The CPS engages young professionals and graduate students into the process of developing proposals for city transformation and disseminate them worldwide. These proposals, published in the form of case studies or draft-projects, trigger game-changing initiatives for the radical transformations that cities need to become (more) self-sufficient and livable.
MSc Global Sustainable Cities
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Graduate students enrolled in the Leadership for Global Sustainable Cities Program develop a holistic understanding of urban environments by integrating skills and knowledge from across different disciplines. Students deepen their understanding of the wider social, environmental and economic systems upon which cities depend, following a sequential two-module structure:
• Global Cities: Sustainability and Society; and
• Public Policy, Governance and Strategic Change in Cities.
These two-modules, imparted by Dr. Igor Calzada from September to December 2015 , were team-based, with all students applying a qualitative action research methodology to understand and interpret the following seven city-centric case studies case : Mumbai, Shenzhen, Reykjavik, Portland, Budapest, Glasgow And Rotterdam.
Seven case studies were developed by students enrolled in the Master’s course around the following three topics:
Global Southerners Download
- MUMBAI by Kirsten MacDonald
- SHENZHEN by Ning Qiu
Resilient Contradictors Download
- REYKJAVIK by Criostoir Dynes
- PORTLAND by Gemma Murray
- BUDAPEST by Nikolett Watson-Puskas
Regional Networkers Download
- GLASGOW by Gavin McAdam
- ROTTERDAM by Frankie Barrett
Global Urban Development Program
Standford University
The Global Urban Development Program was created in 2011 as a project-based learning experience at Stanford University’s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering to challenge students from different disciplines and educational backgrounds in virtual collaboration and systems thinking. It is part of a new Sustainable Urban Systems initiative that engages interdisciplinary teams of undergraduate and graduate students in real-world challenges presented by municipal city partners.
GUDP is designed as an immersive project based experience, spanning the entire academic year (3 ten week quarters), and is divided into three phases: Project Research, Project Definition, and Project Development. Its ultimate goal is to become a living laboratory where students and young professionals can collaborate and develop new ideas and tools for social impact. Further Information can be found at the GUDP website http://gudp.stanford.edu/index.php
GUDP formalized in the summer of 2015, a partnership with representatives of the City of San Jose Planning Department, including Michael Brilliot, Jared Hart, and Kimberly Vacca. This consortium of partners has since expanded to include representatives from the Department of Transportation, Office of Economic Development, Environmental Services Department, and other departments and offices, as well as nonprofits and community organizations like SPUR.
In the fall of 2015, GUDP accepted fifteen students to form “Project Team” to assess the City of San Jose. The team’s Project Research Phase is reported in the White Paper assessment of sustainability, resilience, and vibrancy.
The topics are: Download White Paper
Sustainability in San Jose
- WATER by Jorge L. Meraz (jmeraz@stanford.edu)
- SOLID WASTE by Parker Barnes (parkerb@stanford.edu), Owen Goldstrom (okgold@stanford.edu) and Sidharth Kumar (skumar11@stanford.edu)
- HOUSING by Brittany Morra (bmorra@stanford.edu) and Parker Barnes (parkerb@stanford.edu)
- Resilience in San Jose
- BACKGROUND by Jack Lundquist (jlundqui@stanford.edu)
- EARTHQUAKES by Maria R. Martinez (mmart174@stanford.edu)
- FLOODS by Jack Lundquist (jlundqui@stanford.edu)
- COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY TO HAZARDS by Jack Lundquist (jlundqui@stanford.edu)
- COMMUNITY HEALTH by Danielle Dobos (ddobos@stanford.edu)
Vibrancy in San Jose
- BACKGROUND by James Bradbury (jbradbur@stanford.edu)
- PUBLIC TRANSIT by Rommy Joyce (rjoyce@stanford.edu) and Leopold Wambersie de Brouwer (leopoldw@stanford.edu)
- FOCUSED GROWTH by James Bradbury (jbradbur@stanford.edu) and Luke Babich (lbabich@stanford.edu)
Other team members: McKenzie Andrews (andrews7@stanford.edu); Marianne Dang (mldang@stanford.edu); and Jillian Kilby (jkilby@stanford.edu).