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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! 
This course provides you with an introduction to integrated sanitation planning, both on a citywide scale and for specific contexts such as informal settlements. You will become familiar with different sanitation planning frameworks as well as different systems and technologies relevant along the sanitation value chain. You will learn why systems’ thinking is crucial for urban environmental sanitation, and how to apply key terminology and important concepts. 

INSTRUCTION Eawag-Sandec and EPFL jointly offer this course with support from sanitation experts of the World Bank and WHO. 

LANGUAGES We simultaneously offer this course in English and French. The name of the French course is « Planification & Design des Systèmes et Technologies d’Assainissement ». 

MOOC SERIES This course is one of four in the series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development".

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Nivel intermedio

Aprox. 17 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

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Prueba Coursera para negocios

Habilidades que obtendrás

Urban Planning
Environmental Protection
Engineering Design
Wastewater Engineering

Fechas límite flexibles

Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.

Certificado para compartir

Obtén un certificado al finalizar

100 % en línea

Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.

Nivel intermedio

Aprox. 17 horas para completar

Inglés (English)

¿Podría tu empresa beneficiarse de la capacitación de los empleados en las habilidades más demandadas?

Prueba Coursera para negocios

Instructor

Calificación del instructor

4,65/5 (179 calificaciones)

Christoph Lüthi

Dr.

Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development / Eawag

42.912 alumnos

3 cursos

Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Calificación del contenido99%(7,047 calificaciones)

Semana

1

Semana 1

6 horas para completar

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 horas para completar

18 videos (Total 123 minutos), 10 lecturas

18 videos

Trailer3m

1.1 Overview of the course5m

1.2 City Sanitation Planning (Guest lecture)12m

1.3a City-wide sanitation diagnostic tools and planning frameworks [1] (Guest lecture)7m

1.3b City-wide sanitation diagnostic tools and planning frameworks [2] (Guest lecture)11m

1.4 Local Level Sanitation Planning [1]8m

1.5 Local Level Sanitation Planning [2]4m

1.6 Local Level Sanitation Planning [3]10m

1.7 Summary Week 13m

1.8 Spotlight video - Advancements in and Integration of Water, Sanitation and Solid Waste2m

1.9 Spotlight video - A Sanitation Journey 3m

1.10 Introduction to CWIS10m

1.9 Case study: Towards CWIS - Kampala, Uganda5m

1.10 Case study: Towards CWIS - Lusaka, Zambia5m

1.11 Case study: Towards CWIS - Kathmandu, Nepal5m

1.12 Case study: Towards CWIS - Dhaka, Bangladesh5m

1.13 Case study: Towards CWIS - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire5m

1.14 SDG Baselines - Sanitation Services12m

10 lecturas

Important information to succeed in this course15m

Key and further readings10m

Connect with your peers5m

Hands-On Challenge I - Sanitation planning in YOUR community2h

Sanitation 21 – City wide sanitation planning approach1h

CLUES – Community-Led Urban Environmental Sanitation10m

How to give feedback to the course team?5m

Slides Week 110m

What is a bonus module?10m

About Citywide Inclusive Sanitation10m

Semana

2

Semana 2

4 horas para completar

Sanitation systems & technologies

4 horas para completar

11 videos (Total 99 minutos), 3 lecturas

11 videos

2.1 Introduction to the Compendium2m

2.2 Sanitation Products9m

2.3 Functional Groups6m

2.4 User Interface Technologies16m

2.5 Collection and Storage/Treatment - Single Pit Technologies9m

2.6 Collection and Storage/Treatment - Double Pit Technologies12m

2.7 Collection and Storage/Treatment - Anaerobic Technologies8m

2.8 Conveyance - Container-based Technologies9m

2.9 Conveyance - Sewer-based Technologies6m

2.9b Conveyance - Condominial Sewerage Systems14m

2.10 Summary Week 22m

3 lecturas

Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies10m

Hands-On Challenge II – Let’s get visual: Draw YOUR sanitation reality2h

Slides Week 210m

Semana

3

Semana 3

3 horas para completar

Sanitation systems & technologies

3 horas para completar

12 videos (Total 86 minutos), 1 lectura, 1 cuestionario

12 videos

3.1 [Semi] Centralized Treatment - Treatment stages6m

3.2 [Semi] Centralized Treatment - Anaerobic Technologies11m

3.3 [Semi] Centralized Treatment - Aerobic Technologies12m

3.4 [Semi] Centralized Treatment - Technologies for Sludge Treatment9m

3.5 Use and/or Disposal - Agricultural Use as Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner7m

3.6 Use and/or Disposal - Effluent and other Products8m

3.7 Emerging Sanitation Technologies2m

3.8 Introduction to Sanitation Systems11m

3.9 Waterless Pit-based Systems5m

3.10 Decentralized Water-based Systems5m

3.11 Black Water Transport Systems4m

3.12 Summary Week 31m

1 lectura

Slides Week 310m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Quiz1h

Semana

4

Semana 4

2 horas para completar

Urban sanitation solutions - Case studies

2 horas para completar

6 videos (Total 65 minutos), 2 lecturas

6 videos

4.1 Case study Nala, Nepal - Implementing CLUES14m

4.2a Case study Erdos, China - an eco-town pilot project [1]9m

4.2b Case study Erdos, China - an eco-town pilot project [2]5m

4.3a Case study Indonesia - How Sanitation in Indonesia was transformed [1]10m

4.3b Case study Indonesia - How Sanitation in Indonesia was transformed [2]12m

4.4 Case study Lusaka, Zambia - Sanitation service delivery through faecal sludge management12m

2 lecturas

How to join the global sanitation community?10m

Slides Week 410m

Reseñas

4.8

300 reseña

5 stars
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4 stars
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3 stars
1,42 %
1 star
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Principales reseñas sobre PLANNING & DESIGN OF SANITATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

por JB3 de nov. de 2016

The course is Really helpful me to improve my Knowledge about Sanitation Systems. As faculty is good and creating interest in the Subject by case studies and different sketches.

por MT4 de dic. de 2016

Provides very informative and complete information on the planning and design of sanitation systems.

A very good guide when doing planning and design.

por RS31 de dic. de 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.

por AA16 de may. de 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.

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Planning & Design of Sanitation Systems and Technologies