Urban Nature: Connecting Cities, Sustainability and Innovation

How can we work with nature to design and build our cities? This course explores urban nature and nature-based solutions in cities in Europe and around the world. We connect together the key themes of cities, nature, sustainability and innovation. We discuss how to assess what nature-based solutions can achieve in cities. We examine how innovation is taking place in cities in relation to nature. And we analyse the potential of nature-based solutions to help respond to climate change and sustain

• Increase knowledge of urban nature and nature-based solutions
• Improve critical thinking on opportunities and challenges of nature-based solutions
• Deepen understanding of the relationship between cities, nature, and innovation
• Enhance systems thinking skills for assessing nature-based solutions