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Villes africaines I: Introduction à la planification urbaine (Coursera)

Offered by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,

Le cours permet d'apprendre les bases de la planification urbaine à travers ses dimensions techniques, environnementales, sociales, économiques et symboliques. Le cours parle uniquement des villes africaines et même si celles-ci ont valeurs d'exemple pour les ville du Sud, voire toutes les villes, nous nous efforçons à remettre les problématiques dans un contexte africain.

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Syllabus

WEEK 1
Urbanisation en Afrique
Un état des lieux de l'urbanisation en Afrique et dans le Monde. Quels sont le grands défis, les grands enjeux? Première approche de la planification urbaine

WEEK 2
Introduction à la planification et à la ville africaine, seconde partie
Suite de la première semaine, nous continuons à explorer les villes africaines par leurs enjeux, les défis qu'elles représentent et les modèles d'urbanisation dont elles sont issues

WEEK 3
Les thématiques urbaines
L'aménagement urbain reposent sur des outils pour ordonner des transports, des équipements, des espaces et des logements. De là découlent des formes urbaines à canaliser.

WEEK 4
Le fonctionnement urbain
Apprendre à réaliser des lotissements pas à pas.

WEEK 5
La planification et ses outils
La ville se finance, elle demande des ressources qui s'obtiennent par des biais divers.

WEEK 6
Le futur des villes ou comment planifier
Faire face au défi climatique qui change nos manières de faire la ville.

WEEK 7
Les outils et les méthodes
Gouverner la ville africaine d'aujourd'hui.

WEEK 8
Les actions de l'urbanisme opérationnel: les lotissements
Les quartiers les plus importants des villes africaines actuelles sont les lotissements, nous y consacrons une semaine entière.

WEEK 9
Les actions de l'urbanisme opérationnel: la restructuration et les projets urbains
Cette semaine nous plongeons au coeur des quartiers précaires en essayant d'en comprendre le rôle dans la ville

WEEK 10
Les coûts et les financements des villes
Financement de la ville, adressage et cadastre

WEEK 11
Gouvernance: quels partenariats?
Une première partie de méthode et une seconde partie sur la gouvernance urbaine

WEEK 12
Conclusions
Mesurer l'impact réel de la planification sur le fonctionnement urbain ; Synthèse et rappels, conclusions.

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