Challenges of Urbanisation and Climate Change on Urban Water
Expertise relating to urban issues is urgently needed wherever human development and threatened ecosystem services are in conflict, such as the provisions of clean water
The Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, in collaboration with UH Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education and UH Open University, is developing a study platform to combine high quality international degree education with continuing education.
Professionals in environmental and planning issues are often confronted with global and local environmental challenges in their work. The University of Helsinki can offer scientifically sound education for you. Advanced e-learning methods are possible to enable the participation of working professionals.
Themes of the education provided can be such as:
- Water protection from an urban point of view
- Water pollution and water protection at the local and city levels
- The role of stakeholders in the field of urban water protection
- Impacts of urbanisation on the quality of soil, air and the entire watershed
- Sources of contaminants
- Aspects of ecotoxicology
- Contamination of soils and stormwater
- Surface and ground water reserves and hydrological cycles
- Impacts of urbanisation on hydrology with special emphasis on the quality and quantity of surface waters
- Basics and specific features of groundwater formation
- Potential risks threatening the quality and quantity of surface and ground waters
- Methods in preventing unwanted alterations in water bodies and reserves
If interested, please contact
Education Export Project Director Olavi Mertanen, olavi.mertanen at helsinki.fi
