e-Learning Course on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries
Registration is now open for the 2015 English and Spanish editions
24 March 2015, Geneva - UNITAR is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the e-learning course Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries. The English session will be held from 20 April to 12 July 2015, and the Spanish session will run from 13 April to 5 July 2015.
The course, which is implemented by UNITAR in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), aims to enhance the capacity of local decision makers and urban and transportation planners to formulate and implement appropriate policies that contribute to sustainability in transport in developing cities.
The rapid and often unplanned and uncoordinated growth of cities has seriously compromised existing transportation systems and significantly increased the challenge of creating new transportation systems, especially in developing countries. Urban transportation issues are of foremost importance to support the mobility requirements in these growing cities and require new approaches.
However, urban transport is a political rather than a technical issue. The technical aspects are relatively simple. The difficult decisions relate to the type of city we want and the way we want to live. Who is going to benefit from the models adopted? Do we dare to create a transport model different from that of the so-called advanced world cities? Do we try to find the most efficient, economical way to move a city’s population, as cleanly and as comfortable as possible?
This online course is designed to provide answers to the above mentioned questions as well as solutions and alternative approaches in the area of urban transport planning, targeting a more sustainable mobility system.
The course allows an analysis of the important issues of sustainable mobility including transport demand management, improved public and non-motorized transport, environmental protection, road safety, and gender in transport. In order to achieve sustainability, it also provides some means such as economic and financial instruments, institutional improvements, capacity building, regulation of markets and environmental standards.
Registration for the English session is open until 13 April at: www.unitar.org/event/urbanmobility2015
Registration for the Spanish session is open until 6 April at :www.unitar.org/event/movilidadurbana2015
For more information, please send us an email at e-dcp@unitar.org