Hi, welcome to the Certified Sustainable City Planner online course.
I'm glad to be your host and instructor. I'm Luis Melgarejo, and I have more than 20 years of consulting research experience and education
In North America, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.
emphasizing in smart cities sustainable land use planning
Urban Biodiversity protection and climate adaptation
for urban and rural settlements.
I organized this course into four sections that resemble the planning process.
The planning process or cycle looks first into challenges or problems, applies them
Planning methods and technologies
implements solutions in the built and non-built environment
And then monitors and evaluates outputs to make amendments before renewing the planning process again.
In this course, the first section reviews the fundamentals and today's key issues of sustainable and resilient city planning.
such as risks of climate and environmental change.
the sustainable development goals pandemics.
increase of car accidents and traffic jams and so on.
We move then to the second part in which we will look into tools, methods, technologies.
and certifications to address these challenges.
The last two sections offer an overview for the implementation, funding, and financing of sustainable
and resilient development planning.
As well as developing monitoring and evaluation solutions.
to address bottlenecks and improve
the planning practice. We will work on case studies and cutting edge technologies used in North America
Europe and Latin America.
Afterwards, I will showcase tools, methodologies, and building certifications for sustainable and low carbon infrastructure such as lead
embryo building certifications.
This course promotes social sustainability by fostering community engagement, inclusivity, and creating livable spaces
I hope this course renders technical capacity to your everyday work
As a professional and planner.
This training will be delivered using instructional videos, five quizzes.
five case studies from three different continents. Supplementary references, and links to several useful tools, including resiliency and human development evaluation methods.
from the United Nations, national governments, and some NGOs.
You will have a final exam with 50 multiple selection questions.
With this, I look forward to seeing you in our first module of the course.
Thank you.