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Introduction to the Program
Da un paso decisivo en tu trayectoria profesional incorporando a tu trabajo diario la planificación y gestión técnica del Capital Natural urbano”
Bienes y servicios como el agua, los alimentos o la regulación del clima sustentan toda actividad económica y social de una urbe. Englobados dentro de los denominados servicios de los ecosistemas, un cambio negativo en los mismos puede impactar en múltiples ámbitos de la urbe, desde el puro plano económico a incluso el sanitario. En los últimos años, las infraestructuras verdes y soluciones basadas en la naturaleza han irrumpido con enorme fuerza por su gran potencial para paliar cambios imprevistos en el Capital Natural urbanístico.
Es por ello que los profesionales e ingenieros del área deben especializarse en este campo, complementándolo además con las necesarias herramientas de planificación técnica, medición, valoración y seguimiento de los servicios ecosistémicos. Esta Postgraduate diploma de TECH ofrece una visión pormenorizada de todas ellas, contextualizadas en ejemplos reales y casos concretos por un cuadro docente de destacados expertos en gestión urbanística y arquitectura.
El carácter 100% online de la titulación permite, además, su compaginación con toda clase de actividad o responsabilidad ya sea personal o profesional. No existen ni clases presenciales ni horarios prefijados, siendo el alumno quien decide en todo momento cómo asumir la carga lectiva. Todo el contenido es descargable desde el Campus Virtual, siendo accesible desde cualquier dispositivo con conexión a internet.
Posiciónate de forma prominente en tu campo gracias a un manejo avanzado y moderno del Capital Natural urbano”
Esta Postgraduate diploma en Natural Capital in Urban Infrastructures contiene el programa educativo más completo y actualizado del mercado. Sus características más destacadas son:
- El desarrollo de casos prácticos presentados por expertos en Arquitectura y Diseño de Infraestructuras Verdes Sostenibles
- Los contenidos gráficos, esquemáticos y eminentemente prácticos con los que está concebido recogen una información práctica sobre aquellas disciplinas indispensables para el ejercicio profesional
- Los ejercicios prácticos donde realizar el proceso de autoevaluación para mejorar el aprendizaje
- Su especial hincapié en metodologías innovadoras
- Las lecciones teóricas, preguntas al experto, foros de discusión de temas controvertidos y trabajos de reflexión individual
- La disponibilidad de acceso a los contenidos desde cualquier dispositivo fijo o portátil con conexión a internet
Encontrarás una gran cantidad de material multimedia disponible en el Campus Virtual, dándote el contexto necesario para poner en práctica la metodología de trabajo que adquirirás a lo largo del programa”
El programa incluye, en su cuadro docente, a profesionales del sector que vierten en esta capacitación la experiencia de su trabajo, además de reconocidos especialistas de sociedades de referencia y universidades de prestigio.
Su contenido multimedia, elaborado con la última tecnología educativa, permitirá al profesional un aprendizaje situado y contextual, es decir, un entorno simulado que proporcionará una capacitación inmersiva programada para entrenarse ante situaciones reales.
El diseño de este programa se centra en el Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas, mediante el cual el profesional deberá tratar de resolver las distintas situaciones de práctica profesional que se le planteen a lo largo del curso académico. Para ello, contará con la ayuda de un novedoso sistema de vídeo interactivo realizado por reconocidos expertos.
Podrás repasar y estudiar todos los contenidos desde incluso tu propio smartphone, pudiéndote repartir la carga lectiva según tus intereses"
Decidirás cuando, donde y como estudiar todo el temario, apoyándote en resúmenes interactivos y vídeos en detalle"
Syllabus
Instead of simply presenting the contents in a linear fashion and expecting students to memorize them, TECH encourages the active participation of students in the learning process through a multitude of self-assessment exercises, activities and analysis of real cases. In this way, thanks to Relearning, a much more enjoyable and comprehensive academic experience is achieved, without the need to invest excessive hours of study to assimilate the entire syllabus.
You will have a multimedia library full of videos in detail, created by the teachers themselves, to go deeper into the topics of greatest interest"
Module 1. Technical planning of urban trees
1.1. Diagnosis of the city's trees
1.1.1. Current State
1.1.2. Inventory
1.1.3. Alignment or street trees
1.1.4. Park trees
1.1.5. Management System
1.2. Elaboration of a Tree Master Plan
1.2.1. Target image
1.2.2. Management guidelines
1.2.3. Implementation and monitoring plans
1.3. Ornamental Tree Assessment
1.3.1. Valuation of trees
1.3.2. Valuation of palm trees
1.3.3. The norms for the valuation of ornamental trees
1.3.4. Incorporation of ecosystem services
1.4. Management of trees in urban works and infrastructures
1.4.1. From the nursery to the construction site
1.4.2. Pruning and felling on site
1.4.3. Transplants
1.4.4. Plantations
1.5. Diservices caused by urban trees
1.5.1. Nuisance fruit
1.5.2. Sidewalk breakage due to roots
1.5.3. Falling branches
1.5.4. Allergenicity
1.5.5. Attraction of unwanted fauna
1.6. Benefits and ecosystem services of woodlands
1.6.1. Support or provisioning
1.6.2. Regulation of pollution, noise, heat island effect and flood protection
1.6.3. Cultural, health and leisure
1.7. Topiary pruning or ornamental pruning. Risk of failure
1.7.1. Ornamental Pruning
1.7.2. The Pruning Process
1.7.3. Risk of breakage and its management
1.8. Management guidelines
1.8.1. Management plans
1.8.2. Adaptation to the SDGs
1.8.3. Implementation plans
1.9. Species selection tool
1.9.1. Monitoring of species adapted to climate change
1.9.2. Design of a selection matrix
1.9.3. Design of the calculation tool
1.10. Monitoring and follow-up
1.10.1. Creation of information and management scorecard
1.10.2. Panel of indicators or KPIs to be monitored
1.10.3. Communication and follow-up by the company
Module 2. Natural capital in urban infrastructures
2.1. Biodiversity. New global framework
2.1.1. Theory of change of the global framework
2.1.2. The new global framework for biodiversity. Implications
2.1.3. New European regulatory framework
2.2. Natural Capital. New economic and management paradigm
2.2.1. Natural Capital. New Paradigm of Economics and Management
2.2.2. Natural Capital. Components
2.2.3. Ecosystem services
2.3. Natural Capital. Scope
2.3.1. Natural capital in urban infrastructures. Pre-existing framework specific to each country
2.3.2. Components of natural capital in urban infrastructure
2.3.3. Definition of Objectives
2.3.4. Identification of Scope
2.4. Natural Capital Impacts and Dependencies
2.4.1. Materiality. Concept and variables
2.4.2. Impacts on natural capital
2.4.3. Dependencies of natural capital
2.5. Bases for measuring Natural Capital
2.5.1. Measurement of natural assets
2.5.2. Indicators for measuring natural assets. Extension
2.5.3. Indicators for measuring natural assets. Condition
2.6. Integration of Natural Capital valuation
2.6.1. Measurement of urban ecosystem services
2.6.2. Indicators of urban ecosystem services
2.6.3. Economic valuation of urban ecosystem services
2.7. Natural Capital Accounting
2.7.1. The natural capital accounting framework
2.7.2. Natural capital accounting in urban infrastructure
2.7.3. Success Stories
2.8. Nature-Based Solutions from a Natural Capital Perspective
2.8.1. Nature-Based Solutions. Features
2.8.2. Standardization of nature-based solutions
2.8.3. SbN from the natural capital prism
2.9. Natural Capital in Urban Infrastructure Management. Integration Models
2.9.1. Management models based on ecosystem services
2.9.2. Financing models based on Natural Capital
2.9.3. Natural Capital. Management implications
2.10. Opportunities based on Natural Capital
2.10.1. Measuring economic impact
2.10.2. Business models based on natural capital
2.10.3. Economic impact of business models
Module 3. Measuring, quantifying, valuing and mapping ecosystem services
3.1. Tools for modeling, identification and valuation of the Ecosystem Services of urban and peri-urban green infrastructure
3.1.1. Artificial intelligence linked to the study of Ecosystem Services (ESS)
3.1.2. Field data collection
3.1.3. Data Processing
3.1.4. Modeling of results
3.2. InVEST for the Valuation and Spatial Analysis of Ecosystem Services
3.2.1. Habitat Quality
3.2.2. Edge Effect of Carbon Storage in the Urban Forest
3.2.3. Annual Water Contribution to the system
3.2.4. Seasonal Water Supply to the system
3.2.5. Nutrient Discharge Rate
3.2.6. Sediment Delivery Rate
3.2.7. Visitation: Recreation and Tourism
3.3. TESSA for assessing ecosystem services at the scale of an area
3.3.1. Coastal protection
3.3.2. Cultivated assets
3.3.3. Cultural Services
3.3.4. Global climate regulation
3.3.5. Harvested wild goods
3.3.6. Nature-based recreation
3.3.7. Pollination
3.3.8. Water. Provision, quality and flood control
3.4. SolVES (Social Values for Ecosystem Services) as a tool for mapping ecosystem services
3.4.1. Assessing, mapping and quantifying the perceived social values of ecosystem services
3.4.2. Integration into GIS
3.4.3. Open source developed for QGIS
3.5. ARIES (Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Sevices). Artificial Intelligence applied to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Ecosystem Services
3.5.1. Spatial data and GIS for visualizing input and output maps
3.5.2. Equations and lookup tables
3.5.3. Probabilistic Models
3.5.4. Process-Based Models
3.5.5. Agent-based models, which represent ecological and social agents in a dynamic and interdependent way
3.6. i-Tree Suite of software tools for the assessment, diagnosis and inventory of the urban forest and its ESSs
3.6.1. i-Tree Canopy
3.6.2. i-Tree ECO
3.6.3. i-Tree My tree
3.6.4. i-Tree Landscape
3.6.5. i-Tree Design
3.7. Modeling using i-Tree Canopy applied to the diagnosis of the Green Infrastructure
3.7.1. Monte Carlo Method
3.7.2. Study sizing
3.7.3. Identification of the studied spaces
3.7.4. Pollutants absorbed
3.7.5. Carbon sink
3.7.6. Runoff avoided
3.8. Modeling using i-Tree Eco applied to urban forest inventory and management
3.8.1. Study sizing
3.8.2. Complete inventories
3.8.3. Inventories by parcels
3.8.4. Field data collection
3.8.5. Ecosystem study
3.8.6. Valuation of Ecosystem Services (SSEE)
3.8.7. Future projection
3.9. Green Infrastructure management based on the results obtained through the quantification of Ecosystem Services (SSEE)
3.9.1. Ecosystem-based governance
3.9.2. Green infrastructure strategy development
3.9.3. Modeling of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) policies
3.10. GIS Systems and Cartography applied to Ecosystem Services (ESS)
3.10.1. Functioning of a GIS
3.10.2. Techniques used in geographic information systems
3.10.3. Data creation
3.10.4. Data Representation
3.10.4.1. Raster
3.10.4.2. Vectorial
3.10.5. Raster and vector models
3.10.6. Non-spatial data
3.10.7. Data capture
3.10.8. Conversion of raster-vector data
3.10.9. Projections, Coordinate Systems and Reprojection
3.10.10. Spatial analysis using GIS
3.10.11. Topological model
3.10.12. Networks
3.10.13. Map overlay
3.10.14. Automated mapping
3.10.14.1. Geostatistics
3.10.14.2. Geocoding
3.10.15. GIS Software
3.10.16. Comparison of GIS software
Each topic includes multiple supplementary readings and additional material so that you can delve deeper into those that interest you the most."
Postgraduate Diploma in Natural Capital in Urban Infrastructures
Are you ready to master the world of urban infrastructure from the comfort of your home? Get ready for a fascinating journey into the knowledge of Natural Capital in Urban Infrastructures! TECH Global University, through its School of Engineering, offers you a Postgraduate Diploma in an online modality, designed especially for those who seek to excel in this strategic and constantly evolving field. Imagine acquiring skills that will make you a recognized expert in the sustainable use of natural resources in cities. Would you like to understand how urban infrastructure can coexist harmoniously with the natural environment? Would you like to learn how to develop innovative projects that conserve and enhance natural capital? For six months, you will immerse your mind in a cutting-edge program, guided by a team of highly qualified faculty who are passionate about sharing their knowledge with you. Not only will you gain the necessary theoretical knowledge, but you'll also face practical challenges, applying your newly acquired skills in real projects.
You'll also learn how to apply your newly acquired skills to real projects.
Become an expert in Natural Capital in Urban Infrastructures
At the end of the Postgraduate Certificate, you will receive an internationally recognized certificate, endorsed by TECH Global University, which will open doors to new job opportunities and position you as a leader in the planning and management of natural capital in urban infrastructures. This distinction will allow you to stand out in the competitive job market, demonstrating your commitment to sustainability and responsible city development. In the program, you will explore key topics such as natural capital assessment, resilient infrastructure design, environmental risk management and the implementation of sustainable urban development strategies. You will learn how to integrate innovative solutions that improve the quality of life of citizens and promote the conservation of natural resources. Studying at TECH Global University is a unique opportunity to specialize with academic excellence and have an enviable network of contacts in the professional field. Are you ready to immerse yourself in an interactive online environment, where you can share ideas and experiences with peers from all over the world?