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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Management of Urban Infrastructures – part 1 by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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About the Course

Sustainability, Resilience and Efficiency are fundamental considerations for city managers in managing urban infrastructures. Today, more than 3.9 billion people, making up more than 54% of the global population, live in cities. Urbanization is expected to continue in the coming years, raising the urban population to 6.0 billion by 2045. This dramatic increase in urban populations will inevitably increase the demand for energy, mobility (transportation), water, and other urban services in every city around the world. Without functional governance and management structures that ensure efficient, resilient and sustainable performance in cities, the current urbanization growth might become a catastrophic risk threatening the quality of life of the humanity. Sustainable development in 21st century can only be realized by introducing innovations in both management and operations of urban infrastructures systems. Developing management practices that effectively integrates the processes of urban planning with urban infrastructures planning and management is a challenging goal that many cities are struggling with nowadays, but is a must for transforming cities to sustainable and resilient engines of growth in both developing and developed economies. This course will provide you with the basic principles of urban infrastructure management that are fundamental for building prosperous cities that are sustainable, resilient and efficient. In order to obtain a certificate for this course, the participants have to pass four graded quizzes and complete four mandatory assignments, plus a final exam. In addition to the graded assignments students have the option to write a 7-10 page peer-reviewed case study about management of energy OR transportation system in their city (on your own choice). The best case studies will be also evaluated by our jury at IGLUS and the authors of the 3 best case studies will win a full tuition fee waiver scholarship to enroll in the IGLUS professional training program in Spring 2017. You can also pre-enroll in our upcoming MOOC on Smart Cities now. Find our more here: http://iglus.org/smart-cities-mooc/...

Top reviews

SU

May 4, 2020

Very lucid and clear explaining the relevant concepts of urban infrastructure and the challenges and key managing principles and factor of it.

MS

Oct 1, 2016

It was good broader perspective learning exposure. My heartiest congratulation to faculty team and Coursera. Many Many thanks

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By Saif K

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Feb 23, 2021

Well done and good job by the course facilitator!

By Upasana B

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Jun 26, 2019

Great course, learner oriented and easy to grasp

By Bogdan G

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Mar 12, 2016

Waiting for part 2 to be created and released :)

By Fred L

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May 31, 2017

One of the better courses I've gone through...

By om p s

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Feb 19, 2016

Great course . I am awaiting when part2 start.

By Jonathan C

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Aug 11, 2017

Excellent insight and very useful information

By Mohamed A C

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Jul 21, 2017

très bon professeur, et une bonne formation.

By diana s

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Feb 16, 2016

Please provide powerpoint slides on lectures

By Omesh A

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Jan 29, 2022

Great topic to learn for all the engineers.

By Kenneth M H C G

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Oct 30, 2020

¡Excellent course! ¡I enjoyed it so much!

By Mario J A C

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Nov 20, 2024

It is an excellent course. Recommended

By Amy B J

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May 9, 2019

Very informative. Thank you very much!

By Damian P

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Dec 8, 2020

Enjoyed much so - very informative.

By HAMAYADJI E

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Feb 2, 2018

Un excellent cours multilingue !

By Mikaela P

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Apr 20, 2018

Realy relevant and good course!

By Manly N

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Jan 15, 2017

Absolutely Fantastic period.

By Edmundas R

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Jun 1, 2016

Great course! Recommend it!!

By Thant Z W

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Sep 21, 2020

Great course I learned alot

By sally a

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Dec 3, 2020

Perfectly balanced course!

By Paul S

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Jul 14, 2016

Great challenging course !

By Matthew A G

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Mar 29, 2020

Amazing high level course

By Wanjiku M

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Sep 4, 2018

Excellent. Very granular.

By Shabbir A

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May 24, 2018

one of the toughest :3

By Jihed M

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May 12, 2018

Very interesting course

By Charles K B

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Jan 21, 2021

Excellent presentation