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About the Course

Learn about Smart Cities within the context of management of urban infrastructures. The introduction of Smart urban technologies into legacy infrastructures has resulted in numerous challenges and opportunities for contemporary cities and will continue to do so. This course will help you to understand how to make the best of these smart technologies in your cities’ legacy infrastructures. Over the past few years, advances in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have significantly challenged the traditionally stable land scape of urban infrastructure service provision. This has resulted in increasing interest from both technology vendors and public authorities in the transition of cities towards so-called “Smart Cities”. Although such “Smart technologies” can provide immense opportunities for citizens and service providers alike, the ICTs often act as disruptive innovators of urban infrastructure service provision. In this MOOC, you will gain a thorough understanding of the challenges and opportunities associated with the Smart urban infrastructures, namely Smart urban transportation and Smart urban energy systems. Over the journey of this 5-week online course you will learn about the most important principles for the management of Smart urban infrastructures as well as the applications of these principles in the transportation and energy sectors. This course does not have any prerequisites. However, to take the most away from of this MOOC, we strongly encourage you to enroll in our other MOOC on the Management of Urban Infrastructures, which has been widely praised by learners. Through this course, you will: - Gain a deep understanding of the nature of disruptive innovations (smart technologies) in urban infrastructure systems; - Learn about state-of-the-art strategies for effectively managing the transition from legacy infrastructures to smart urban systems; - Study the management of the transition phase from legacy infrastructure systems to smart cities by supporting innovations while avoiding early lock-in; and - Understand potential applications of the materials learned in this course within the context of the management of smart urban transportation systems as well as smart urban energy systems....

Top reviews

LY

Mar 13, 2018

Excellent overview on different aspects of smart urban infrastructure. Course creators made complex issues really easy to understand, even for absolute beginners.

RH

Mar 9, 2020

It was a great and learning experience.. The whole curriculum was designed so systematically and kept me engrossed..Thoroughly learnt and the paved a new path for me. Thanks Coursera!

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By Luis D V C

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May 10, 2021

Nice course. I learned a lot of new things.

By Adam J

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Jun 26, 2025

Great course. Very in-depth and detailed.

By Gaurav B

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Apr 6, 2023

I got a lot of knowledge from this course.

By Adrija S

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Aug 5, 2020

Excellent Course structure. Great Mentors.

By Ashish I

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Jun 17, 2020

It was best learning app i have never seen

By Satwant B

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Oct 20, 2017

very informative and well designed course

By Livia M M

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Sep 8, 2017

Clear, concise and instructive! Thank you

By PALANIVEL P

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May 11, 2025

Fantasitc content for easy to understand

By Odaliza Z M

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Jun 21, 2021

Curso interesante y bastante importante

By ran v r

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Aug 28, 2018

very informative and knowledge enhancing

By Hugh S

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Mar 29, 2017

Very informative and interesting course.

By Damarish P

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Jun 10, 2021

Buen curso, muy directo, me gustó mucho

By Victor H Y A

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Jul 2, 2021

I liked very much, such a great course

By Ankit S

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Jun 2, 2021

Thank you for your great information.

By ASHUTOSH P

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Nov 20, 2025

Good course with bright future scope

By Hope M S

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Jun 24, 2021

Wonderful course. Very informative.

By Ivan K

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May 9, 2020

Best online course!

Congratulations!

By Rabih M

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Nov 28, 2023

Great course, really appreciated !

By Nicole S A C

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Jul 2, 2021

Very useful course, I learn a lot.

By Barone I M

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Jul 27, 2020

I have really enjoyed this course!

By Preeti R S

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May 10, 2019

Great instructor. Loved the course

By Hassan S

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May 22, 2020

Great course, highly recommended

By Dana M B

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Jul 3, 2021

Buen interesante y enriquecedor

By Boniface R

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Dec 26, 2020

It was worthwhile taking course

By Koushik N B

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Nov 16, 2020

Excellent content in the course