SDG Detail

Sustainable Cities

MOOC

Project description

This course examines how urban sustainability can be delivered with increasing productivity and reduced inequality; provision of universal basic services and infrastructure; protection of the urban environments; and other solutions and investments, both speculative and in action around the world.

Year 2021

Location United States

Organization SDG Academy X

Project aims

You will emerge from this course understanding how governments, private stakeholders and other actors can improve urban development to heed the call of Sustainable Development Goal 11 � �making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable� by 2030.

Project outcome

You will learn about the major challenges currently faced by urban areas around the world � including poverty, unemployment, poor housing infrastructure, and constraints on productivity � and the extraordinary potential of these areas to enable change in the future. From infrastructure to culture to economic opportunity, learn how harnessing the power of urban development for global progress is imperative.