Lectures related to African Cities: Legal Framework

Sustainable Development: Concepts and History

Explores the origins and principles of sustainable development, emphasizing the importance of balancing economic growth with environmental protection and social equity.

Socio-economic Environment and Health

Examines socio-economic status, opportunities, security, social issues, and health in African cities.

Recycling and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Solutions

Examines the role of recycling in sustainable development, addressing its limitations and the importance of a circular economy.

Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development

Discusses the role of technology in development and the importance of innovation for sustainable progress across various essential sectors.

Efficiency & Decoupling: Understanding Environmental Impact

Delves into efficiency, decoupling, and environmental impact assessment, highlighting the complexities of balancing economic growth and environmental sustainability.

African Urbanization: Challenges and Opportunities MOOC: African Cities III, urban planning and management

Examines African urban challenges, including urbanization rates, housing costs, and spatial fragmentation, emphasizing the need for effective urban planning and redefining modernity.

Transdisciplinarity: Integrative Research Approach

Explores transdisciplinarity in integrative research and sustainable landscape development.

Resources to Prototype

Explores the resources at EPFL for prototyping, emphasizing the importance of early stakeholder identification and the role of prototypes in accelerating development.

Wealth-based Assessment: Sustainability and Wealth

Explores wealth-based assessment, wealth accounting, natural capital use, and convergence of wealth among nations.

African Cities: Sustainable Development

Explores the legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable development in African cities, emphasizing environmental issues.

Making Development Sustainable

Explores sustainability decision-making, focusing on social, economic, and environmental aspects, using case studies for illustration.

Sustainable Development Goals: Individual and Collective Actions

Emphasizes the role of individual and collective actions in achieving sustainability through the Sustainable Development Goals and the successes of the Millennium Development Goals.

Sustainable Development: Introduction & Frontiers

Explores the historical roots and key principles of sustainable development, emphasizing the balance between meeting present needs and preserving resources for future generations.

Sustainability: Wealth-Based Assessment

Explores wealth-based assessment for testing sustainability, wealth accounting, natural capital use, convergence in wealth, ANS calculation, and project topics.

Green growth and EKC

Delves into green growth, the EKC, rebound effect, and empirical evidence.

Models of Society: Nature and Society MOOC: Exploring Humans' Space: An Introduction to Geographicity

Delves into the models of society and their relationship with nature, exploring intrinsic values, the productive system, and the ethics of freedom/responsibility.

Economic Growth: GDP and Measurement

Explores economic growth through GDP measurement, discussing its limitations and challenges in assessing development and quality of life.

River Hydraulics and Development

Explores sediment transport, river structures, and hydraulic platforms for river development.

The Inauguration of Place Maurice Cosendaire

Discusses the inauguration of Place Maurice Cosendaire at EPFL.

Introduction to Development Engineering

Introduces Development Engineering as a new field focusing on sustainable solutions, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.