HEALTHY URBAN SYSTEMS - PART 1: Concepts and observations

General introduction to the MOOC providing an overview of the course structure and objectives. This module includes the course introduction, instructor list, and glossary materials to prepare learners for the comprehensive 4-week journey through urban health systems.

This module introduces planetary health and urbanization concepts within a multidisciplinary framework. Learners explore historical perspectives of wellbeing and human health in urban contexts, collaborative approaches as complex systems, and urban health challenges in developing countries including the BAU Urban Lab model.

This module continues the multidisciplinary framework by examining healthy urban systems, risk governance frameworks, and systemic risks. Learners explore practical applications through the example of housing and climate change, concluding with a synthesis of the multidisciplinary framework concepts.

This module focuses on observation methods for urban health, covering multi-dimensional and multi-scale approaches. Learners explore traditional and new data collection methods, satellite image analysis with machine learning, temporal data collection including cohorts, and address critical issues of stewardship, availability, and privacy in health data.

This module completes the observation framework by examining methods for delineating city systems, analyses and representations, and multilevel approaches including the ecological fallacy. Learners explore data framework development, entry points of urban health, and assets-based approaches, concluding with a synthesis of observation methods.