UC - Smart Cities: Social Change Through Technology
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Smart Cities: Social Change Through Technology at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 6 weeks |
Total fee | ₹1,114 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Smart Cities: Social Change Through Technology at FutureLearn Highlights
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Smart Cities: Social Change Through Technology at FutureLearn Course details
- This six-week course, presented by the University of Canterbury, gives you a detailed look at how this has been achieved, and how your city can do the same
- The course will take you on a journey across New Zealand, exploring smart city development in Christchurch in the south, the capital city of Wellington, and all the way up to Hamilton in the north
- You'll also see how smart life has the ability to drive social change as you explore real-life smart city projects such as solar-powered waste management and LED lighting
- You'll examine how smart city infrastructure can be used to overcome wicked problems
- With this understanding, and as you learn about the role of stakeholders and government in smart urban development, you'll learn how you can apply smart life principles to your own city context
- You'll go beyond smart city principles to understand the value of the citizen in this infrastructure
- This knowledge will help you explore how smart cities can tackle community challenges and improve the quality of life in these cities
- By the end of this course, you'll have the knowledge of smart city practices in New Zealand to understand how you can apply them closer to home
Smart Cities: Social Change Through Technology at FutureLearn Curriculum
New Zealand and Smart Cities
Welcome to the Course
Course Information
Introduction to Smart Cities
Smart Hamilton
Smart Christchurch
Smart Wellington
Week 1 Wrap-up
Smart Cities and Community
Overview of Week 2
Smart Communities
Smart Communities in Wellington
Smart Communities in Christchurch
Smart Communities in Hamilton
Week 2 Wrap-up
Smart Cities and Wicked Problems
Overview of Week 3
Resilient, Open and Responsive Cities
Wellington: The Responsive City
Christchurch: The Resilient City
Hamilton: The Open City
Week 3 Wrap-up
Governing Smart Societies
Overview of Week 4
Technology in Smart Cities
Shaping a Smart Hamilton
Smart Communities and Businesses
Smart Societies
The Role of Technology in Smart Decision-Making
Week 4 Wrap-up
NZ Smart Cities and the World
Overview of Week 5
Smart Cities Around the World
The Future of Smart Cities
New Zealand in Comparison
Week 5 Wrap-up
My City, My Role
Overview of Week 6
Final Assessment
Course Wrap-up
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