Course description
Sustainability Science A Key Concept for Future Design
In this course, you will learn about historical and current sustainability issues that have emerged around the world, as well as some of the approaches that have been used to solve them. You will be exposed to industrial and water pollution control issues, in addition to challenges caused by an aging and shrinking population.
You will also learn about the human-nature connection and initiatives that aim to create sustainable societies in harmony with nature, based on the concept of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS). You will explore how ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) approaches can be used to reestablish the human-nature connection through re-naturalization of damaged environments.
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Who should attend?
Prerequisites:
None
Course delivery details
This course is offered through The University of Tokyo, a partner institute of EdX.
2-3 hours per week
Costs
- Verified Track -$49
- Audit Track - Free
Certification / Credits
What you'll learn
- Historical lessons and current sustainability challenges in Japan and other parts of the world
- International and Japanese initiatives in the field of human-nature connection
- Japanese experience in urban-rural land use mixture
- Frontier knowledge in the area of environmental governance and ESD
- Theoretical concepts of sustainability science
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