Informações sobre o curso: Learn about the best environmental technologies for a sustainable development and how they are managed in various settings around the world. This course gives you an opportunity to learn about global trends that influence our environment and the living conditions and how different management systems and approaches that are used around the world to manage the environment. This includes current environmental technologies built for the environment and technologies for sustainable soil management, groundwater protection methods and integrated Water resources management.
Desenvolvido por: Universidade Técnica da Dinamarca (DTU)
Ministrado por: Henrik Bregnhøj, Ext. Assoc. Prof.
Dept. Environmental Engineering
Ministrado por: Steffen Foss Hansen, Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Engineering
| Nível | Intermediate |
| Idioma | English |
| Como ser aprovado | Seja aprovado em todas as tarefas para concluir o curso. |
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Programa
SEMANA 1
WEEK/MODULE 1: Global Trends
In the first week we will set the stage for the next weeks. This week presents some of the global trends that influence our environment and the living conditions. We will in particular look at Sustainable development, demography, various aspects of urbanization, climate change and environmental Health. In addition to the videos produced for this course, see also the IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report as this is also part of the exam.
7 vídeos
- Vídeo: Course structure (Henrik Bregnhoj)
- Vídeo: Sustainable Development (Henrik Bregnhoj)
- Vídeo: Demographic Trends (Siri Tellier)
- Vídeo: Global urbanization (Jorgen Eskemose Andersen)
- Vídeo: Urban transport and public areas (Jorgen Eskemose Andersen)
- Vídeo: Urban Housing (Jorgen Eskemose Andersen)
- Vídeo: Environmental health (Flemming Konradsen, Produced by Univ. Copenhagen)
Nota atribuída: Week 1 Quiz - Trends
Nota atribuída: Trends assignment
SEMANA 2
WEEK/MODULE 2: Environmental Management
This week we look into different management systems and approaches that are used around the world. Management styles and systems are implemented depending on various factors like culture, history and physical layout of the country. We will see it from general introductions and look at three case presentations.
8 vídeos
- Vídeo: Risk assessing water quality (Ursula S. McKnight)
- Vídeo: Cities and climate change (Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen)
- Vídeo: The role of waste in resource efficiency (Thomas Astrup)
- Vídeo: Participation in Environmental Management (Søren Lund)
- Vídeo: Stakeholder and Social Sustianability Analysis (Søren Lund)
- Vídeo: Case: Environmental Management in Greenland (Kåre Hendriksen)
- Vídeo: Case: Water and Environmental Management in China (Lars Skov Andersen)
- Vídeo: Case: Environmental management in Denmark (Poul Bjerg)
Nota atribuída: Week 2 Quiz - Environmental Management
SEMANA 3
WEEK/MODULE 3: Utility Management
This week we look in how the various utilities manage the environment. We will e.g. look at how the general water supply, waste water systems and solid waste are managed and how other pollution sources are regulated.
7 vídeos
- Vídeo: Issues in Integrated Urban Water Management (Lars Skov Andersen)
- Vídeo: Copenhagen Storm Water Management (Lars Skov Andersen)
- Vídeo: Nairobi Water Supply and IUWM (Lars Skov Andersen)
- Vídeo: Environmental Management in Rural Areas (Henrik Bregnhoj)
- Vídeo: Air Pollution (Kåre Press-Kristensen)
- Vídeo: Phases in Solid Waste Management (Thomas Astrup)
- Vídeo: Solid Waste Management Systems and Regulation (Thomas Astrup)
Nota atribuída: Week 3 Quiz - Utility management
Nota atribuída: Management assignment
SEMANA 4
WEEK/MODULE 4: Technologies for the Built Environment
In week 4 we look at some of the current environmental technologies that are particularly effective in carrying out their purpose and in an environmental friendly way. We look at how we choose among different technologies and study storm water technologies, urban water supply and solid waste handling.
10 vídeos
- Vídeo: Introduction to Integrated Urban Drainage-Wastewater Systems Course (Peter Steen Mikkelsen)
- Vídeo: Urban Water Technologies Interview (Karsten Arnbjerg-Nielsen)
- Vídeo: Safe and Optimal Water Supply (Martin Rygaard)
- Vídeo: Rural Environmental Technologies (Henrik Bregnhoj)
- Vídeo: Solid waste technologies (Alessio Boldrin)
- Vídeo: Greenland: Intro to lecturers Gunvor and Pernille
- Vídeo: Greenland: Water Supply (Pernille Erland Jensen)
- Vídeo: Greenland: Waste Management (Gunvor Marie Kirkelund)
- Vídeo: Greenland: Wastewater Treatment (Pernille Erland Jensen)
- Vídeo: Greenland: Mining (Pernille Erland Jensen)
Nota atribuída: Week 4 Quiz - Technologies for the Built Environment
SEMANA 5
WEEK/MODULE 5: Other Technologies
In the last week we look at the environmental technologies that are not part of the regular urban water systems. We will in particular focus on technologies for sustainable soil management, groundwater protection methods and integrated Water resources management.
3 vídeos
- Vídeo: Groundwater Protection (Philip Binning)
- Vídeo: Soil Management (Stefan Trapp)
- Vídeo: Regional Water Resources Management (Peter Bauer-Gottwein)
Nota atribuída: Week 5 Quiz - Rural Technologies
Nota atribuída: Technologies Assignment
Perguntas frequentes
Como funciona
课程作业
每门课程都像是一本互动的教科书，具有预先录制的视频、测验和项目。
来自同学的帮助
与其他成千上万的学生相联系，对想法进行辩论，讨论课程材料，并寻求帮助来掌握概念。
证书
获得正式认证的作业，并与朋友、同事和雇主分享您的成功。
Desenvolvedores
Universidade Técnica da Dinamarca (DTU)
DTU focuses on research in technical and natural sciences that contributes to the development of society. As an industrially orientated university, our goal is to supply high-level international research based on combining theory with constructing models and empirical methods.
Classificações e avaliações
Thank you very much for the course! a great contribution to understand better the current and future problems, and some solusions that we must propose as citizens to our governments
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it is a very basic course, but excellent information
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Interesting course exploring multiple aspects of environmental management around the world.