whereby societal problems are addressed through new viable trading organisations.

Lecture 4: Innovation for Sustainability Lecture 4 concentrates on how business can innovate to provide both firm competitive advantage and solutions to urban sustainability problems. The lecture characterizes sustainable innovation, gives insight to the process of innovation and walks through sustainable business model innovation for greener cities.

Lecture 5: Future Directions Lecture 5 seeks to identify key developments and thinking which will be shaping the global future of the field. The lecture introduces and discusses the implications of four topics at the cutting edge of thought and practice: Sustaincentric organizations, B Corporations, Place-based enterprises, and Integrated Reporting.

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Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), the Netherlands Rotterdam School of Management is one of Europe’s leading and largest business schools among the 1% of schools worldwide with Triple Crown accreditation. The school is a world leader in research and teaching on sustainability ranking 3rd in Europe and 19th globally according to The Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes Report. Project participation is from the Centre for Corporate Eco-Transformation which broadly aims to reach a clearer understanding of the management challenges of corporate sustainability. The Centre conducts high-level research and education on management issues related to sustainability and provides accessible and up-to-date information on cutting-edge research, ideas and works published on the subject of corporate eco-transformation. Website: www.rsm.nl Contact Person Dr Steve Kennedy Assistant Professor, Department of Business-Society Management Email: skennedy@rsm.nl

MODULE 4: CLIMATE RESILIENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT How can cities deal with climate change and development goals at the same time? Analyze the causes of vulnerability in diverse city contexts and identify how to prioritize adaptation actions. Learn how to plan for local climate change actions through an interactive climate awareness, decision support, and capacity building tool. Cities are responsible for a large amount of the anthropogenic sources of climate change due to their share of the global energy demand and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Throughout the world, cities are also facing significant impacts and stress from climate change. Climate variability and extreme weather events threaten the urban population and their assets.

• Recognize climate change impacts in developing and developed cities and the linkages of climate change with development goals and resilience • Acquire skills to characterize the different ways in which cities are mitigating their exposure to climate change or adapting to its impacts, and

Learning Objectives

• Describe and reflect critically on the concepts of climate resilience, vulnerability and adaptation

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• Practice the main components of planning for climate change through targeted exercises in diverse city contexts.

This module is appropriate for undergraduate students (3rd or 4th year); college graduates and postgraduate students in the fields of urban planning, environmental science, and other related disciplines who wish to deepen their knowledge and understanding on climate resilient urban development.

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The Climate Resilient Urban Development (CRUD) module lays the foundation for understanding how cities can manage the impacts of climate change. It does so by introducing the basic concepts of urban climate resilience and adaptation as well as presenting key city examples. This module broadens the discussion on building urban resilience by actively engaging students in a simulated local climate action planning exercise.

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ climate-resilient-urban-development

• Develop analytical understanding of the planning for climate change cycle, of strategies for urban climate resilience and climate resilient development pathways • Be able to distinguish and analyze the causes of vulnerability in diverse city contexts and identify and prioritize adaptation actions.

Part 1: Climate Change in Urban Areas

Lecture 1: Climate Change in Urban Areas This session will address the main causes and impacts of climate change with particular focus on the urban context. It will discuss through statistical evidence the most challenging aspects of climate change, demonstrating the complexity of the issue. The variety of potential climate change impacts at the city level will also be discussed. This session will focus on the most important effects of climate change on cities and will address the most vulnerable sectors to climate impacts. Urbanization trends will also be discussed along with their implications to the future impacts of climate change in cities.

Part 2: Risk and Vulnerability Patterns in Low-Income Settlements

Lecture 2: Risk and Vulnerability Patterns in Low-Income Settlements

Part 3: Resilience in Theory and Practice

Lecture 3: Resilience in Theory and Practice

Part 4: Urban Ecosystem Services an Ecosystem Governance in Rotterdam

Part 5 : Understanding and Analyzing Barriers in the Adaptation Process

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Within and between cities, the distribution of risk and resilience is mediated through a range of physical, social, economic and political processes. The first session will discuss the social dimensions of vulnerability for low-income urban residents. It will provide an analytical basis for understanding vulnerability and assessing the multiple factors that drive this for low-income urban residents and communities.

This session will assess the ways in which resilience has been understood in theory, and the different ways in which it is applied in practice. Lecture 4: Urban Ecosystem Services an Ecosystem Governance in Rotterdam In this lecture, there will be an introduction to the basic concepts of urban ecology and socioecological systems thinking including resilience thinking on how cities are places responsible for local and global environmental change processes. The framework of ecosystem services is presented and explicated in two assessment grounds: the global assessment of cities with the ecosystem services framework that reveals 10 key insights on the ways biodiversity in cities can be valued and governed and a local application of ecosystem services as a framework to understand how urban ecosystems have been governed in the city of Rotterdam. Lecture 5: Understanding and Analyzing Barriers in the Adaptation Process Adaptation to climate change has risen sharply on the scientific and policy agendas in Strengthening higher education in Urban Sustainability and Transitions towards recent years. A growing number of researchers has attempted to explain a widely observed ‘‘adaptation deficit’’ (Burton, 2009), i.e., a gap between what might be considered a welladapted society to the existing climate and the actual and inadequate adaptation achievements of that society. This deficit is not only common in poorer nations and communities of the developing world, but also evident in developed nations. This session draws on the latest knowledge in climate change to introduce the evolution of the concept of climate change adaptation in human and natural systems and the desirable outcomes of the process of adaptation (in the form of incremental and transformational adaptation). It then introduces the various typologies of adaptation (reactive, anticipatory and autonomous, planned) and presents some the adaptation options most considered in the field. The last part of the presentation explores the literature on barriers to adaptation focusing on barriers in the planning and policy process of climate change.

Part 6: Planning for Climate Change

Part 7: Decision Making Analysis for Climate Change

Part 8: Multilevel Governance for Climate Change

Lecture 6: Planning for Climate Change This session explains the process and steps of climate change planning in cities that aim for climate resilient development. This session touches upon the key processes, such as vulnerability assessment, vulnerability assessments, stakeholder engagement, actions assessment and climate financing. Furthermore this session addresses the main climate action assessment methods and tools that are widely used to support urban decision makers.

Lecture 7: Decision Making Analysis for Climate Change This session introduces decision making analysis framework for environmental and climate change issues with particular focus on multi criteria analysis (MCA) approach. This approach has been widely used in environmental and climate change assessment and decision making on prioritizing different policies, actions, measures against multiple criteria. Often environmental and climate change actions generate multiple sustainability benefits (cobenefits) other than purely environmental related ones. Cities should explore how to incorporate these multiple sustainability benefits of actions in their decision making. The main elements, characteristics, steps, strengths and weakness of MCA will be discussed during this session.

Lecture 8: Multilevel Governance for Climate Change The session will analyze in detail climate change governance frameworks. The focus will be on both the vertical and horizontal dimensions of governance structures and processes. Concrete examples will be used to illustrate how specific arrangements facilitate or hinder the achievement of climate change objectives.

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Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), the Netherlands The institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) established in 1958m is the international institute for Urban Management at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and works in developing and transitional countries. It has been offering for 55 years specialized post graduate, Master studies, accredited education and training, advisory services and applied research in the fields of urban management, climate change, urban environment and housing. Capacity building is the instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core business. IHS has, since its inception provided post graduate training in the Netherlands and abroad; the length of training varies from regular annual training programmes to short term, tailor made and demand-driven training. In cooperation with the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, IHS also has a PhD programme. It has extensive knowledge of the circumstance faced in developing countries and transitional systems and has worked with, educated and trained numerous urban professionals, ministers, mayors, successful businessmen and renowned NGO specialists. The institute works closely with local governments, international and local non-governmental organizations and private sector worldwide, mainly in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and Africa. Its mission is to develop human and institutional capacities and provide support to policy makers to reduce poverty and improve the quality of life in cities worldwide.

Website: www.ihs.nl Contact Person(s) Stelios Grafakos MSc. (SUSTAIN project coordinator) Specialist Climate change & Urban resilience Email: grafakos@ihs.nl

MODULE 5: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE Technical infrastructures are backbones for urban livelihoods and economies, integrate (or splinter) cities socially and spatially, and mediate resource flows between nature and the city. Foster the ability to work and co-exist in multicultural environments through cooperation, collaboration and understanding. Apply the newly acquired knowledge and understanding on urban infrastructures in practical contexts.

• Understand the history, the socio-technical nature, the key characteristics and functions of technical infrastructure in the (re-)production of cities • Foster an understanding of the co-evolution of and linkages between cities/regions and technical infrastructure • Raise awareness for and understand current trends, problems and policies in relevant infrastructure domains (water, wastewater, energy, telecommunication, waste, transport)

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• Understand the history, the socio-technical nature, the key characteristics and functions of technical infrastructure in the (re-)production of cities

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• Conduct empirical case studies and critically reflect and discuss the place-specific characteristics and distinct problems of urban infrastructure through the use of theoretical concepts such as „large technical systems“, „inverse infrastructures“, „people as infrastructures“, „splintering/splintered urbanism“.

This module is appropriate for students who would like to get acquainted with technical infrastructure related issues, sustainability professionals as wells as all interested audience.

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The Urban Infrastructure module introduces the history, the key characteristics and the ecological, socio-spatial and economic issues concerning urban infrastructures. This module provides an overview of the issues of sustainable urban infrastructure development patterns, infrastructural crises, and debates on social and technical solutions for urban infrastructure as part of sustainable spatial, environmental and infrastructure planning. Additionally, this module looks at the co-evolution of these urban support systems with cities in the contexts of splintering urbanism and environmental degradation.

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ urban-infrastructure

• Gain an understanding of the co-evolution of and linkages between cities/regions and technical infrastructure • Gain an understanding of current trends, problems and policies in relevant infrastructure sectors • Apply thei theorerical knowledge on a case study of their home city or a city they know well and discuss the place-specific characteristics and problems of urban infrastructure.

Part 1: Introduction by the lecturer

Part 2: Urban Infrastructure

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Lecture 1: Introduction by the lecturer Topics, objectives and schedule of the module. First understandings of the concept of infrastructure.

Lecture 2: Urban Infrastructure Conceptual understanding(s) and planning approaches.

Part 3: History of electrification in Europe and the US Part 4: Case Studies

Lecture 3: History of electrification in Europe and the US The academic debate on Large Technical Systems.

Lecture 4: Case Studies The commercialization of infrastructure and the debate on splintering urbanism.

Part 5 : Case Studies

Part 6: Case Studies

Lecture 5: Case Studies Workshop 1

Lecture 6: Case Studies Workshop 2

Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt), Germany TU Darmstadt is one of the leading research universit8ies in Germany located in metropolitan region of Frankfurt/Rhinemain. While offering a wide range of subjects , research and teaching at TU Darmstadt focus on technology – not only from the perspectives of sciences and engineering, but also of those social sciences and the humanities. The inter- and multidisciplinary approach at TU Darmstadt is reflected in various research clusters and centres. Since 2004 the “Centre of research Excellence Urban research” at TU Darmstadt has developed multidisciplinary perspectives in its research programme on the “intrinsic logic of cities”. 30 professors from the fields of urban and regional planning, architecture the social sciences and humanities and engineering work closely together in the TU Darmstad5t’s interdisciplinary urban research cluster (www.stadtforschung.tu-darmstadt.de). Beyond conducting urban research in more than 15 research projects funded by the German Research Foundation, the Centre also provides interdisciplinary PhD training programme within the Graduate School of Urban Studies (URBANgrad) generating individual and internationally acknowledged comparative research on urban development. One of the cornerstones within both the Department for Architecture and the Urban Research Centre is the interdisciplinary MSc programme in International Cooperation and Urban development – Mundus Orbano - jointly offered by four European universities (with TU Darmstadt as the lead partner; www. Mundus-orbano.eu). The programme addresses the dynamic challenges of cities in the global South due to rapid urbanization processes providing adequate professional and academic solutions in the field of urban development and international cooperation. Website: www.raumplanung.tu-darmstadt.de Contact Person(s) Prof. Dr. Jochen Monstadt Chair for Spatial and Infrastructure Planning Email: j.monstadt@iwar.tu-darmstadt.de Gul Tucaltan Researcher Email: G.Tucaltan@iwar.tu-darmstadt.de

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MODULE 6: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT Cities absorb roughly three quarters of the world’s fossil fuel production and will soon be under great pressure to find alternative energy sources. Become proficient in calculating basic energy balances and using basic energy planning tools. Today, the growth and operations of cities and urbanized areas around the world consume roughly three-quarters of the world’s fossil fuel production. This is a staggering amount given that fossil fuels account for the 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in atmosphere. Yet, 75% of total global commercial energy use is still supplied by fossil fuels. In this context, the module aims at providing basic concepts, methods and approaches for the sustainable energy and low-carbon (re)development of new and existing urban areas.

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Module Objectives

Starting from the fundamental concepts of energy saving, conservation, efficiency and production from renewable sources, the module gives the instruments to integrate those pillars into low-carbon urban planning and design.

• To understand the definitions and keywords of sustainable energy planning and low carbon development • To introduce to the key concepts of sustainable energy and low carbon development and to their integration in the traditional urban planning discipline • To introduce to the main urban planning tools for the sustainable energy and low carbon development. • To conduct empirical case studies to critically reflect and discuss the key topics of sustainable energy planning and low carbon development.

• Acquire definitions and keywords of sustainable energy planning and low carbon development • Gain an understanding of key concepts of sustainable energy and low carbon development and their integration in the traditional urban planning discipline • Gain an understanding of main urban planning tools for the sustainable energy and low carbon development. • Apply their theorerical knowledge on case studies to discussing the place-specific characters of sustainable energy planning and low carbon development.

This module is appropriate for university students and professionals with an interest in sustainable energy planning and low carbon development.

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ sustainable-energy-planning-and-low-carbon-development

Part 1: Sustainable energy and low carbon development key concepts

Part 2: Introduction to the main topics related to Sustainable Urban Development

Lecture 1: Definitions and concepts • • • • • •

Urban Energy Planning Energy needs Reduction Energy Efficiency Energy Production from renewables Low carbon city Low carbon society

Lecture 1: Introduction to energy concepts related to Sustainable Urban Development - World Energy: State of the art and trends in development • • • • • • •

Energy for sustainable development Energy demand forecasting Basics of thermodynamic Energy resources Technologies of Energy Conversion and Final Consumption Changes in the world energy structure Fuels and emissions

Lecture 2: Energy, Planning and Urban Form • • • • • •

Energy, spatial structure and planning Spatial responses to energy constraints Reducing transport energy requirements Reducing energy requirements in buildings Energy efficient environments: Synthesis and policy implications

Energy integrated planning in practice • The right scale • The Urban Heat Island Lecture 3: Renewable Energy production and integration in cities •

Solar Energy

Lecture 4: Urbanization and the Global Energy Problem Lecture 5: Energy in the transport sector Lecture 6: Urban infrastructures for energy • • • •

District Heating and Cooling Cogeneration Smart city - ICT Smart Grids

Lecture 7: Urban Energy Management Lecture 8: Sustainable Communities Lecture 9: Low carbon development planning and low carbon development

Part 3: Tools for Sustainable energy planning and low carbon development

Lecture1: Sustainable Energy Action Plan (Tools and Manual) Lecture 2: CO2 emissions calculation Lecture 3: Heat demand of residential buildings - Tabula Project Lecture 4: UHI mapping Lecture 5: Heat demand mapping Lecture 6: Solar Cadaster

Lecture 7: Energy Management

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Website: www.eurac.edu Contact Person(s) i.

Garfield Wayne Hunter

Email: Garfield.Hunter@eurac.edu

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Daniele Vettorato

Email:daniele.vettorato@eurac.edu

MODULE 7: THE GOVERNANCE OF SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AND URBAN PLANNING In urban areas, mobility is a core issue and the realization of sustainable mobility is a complex task. Learn about social cost benefit analysis of urban transport projects. With this module, participants will learn more about the different aspects of governance in the urban mobility sector. Participants will learn about the challenges and needs in urban mobility governance along with available strategies, policies and solutions. This module will also present cases, trends and transitions that characterize and define urban mobility governance. This module will provide the knowledge and technical tools that can be applied in sustainable mobility planning and management.

• To Introduce the different aspects of governance in the areas of sustainable mobility and urban planning and their problems and challenges, strategies, policies and solutions, cases, transitions in governance, trends and needs.

Learning Objectives

• Gain an understanding of the different aspects of governance in the areas of of sustainable mobility and urban planning

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• To offer the intellectual and practical tool to be successfully involved in the management of sustainable mobility and urban planning initiatives, as a student, researcher, policy maker or project manager.

This module is appropriate for undergraduate students (3rd or 4th year); college graduates; and post graduate students in the fields of urban infrastructure, transport planning, urban management and other related disciplines – and wishes to deepen their knowledge and understanding on sustainable urban mobility and its governance.

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The module is relevant for students, researchers, policy makers and project managers.

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ governance-sustainable-mobility-and-urban-planning

• Learn about problems and challenges, strategies, policies and solutions, cases, transitions in governance, trends and needs in the areas of of sustainable mobility and urban planning • Acquire the intellectual and practical tool to be successfully involved in the management of sustainable mobility and urban planning initiatives, as a student, researcher, policy maker or project manager.

Part 1: Sustainable Mobility

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Lecture 1: Introduction into the governance of sustainable mobility and urban planning The first section deals with defining sustainable mobility and urban planning the problems and challenges in their governance.

Part 2: Strategies, Policies and Solutions

Lecture 2: Problems and challenges in the governance of sustainable mobility and urban planning The second section consists of two lectures that are concerned with strategies, policies, solutions, cases and transitions in sustainable mobility and urban planning projects. This section is based on academic sources and empirical findings from these fields and links academic readings with the practice of sustainable mobility and urban planning.

Part 3: Governance of Sustainable Mobility â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trends and Needs

Lecture 3: Strategies, policies and solutions for sustainable mobility and urban planning Lecture 4: Cases of sustainable mobility and urban planning Lecture 5: Trends, needs and some final remarks on sustainable mobility and urban Part 3 consists of one final lecture, which reveals trends and needs of the governance of sustainable mobility and urban planning, including both technical and political aspects. Furthermore, a literature summary on societal cost and benefit analysis, problems and challenges of governance, strategies, policies, solutions and transition management will be presented.

Website: www.ihs.nl Contact Person Somesh Sharma Expert, Environment and Sustainable Development Planning E-mail: sharma@ihs.nl

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MODULE 8: SUSTAINABLE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT Water is one of the most important and all-encompassing urban resources. Learn to identify and prioritize city-level sustainable urban water management actions. Be equipped to engage in leadership activities in urban water-related planning and decision-making. The explosive growth of urbanization is resulting in a growing pressure on resources, especially water. Simultaneously, most cities are situated in deltas which are vulnerable in case of flooding. Enhanced by climate change urban growth gives rise to many water related problems such as sanitation issues, water scarcity, decline of water quality. Therefore sustainable water management is a core issue of urban development and management and relates to many challenges of living in urban environments.

Module Objectives

Through analytical understanding and the building up of skills and expertise this module learns to describe and analyze the multidimensional issues of urban development that relate to urban water in the context of climatic change. It provides knowledge and insights about new management approaches and innovative solution strategies.

• Understand the general relation between water, urban development and climate change, floods, droughts, quality, sanitation, availability, resources, political dimensions and gain insight in the multidimensional aspects of water management in cities • Foster an understanding about various approaches and trends in dealing with water management in cities • Gain an insight in the various governance approaches and trends in dealing with the complexity of water management in cities. • Develop analytical understanding and ability to diagnose wicked problems related to water in cities and identify possible solution strategies

Learning Objectives

• Being able to understand, analyze and describe the multi-dimensionality of water related urban development issues, in particular the intricate relation of water issues, climate change and urban development

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This module is appropriate for students and practitioners with an interest in water issues, climate change issues, governance and urban development & planning.

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• Conduct empirical case studies and provide an academic reflection on the context specific issues of urban water management by using various conceptual approaches..

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ sustainable-urban-water-management

• Be able to describe and distinguish between various approaches to deal with water management in cities • Being able to grasp the complexity of water a multi-dimensional governance issue • Applying of concepts and tools related to approaches to SUWM in reflecting on practical decision-making and planning situations concerning water management and urban development

Part 1: Introduction to and challenges of urban water management

Part 2: Dealing with specific water problems

Part 3: Governance of water management

Lecture 1: Introduction to Sustainable Urban Water management Lecture 2: Challenges of urban water management

Lecture 3: Technical approaches to reducing urban water use

Lecture 4: Governance and stakeholder management Lecture 5: Stakeholders and wicked problems from the perspective of the water manager Lecture 6: Leadership in water governance: The role of leadership in connecting innovations to daily reality and aiming for SUWM

Part 4: An interactive session

Lecture 7: Relating theory and practice: lessons for future urban water managers

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Website: www.ihs.nl Contact Person Peter Scholten (SUSTAIN project coordinator) Assistant-Professor Environment Governance Email: scholten@ihs.nl

MODULE 9: SUSTAINABLE URBAN TOURISM Tourism in cities creates many sustainability issues. Learn how to develop policy guidelines for the public and private stakeholders of the urban tourism industry. Ability to analyze and evaluate tourism development in destinations in general and in cities in particular. Heritage cities and sites are unique public goods and as such their use as tourism destinations should not be left to chance. The absence of adequate tourism policies leads to either under-utilization or to over-utilization of these cultural and artistic resources. Both these models (under-utilization and over-utilization) are unsustainable as well as socially and economically inefficient. To manage heritage cities and sites in a manner that is sustainable, socially inclusive and economically viable, management strategies must be based on the understanding of the issues relevant to heritage cities specifically. One of the principal dimensions of such strategies is that it must be respectful of the carrying capacity of the city or the site in question. Indeed, visitor management is key to allow cultural and artistic destinations to develop in a sustainable way. Moreover, an adequate tourism marketing strategy can significantly contribute to the sustainability of tourism in heritage cities.

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Module Objectives

Keywords: sustainable tourism development, heritage cities, tourism policy, carrying capacity, visitor management; strategic marketing.

• Understand what characteristics do heritage cities possess and what issues do they have to deal with • Understand under what conditions tourism development in heritage cities becomes or remains sustainable; • Understand what role tourism policy might play in this • Understand how the carrying capacity of a destination determines visitor management • Understand that sustainable tourism development needs an adequate tourism marketing strategy.

• Being able to understand urban tourism as a complex system, including main issues such as: the possible impacts of SUT, the market failures, and the need for government’s intervention on SUT to ensure the sustainability • Being able to describe how the concept of sustainable tourism could be achieved, its elements and issues related to carrying capacity of a destination; • Being able to suggest strategic policy inputs for ensuring sustainable urban tourism • Applying of concepts and tools related to promote and market SUT • Being able to propose a strategy for community-based urban tourism • Applying of concepts and principles of public private partnership/PPP in SUT

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• Preparing policy inputs, strategy, or plan for SUT

This module is appropriate for students and practitioners with an interest in tourism issues, particularly urban tourism, heritage tourism, and community-based tourism.

You can access this module’s entire lecturer’s package via this link: http://sustainedu.com/learning-resources/ sustainable-tourism-cities

Part 1: Introduction to urban tourism

Part 2: Sustainable urban tourism as a powerful alternative paradigm

Part 3: Developing a coherent strategy

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Lecture 1. Introduction: Tourism in Cities: The Main Issues Understanding urban tourism as a complex system, including main issues such as: the possible impacts of SUT, the market failures, and the need for governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intervention on SUT to ensure the sustainability.

Lecture 2: Tourism in Heritage Cities: Sustainability of Tourism Development and the Carrying Capacity of a Destination. Understanding how the concept of sustainable tourism could be achieved, its elements and issues related to carrying capacity of a destination

Lecture 3: Managing Sustainable Tourism To suggest strategic policy inputs for ensuring sustainable urban tourism. Lecture 4: Marketing and Sustainable Urban Tourism Understanding and applying of concepts and tools related to promote and market SUT, including the marketing policy and strategy and their contribution to sustainability in detail.

Part 4: Community-based Urban Tourism

Lecture 5: Community-based Urban Tourism Understanding CBUT approaches and how to develop strategy and program on CBUT. Lecture 6: Public and Private Partnership in SUT Applying of concepts and principles of public private partnership/PPP in SUT.

Part 5: Case studies

Part 6: Optional part

This part provides opportunities to participants to directly learned factors contribute to the success of SUT. Two cases would be selected, one focused on community tourism initiatives and another ones focus on PPP.

Lecture 5: Community-based Urban Tourism This part is optional, depending on the nature of the package and the availability of time and budget available. This part is suggested particularly for a course for graduate program or for a training for mid-term professionals. This part provides participants to directly practices in policy of planning formulation, using theories, concepts, and lessons from the previous parts and lectures of this module. In this part, participants are grouped into several small groups and each of them is given assignment to prepare or formulate policy inputs or plan for a specific case studies/problems.

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy Was founded in 1868. Today, Ca’ Foscari university of Venice teaches approximately 20,000 students and covers four large scientific and cultural areas (corresponding to the four faculties in force until 2010): Economics, Foreign languages and Literatures, Humanities and Sciences. Since 2011/2012 the university has been organized into 8 Departments and Interdepartmental Schools, responsible for research and teaching activities of First and Second Cycle Degree Programs. Three university structures exist alongside these: Ca’ Foscari Graduate School [IT], which coordinates Research Doctorates; Ca’ Foscari Challenge School [IT], which organizes Specialist master’s Programs (1st and 2nd level) and other courses for continuing education; and Ca’ Foscari Summer School, which promotes intensive summer and autumn courses and other extracurricular activities for Italian and international students. The University also offers English-taught programs and double degrees, in cooperation with European and extraEuropean institutions and universities which enriches the international focus of the university, increasing the mobility of students, researchers and professors. The Department of Economics is one of its most dynamic departments; it offers BA and MA courses economics, finance and applied economic, focusing urban and port issues and two executive master courses: Management of the Metropolitan Region and Port Management. Website: www.unive.it Contact Person Jan van de Borg Associate Professor in Applied Economics Email: vdborg@unive.it

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