Learn about Smart Cities within the context of management of urban infrastructures. The introduction of Smart urban technologies into legacy infrastructures has resulted in numerous challenges and opportunities for contemporary cities and will continue to do so. This course will help you to understand how to make the best of these smart technologies in your cities’ legacy infrastructures.
Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures
Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures
Instructor: Matthias Finger
Sponsored by IEM UEM Group
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Approx. 13 hours
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- Systems Thinking
- Logistics Management
- Logistics
- Cybersecurity
- Internet Of Things
- Information Technology Architecture
- Network Security
- Transportation Operations
- Information Systems Security
- Transportation Management
- Transportation, Supply Chain, and Logistics
- Infrastructure Security
- Supply Chain Management
- Security Engineering
- Information Technology
- Technology Strategies
- Digital Transformation
- IT Security Architecture
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There are 5 modules in this course
‘Smart City’ is a notion that is widely, and sometimes not appropriately, used by urbanists across the globe. This week will help you to get a more clear understanding of this notion by using a rigorous conceptual framework, which is based on the systems theory. In this week, we will explain the concept of Smart Cities by reviewing different conceptual approaches to Smart Cities and discussing the pros and cons of each approach.
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8 videos6 readings1 assignment1 plugin
Smart Energy Systems are one of the top priorities on the agenda of local governments, nation states and technology suppliers. In this week, we deep dive into the energy sector to explore some of the most important managerial considerations in the transition phase and operation of Smart Urban Energy Systems.
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9 videos1 reading1 assignment1 plugin
Many Smart Transportation Technologies are already tested on the roads and in cities across the globe. Driverless vehicles as well as car and ride sharing solutions are not anymore futuristic visions for urban transportation systems; but realities that pose significant opportunities and threads for legacy urban transportation systems. In this week, we deep dive into the urban transportation sector and discuss some of the most important managerial considerations to facilitate the transition phase, and operation of Smart Urban Transportation Systems, thanks to availability of data.
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7 videos1 reading1 assignment1 plugin
The transition of legacy cities to Smart Cities is not a spontaneous process. To get the transition process right, and to the benefit of citizens, cities have to adopt effective management and governance approaches to successfully deal with numerous complexities of this process. This week will help you to understand the most important factors in the transition phase of legacy cities to Smart cities and their managerial implications.
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7 videos1 reading1 assignment1 plugin
Management of Smart Cities calls for different approaches from conventional urban management approaches. In this week, we focus on the role of city government in the network of actors who play an important role in management of Smart Cities.
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5 videos3 readings2 assignments1 plugin
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JG
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Reviewed on Jan 8, 2020
Very well structures course. A great help to start learning on the topic of Cities. Highly recommended. The course is from 2016, EPFL may consider some updates.
SB
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Reviewed on Apr 16, 2022
In this MOOC, I got acquainted with the Theoretical and practical dimensions of smart urban infrastructure and more details. that's very functional.
JK
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Reviewed on Oct 28, 2020
Highly productive and knowledgeable course that allows students, engineers, project managers and even policy makers to realize and assess the transition of local cities as smart cities.
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