Smart City Foundations

About this course

Explore how cities work as connected systems. Assess urban data, indicators and technology proposals through evidence, privacy, equity and public trust, then develop a practical smart-town proposal.

This foundation course is part of the Smart Cities, Digital Twins & Urban Systems school. Delivery: Self-Paced. Estimated study time: 10 h.

Course curriculum

• Module 1 — What Cities Are Made Of
• Module 2 — Urban Systems and How They Interact
• Module 3 — City Data: Sources, Owners and Bias
• Module 4 — Indicators and Standards
• Module 5 — Smart-City Projects: What Worked and What Did Not
• Module 6 — Governance, Trust, Privacy and Equity

Applied learning

• Case Study — "Smart Harrowby": A Bid in Five Claims
• Lab 1 — Where Should the Repair Crews Go?
• Lab 2 — An Indicator Report and What It Hides
• Lab 3 — A Public-Trust Review of Three Bid Components
• Capstone — A Smart-Town Proposal Your Residents Would Support

Who this course is for

Student / Beginner; Engineer / Architect; Government Professional

Prerequisites

No prerequisite course is listed in the academy catalog.

Course details

• Course code: NE-DT-103
• Level: Foundation
• Estimated duration: 10 h
• Delivery: Self-Paced

Includes online course lessons and practice activities. Course scenarios use simulated data. Course materials are in pilot review.