1. UN Sustainability Initiatives
   a. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
   b. Inner Development Goals (IDGs)
2. ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance)
   a. ESG Initiatives and Reporting
   b. ESG indicators
   c. Case studies and practical applications
3. Environmental instruments and regulations
   a. General principles and basic framework
   b. Industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)
   c. Major accidents involving dangerous chemicals
   d. European Emissions Trading (CELE)
   e. Environmental Responsibility
   f. Dangerous substances and mixtures (REACH and CLP)
   g. Case studies and practical applications
4. Sustainable Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
   a. Strategies for sustainable purchasing
   b. Criteria for evaluating suppliers and products
   c. Case studies and practical applications

1. Territorial Planning, global challenges, and sustainable development goals.
2. System and Instruments of Territorial Management.
3. Biophysical structure of the territory, green infrastructure, and ecosystem services. Territorial and environmental metrics.
4. Urban morphology.
5. City and public space metrics.
6. Programming of facilities and infrastructure.
7. Urban mobility and accessibility.
8. New urban challenges: urbanism and adaptation to climate change; industrial cycles; waterfronts.
9. Recovery and rehabilitation of territories under pressure, including coastal zones, watersheds, natural areas, degraded urban areas, illegal settlements, industrial, and post-industrial areas.
10. Integration and synthesis: Territorial systems; Governance; decision-making scales; conflicts and interest reconciliation; resilient territories.

1. Introduction to natural resource management: classification and importance, management principles and adaptive management of natural resources;
2. Water: pressures and challenges; ecosystem services associated with water; water efficiency; integrated water resources planning and management; nature-based solutions; drought and flood management;
3. Soils: use and planning; degradation and compaction; monitoring; EU soil strategy for 2030; soil as a solution to global challenges;
4. Mineral resources and raw materials: extraction and sustainable use; supply chains; alternatives and substitutes;
5. Air: fundamentals of air quality; management tools and air quality management strategies;
6. Biodiversity: threats to biodiversity; ecosystem services associated with biodiversity; biodiversity management and conservation policies.

1. Concepts of climate change: global panorama of climate change; concepts of adaptation and mitigation; international targets and commitments.
2. Strategies for climate change mitigation: urban and industrial decarbonisation; emission reduction technologies; blue and green infrastructure; low carbon industry.
3. Adaptation to climate change: assessment of vulnerability and climate risks; development of adaptive solutions; technologies to increase resilience; adaptation in industrial settings.
4. Policies and regulations for climate transition: climate policy instruments; urban and industrial climate governance; just transition; financing instruments for climate transition; climate action plans at local and regional level.
5. Climate assessment and monitoring tools: modelling and simulation of climate scenarios; future scenarios; climate performance indicators and metrics.

The “Free Elective” unit must be selected from among the curricular units offered across all ESTG degree programmes and made available for this purpose, under the guidance of the higher education institution.

1. Research Methodologies and Bibliographic Research (Workshop)
   1.1 Principles of scientific research methodology
   1.2 Strategies for bibliographic research in scientific and technical databases
   1.3 Identification and evaluation of relevant information sources
2. Bibliographic reference management and Citation standards (Workshops)
   2.1 Reference management tools (e.g., Mendeley)
   2.2 Scientific citation standards (e.g., APA, IEEE) and plagiarism prevention
3. Scientific and technical communication
   3.1 Writing technical reports and scientific articles
   3.2 Techniques for delivering effective oral presentations
4. Emerging Topics in Urban and Industrial Sustainability (Seminars)
   4.1 Trends and innovations in Urban and Industrial Sustainability presented by field experts
   4.2 Critical discussions on challenges and opportunities in sustainability

1. Circular Economy and Sustainability:
   • Review of the principles of the circular economy
   • The relationship between the circular economy and urban and industrial sustainability
2. Circular economy and sustainability in industries and cities
   • Biomimetic models
   • Circular value chains and reverse logistics for industries
   • Urban metabolism and collaborative economy
3. Circular business models
   • Circular supply chains
   • Product life extension
   • Sharing economy
   • The product as a service
4. Case studies of sustainable cities and industries

Water

1. Strategy for water management: Prevention, treatment, and reuse. Integrated systems. Criteria for designing treatment systems.
2. Physical, Chemical, and Biological Treatments: Basis and applications. Case studies analysis.
3. Advanced Treatments: Basis, applications, and relevance in the circular economy.

Waste

1. Waste Management (WM): Principles of WM. Strategic management and circular economy vs. economy of scale.
2. Separation and Processing. Material, organic, and energy recovery: Basis and applications. Final disposal. Case studies analysis.

Gaseous Effluents

1. Prevention and control of air pollutant emissions from industrial activities.
2. Treatment techniques for removing gaseous pollutants and particles: Basis and applications. Disposal and valorization of treatment byproducts within the framework of circular economy. Case studies analysis

1. Introduction to sustainable management tools (SMT): basic concepts, integrated approach to environmental, social and economic dimensions and the role of SMT in promoting sustainability;
2. Environmental performance indicators: definition and type of indicators, calculation and interpretation methods and use of indicators for decision making in companies and cities;
3. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): concept, methodology, practical applications and digital tools for LCA;
4. Sustainability certifications and labels: main certifications and standards, benefits, challenges and criteria for obtaining certifications;
5. Industrial Ecology and Industrial Symbiosis: concept of industrial ecology, principles of industrial symbiosis, case studies and tools for analyzing material and energy flows;
6. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of territorial management instruments: importance of SEA and legal framework and methodological analysis of SEA of territorial management instruments.

1. The Global Energy Transformation
   1.1. Concepts and challenges
   1.2. Energy Policies
2. Solutions for energy supply end efficient consumption
   2.1. Renewable Energy
   2.2. New technologies
   2.3. Efficient use of energy in buildings and industry
   2.4. Energy storage systems
3. Nexus Smart Cities/Industries and energy
   3.1. Tecnological solutions for smart energy usage
   3.2. New mobility forms and their impact
   3.3. Automatic monitoring and control
   3.4. Integration
4. New concepts
   4.1. Flexibility
   4.2. Prosumers
   4.3. Agregation
   4.4. Energy communities
5. Key digital technologies
   5.1. Internet of things
   5.2. Smart sensors

Dissertation in Urban and Industrial Sustainability

Development of dissertations that meet the following characteristics:

• Define a situation or problem within the scope of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Involve the application of knowledge and skills in the field of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Provide opportunities to deepen knowledge and skills in the field of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Present a strong research component in the context of Urban or Industrial Sustainability, integrated into R&D projects from the research units (RU) of IPL and/or external companies/institutions;
• Have a clear individual work component, providing a high degree of autonomy to the student, without prejudice to integration into a team within the RU and/or external entity.

The dissertation work plan must be approved by the legally competent scientific body.

Project in in Urban and Industrial Sustainability

Development of projects that meet the following characteristics:

• Define a situation or problem within the scope of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Involve the application of knowledge and skills in the field of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Provide opportunities to deepen knowledge and skills in the field of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Present a strong practical component in the context of Urban or Industrial Sustainability, integrated into R&D projects from the research units (RU) of IPL and/or external companies/institutions;
• Have a clear individual work component, providing a high degree of autonomy to the student, without prejudice to integration into a team within the RU and/or external entity.

The project work plan must be approved by the legally competent scientific body.

Internship in Urban and Industrial Sustainability

Development of internships that meet the following characteristics:

• Define a situation or problem within the scope of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Involve the application of knowledge and skills in the field of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Provide opportunities to deepen knowledge and skills in the field of Urban or Industrial Sustainability;
• Include a strong practical component in the field of Urban or Industrial Sustainability, to be developed in external companies/institutions, in certain cases, in partnership with the research units of IPL;
• Have a clear individual work component, providing a high degree of autonomy to the student, without prejudice to integration into a team.

The internship work plan must be approved by the legally competent scientific body.