Do you want to learn how to plan affordable and context-specific sanitation solutions? Be up-to-date on the newest developments in urban sanitation planning and programming? Get to know best practice examples of urban sanitation systems in low- and middle-income countries? If yes, this course is for you!
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Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies
École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneAbout this Course
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Approx. 17 hours to complete
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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Bengali, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish, Hindi, Swahili
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- Urban Planning
- Environmental Protection
- Engineering Design
- Wastewater Engineering
Flexible deadlines
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Shareable Certificate
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100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Intermediate Level
Approx. 17 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Bengali, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish, Hindi, Swahili
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
Try Coursera for Business
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
6 hours to complete
Introduction to sanitation planning & systems approach
To get started, you will get an overview of why sanitation is important for human health and environmental protection, especially in urban areas. Then, you will learn about what an Enabling Environment is and why it is important. Towards the end of the first week, you will get a taste of some state-of-the-art environmental sanitation planning approaches (Sanitation 21, CLUES, CLTS) that are currently being used in international development work.
6 hours to complete
18 videos (Total 123 min), 10 readings
4 hours to complete
Sanitation systems & technologies
After getting to know different sanitation planning frameworks in the first part of this week, you will learn about the key terminology and concepts used in the systems approach to environmental sanitation. We will also explore why systems thinking is crucial for urban environmental sanitation.
4 hours to complete
11 videos (Total 99 min), 3 readings
3 hours to complete
Sanitation systems & technologies
During week 3, you will dive more deeply into the technical aspects of different sanitation systems, from the simple single pit system to more complex centralised treatment systems. We introduce you to the main treatment processes in detail, highlighting advantages and disadvantages of each.
3 hours to complete
12 videos (Total 86 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Urban sanitation solutions - Case studies
In this week, you will see much of the theory of the last weeks be put to the test. Here, we present you with case studies from Africa and Asia in which different sanitation solutions from neighbourhood to national scale are trialled or already fully established. Do you already feel familiar with all of them? Watch this week’s video collection to find out!
2 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 65 min), 2 readings
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TOP REVIEWS FROM PLANNING & DESIGN OF SANITATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
by SJun 5, 2020
Great course. I loved the use of diagrams and colors to help highlight certain pathways/steps needed to occur. Loved the use of case studies. Very informative. Overall a great course
by AAMay 16, 2020
Studying a new technology with cases studies makes the achievement through the course complete. This course was a complete mixture of relevant case studies, pictorial representation, animation etc.
by TMNov 21, 2016
The modules were reader friendly and very easy to follow. There is no written paper required for this course. All you need to do is watch the presentations and keep on track.
by RSDec 31, 2016
The course is well documented and interesting to learn the intricacies of several sanitation system and its relevant technologies, with several case studies all around the world.
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