Start Date
05/21/2021
End Date
05/21/2021
Description
Global citizens have an unprecedented environmental crisis to contend with. We are already within the “Sixth Extinction” of life on our planet—the only one caused by humans—and the prognosis is not optimistic. This session will discuss the relationship of ecology and urban form. An in-depth analysis of the urban forms of three European ecological developments will be discussed: Vauban in Freiberg, Bo01 in Malmö, and Hammarby in Stockholm. These “eco-project” neighborhoods have laudable environmental initiatives, however do the environmental initiatives inform the urban form. Do we need new urban patterns to accommodate ecological responses or can they be applied to traditional city patterns?
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Sustainable Development & Design
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
Learning Objective 1:
Participants will learn strategies toward implementing low carbon communities.
Learning Objective 2:
Participants will learn the development strategies used to implement these communities were implemented, with lessons for improvement.
Learning Objective 3:
Participants will be armed with the latest facts and figures on climate change scenarios.
Learning Objective 4:
Participants will have a better understanding of how urban design is currently playing, and could play, a role in this mitigation.
Instructors
Michael Dennis, Doug Farr, Dan Solomon, John Ellis
Course Codes
Provider
Congress for the New Urbanism