ENV 960b () / 2024-2025
Urban Climate Solutions Capstone: Freetown, Sierra Leone Clinic
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Credits: 3
Spring 2025: Tu, 1:00-3:50, 380 Edwards |
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Application: https://bit.ly/4hwZTI8
The deadline to apply for class is November 7 at noon. Applicants will be notified by November 11.
"Freetown the Treetown" is an ambitious, city-led, "pay-to-grow" scheme to plant, grow and digitally track trees. YSE students will assess strengths and challenges of this innovative economic development model and help evaluate the potential for sustainable financing via carbon markets. YSE students will work with a client, Freetown, Sierra Leone, to bridge cutting edge urban climate science with practice. Using geospatial data and modeling methods, students will evaluate where to plant trees to mitigate heat. Students will develop an understanding of best practices and innovative approaches for cities to increase their climate resilience and mitigate emissions. Students will learn methods of data collection, analysis and community engagement aimed at building equitable urban resilience at neighborhood and city scales.
Limited to 15