Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
- Start Date: 31 Oct, 2022
- 2 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Learn more about the circular economy and how spatial planning can contribute to regional sustainable development.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Examine the role of spatial planning in the circular transition with TU Delft
The transition to a circular economy is complex and dynamic with no single, definitive approach.
On this two-week course, you’ll orient yourself with the key concepts and principles of circular regional spatial development vision.
You’ll explore how spatial planning can contribute to the circular transition, and what this looks like in different regional contexts.
Learn about circular regions and environmental planning
You’ll examine the circular region and contextualise your knowledge of circular strategies and value chains, before choosing your own case study region to assist your learning throughout the course.
You’ll look at the three phases that a city or region must go through when transitioning towards circularity, delving into the vision phase, strategy making, and action plans.
With this knowledge, you’ll be able to trace the process of circular transition, informing your understanding of future spatial developments.
Investigate the circular economy
There are many conceptualisations of circularity, though all reference reuse, recycling, and reducing energy and material loops.
You’ll further your understanding of the six dimensions of circularity, examining the conceptualisation of circularity, the material dimension, applied sustainability frameworks, the social dimension, territorial and spatial dimension, and the assessment and monitoring dimension.
You’ll be equipped to apply and justify a circular approach to future planning initiatives and development.
Discover concepts in regional spatial development
Building on your understanding of circularity, you’ll explore how this can be realised within the context of spatial development.
You’ll finish this course with a deeper understanding of circularity, regional spatial development, and how the two overlap.
This course is designed for those working or studying in the field of spatial planning or circularity who wish to connect their understanding of the two concepts.
It will benefit professionals in urban planning including circularity experts, spatial planners, project advisors, and policy makers on spatial circularity.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Delft University of Technology is the largest and oldest technological university in the Netherlands. Our research is inspired by the desire to increase fundamental understanding, as well as by societal challenges. We encourage our students to be independent thinkers so they will become engineers capable of solving complex problems. Our students have chosen Delft University of Technology because of our reputation for quality education and research.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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