Tomás Gómez
UPV
Tools for cities' decarbonisation
Duration
3 ECTS
Context and overview
Decarbonising cities is a complex process that needs broad perspectives and methods. This MC aims to give learners valuable tools to decarbonise any city from a more general scope to a specific result. The MC will teach how to use a multilevel perspective to assess an energy system. More on-the-ground approaches follow this assessment, such as solution concept mapping, stakeholders analysis, results reporting and mapping the results in GIS (such as ArcGIS or QGIS). Thus, we move on to prioritising the solutions using multicriteria decision methods. The solution will probably respond to multiple objectives, and multi-objective optimisation methods will help achieve carbon-neutral cities. Finally, the MC combines all these tools in developing decarbonisation roadmaps.
This MC aims to provide students with useful tools to decarbonise any city from a broader perspective to a more focused outcome. We will consider a multilevel perspective to assess sustainable development. For that, we will use concept mapping and stakeholder analysis to evaluate the context of the city. In decarbonisation, it is essential using appropriate performance indicators and reporting to measure success. The MC will introduce students to city mapping software using ArcGIS. This software is helpful to visualise the evolution of indicators across the city. Once students get used to these tools, they will start to make decisions about the decarbonisation process. They will make multicriteria decisions based on AHP and ANP methodologies and optimise actions using multi-objective methodologies. Finally, all the tools converge into the development of decarbonisation roadmaps.
Learning objectives
On the completion of the micro-credential, participants should be able to:
Background
The following prerequisites are essential for the completion of the MC:
Units
- INTRODUCTION
- TOOLS TO CLARIFY THE DECARBONISATION OF CITIES
- TOOLS TO MANAGE THE DECARBONISATION OF CITIES
- METHODOLOGY FOR THE DECARBONISATION OF CITIES
- CASE STUDY
- FINAL EXAM