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Start   >  Master's & postgraduate courses  >  Education  >  Continuing education course in Nature-based Solution for Mitigation and Adaptation to Urban Climate
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Presentation

Edition
1st Edition
Credits
7 ECTS (42 teaching hours)
Delivery
Face-to-face
Language of instruction
Spanish / English
Fee
€1,000
Notes payment of enrolment fee and 0,7% campaign
Registration open until the beginning of the course or until end of vacancies.
Start date
Start date: 12/09/2024
End date: 11/10/2024
Timetable
Thursday: 3:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Friday: 3:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Taught at
EPSEB - Escola Politècnica Superior d'Edificació de Barcelona
Av. Doctor Marañón, 44-50
Barcelona
Why this continuing education course?
The continuing education course on Nature-based Solution for Urban Climate Mitigation and Adaptation proposes a transformative exploration in NbS for urban climate mitigation and adaptation: how to restore urban rivers, develop climate shelters and promote active mobility in urban environments . The module will allow you to become familiar with the 15-minute city and the 45-minute territory to contribute, from the project, to sustainable urban development.
Aims
Develop new systems to protect people and the environment from existing environmental damage, thus moving towards sustainable development.
Who is it for?
  • Architects, town planners, technical architects and building engineers.
  • Landscapers.
  • Engineers: agronomists, agricultural or civil, among others.
  • Geographers, geologists, biologists and environmental science graduates.
  • Environmental consultants.
  • Other professionals trained in technical careers sensitized by intervention in the landscape.

Training Content

List of subjects
7 ECTS 42h
Nature-based Solution para la Mitigación y Adaptación al Clima Urbano
  • Active mobility criteria.
  • Introduction to the city of 15 minutes / territory of 45 minutes.
  • Quantification of sustainable mobility in urban environments.
  • Climate change mitigation strategies in urban environments.
  • Creation of climate shelters.
The UPC School reserves the right to modify the contents of the programme, which may vary in order to better accommodate the course objectives.
Degree
Continuing education course qualification issued by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Issued by virtue of the provisions of art. 7.1 of Organic Law 2/2023 of 22 March, concerning the University System, and art. 36 of Royal Decree 822/2021 of 28 September, which establishes the organisation of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality. A prior official university qualification is necessary to obtain it. Otherwise, the student will receive a certificate of completion of the course issued by the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya. Lifelong learning studies at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya are approved by the University's Governing Council on an annual basis. (See details appearing on the certificate).

Learning methodology

The teaching methodology of the programme facilitates the student's learning and the achievement of the necessary competences.



Learning tools
Participatory lectures
A presentation of the conceptual foundations of the content to be taught, promoting interaction with the students to guide them in their learning of the different contents and the development of the established competences.
Practical classroom sessions
Knowledge is applied to a real or hypothetical environment, where specific aspects are identified and worked on to facilitate understanding, with the support from teaching staff.
Case studies
Real or hypothetical situations are presented in which the students, in a completely participatory and practical way, examine the situation, consider the various hypotheses and share their own conclusions.
Visits
These visits are to specialist centres, companies in the sector or outstanding and important locations in the sector, in order to obtain knowledge in situ of development, production and demonstration environments within the programme.
Assessment criteria
Attendance
At least 80% attendance of teaching hours is required.
Level of participation
The student's active contribution to the various activities offered by the teaching team is assessed.
Work out projects
Studies on a specific topic, by individuals or groups, in which the quality and depth of the work is assessed, among other factors.
Work placements & employment service
Students can access job offers in their field of specialisation on the My_Tech_Space virtual campus. Applications made from this site will be treated confidentially. Hundreds of offers of the UPC School of Professional & Executive Development employment service appear annually. The offers range from formal contracts to work placement agreements.
Virtual campus
The students on this continuing education course will have access to the My_ Tech_Space virtual campus - an effective platform for work and communication between the course's students, lecturers, directors and coordinators. My_Tech_Space provides the documentation for each training session before it starts, and enables students to work as a team, consult lecturers, check notes, etc.

Teaching team

Academic management
  • Bellmunt Chiva, Jordi
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    Architect from the ETSAB of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). With an outstanding academic and professional career. He has served as a professor and director of the Master of Landscape Architecture and the Higher Graduate Degree in Landscape Architecture at the same university. He is a member of the scientific committee of specialized journals and has organized the Barcelona International Landscape Biennials since 1998. He is recognized as a visiting professor in several academic and cultural institutions worldwide. His work as an architect and landscape designer is shown and published in specialized media, and has won several renowned awards.
Teaching staff
  • Bellmunt Chiva, Jordi
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    Architect from the ETSAB of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). With an outstanding academic and professional career. He has served as a professor and director of the Master of Landscape Architecture and the Higher Graduate Degree in Landscape Architecture at the same university. He is a member of the scientific committee of specialized journals and has organized the Barcelona International Landscape Biennials since 1998. He is recognized as a visiting professor in several academic and cultural institutions worldwide. His work as an architect and landscape designer is shown and published in specialized media, and has won several renowned awards.
  • Tenez Ybern, Victor
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    Architect by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He combines teaching, private and public practice. Head of Coordination of Urban Planning in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona and directed the plan of reclamation of fluvial spaces. He teaches Landscape Theory and Landscape Design at the UPC in the same city. He has been invited by several Urban Planning and Landscape Universities like Penn or UIA Venezia and publishes on the same issues.

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To start the enrolment process for this programme you must complete and send the form that you will find at the bottom of these lines.

Next you will receive a welcome email detailing the three steps necessary to formalize the enrolment procedure:

1. Complete and confirm your personal details.

2. Validate your curriculum vitae and attach any additional required documentation, whenever this is necessary for admission.

3. Pay €110 in concept of the registration fee for the programme. This fee will be discounted from the total enrolment fee and will only be returned when a student isn't admitted on a programme.

Once the fee has been paid and we have all your documentation, we will assess your candidacy and, if you are admitted on the course, we will send you a letter of acceptance. This document will provide you with all the necessary information to formalize the enrolment process for the programme.




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