Urban Health Systems: Policy Design & Implementation
Master policy frameworks and governance strategies for creating healthy, sustainable urban environments.
Master policy frameworks and governance strategies for creating healthy, sustainable urban environments.
This advanced course, the final part of a three-part series, focuses on designing and implementing effective urban health policies. Students learn to develop scenarios for adaptive urban health systems, understand multilevel governance approaches, and conduct health impact assessments. The curriculum emphasizes practical policy design, from smart city initiatives to health promotion strategies, while exploring real-world case studies of successful urban health interventions. Special attention is given to the "Health in All Policies" approach and innovative governance models.
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What you'll learn
Design scenarios for adaptive urban health systems
Implement Health in All Policies approaches
Develop effective multilevel governance strategies
Conduct health impact assessments
Create smart city initiatives for health
Design prevention and resilience policies
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
181 Minutes PreRecorded video
4 assignments
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There are 5 modules in this course
This advanced course explores policy design and implementation strategies for urban health systems. Through five comprehensive modules, students learn to develop adaptive scenarios, implement health impact assessments, and design effective governance frameworks. The curriculum covers smart city approaches, multilevel governance, and innovative policy tools. Special emphasis is placed on practical applications through case studies and the development of concrete policy initiatives for urban health improvement.
Welcome and Introduction
Module 1 · 37 Minutes to complete
Week 1 : Scenarios design for adapting urban health systems
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Week 2 : Design for the Urban Health Scenario
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
Week 3 : Policies and governance
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
Week 4 : Policies and governance for prevention and resilience of urban health systems
Module 5 · 1 Hours to complete
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Instructor
Urban Geography Expert and Complex Systems Scholar
Dr. Céline Rozenblat serves as Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Lausanne's Institute of Geography and Sustainability, where she previously served as Director (2018-2022). As vice-president of the International Geographical Union (IGU) and member of the Complex Systems Society, she brings extensive expertise in urban systems analysis. Her research focuses on systems of cities at European and world scales, multinational firm networks, inter-urban dynamics, and spatial analysis. Through her Coursera course series "Healthy Urban Systems," she helps students understand urban health systems through multiple perspectives, from theoretical concepts to practical applications. Her work includes developing comprehensive databases on European and worldwide cities, analyzing their networks and evolution through multi-dimensional and long-term approaches. As a former member of the International Science Council's Urban Health & Well-being commission, she has contributed significantly to understanding planetary urban health. Her research combines geographical analysis with complex systems theory, particularly focusing on the relationships between multi-level urban processes and city-system network dynamics.
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