11.941 | Spring 2011 | Graduate

Urban Climate Adaptation

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SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction: Experimentation and innovation in urban planning  
2 Basics of climate change and climate adaptation  
3 Vulnerability, adaptation, and adaptive capacity  
4

Adaptation and equitable development

Imagining resilient cities: Discussion of photos

 
5

Climate impacts and urban vulnerability

Preliminary discussion on term paper/project topics

 
6

Urban climate governance

Guest: Harriet Bulkeley, Professor, Department of Geography, Durham University

Reflection essay 1 due
7

Urban risk and vulnerability assessments

Guest: Daniella Hirschfeld, Program Officer, ICLEI USA

 
8

Urban climate adaptation planning

Guest: Missy Stults, ICLEI USA

 
9 Adaptation options  
10

Participation and community-based adaptation

Reflection essay II due
11

Measuring, monitoring, and funding adaptation

Buest: Timmons Roberts, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University

 
12 Discussion and wrap-up  

Course Info

Instructor
As Taught In
Spring 2011
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Learning Resource Types
Image Gallery
Projects with Examples
Media Assignments with Examples
Written Assignments