URBAN RESILIENCE - addressing risk and uncertainty in rapidly growing cities in the developing world

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• Tony Lloyd Jones, Architect-planner, Development Practitioner, Reader and Course Director of Westminster’s International Planning and Sustainable Development Masters programme, Director of Research and Consultancy at the Max Lock Centre
• Wednesday 24 April 2013, 13:15-14:15
• First-floor Classroom, Department of Architecture.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Mingfei Ma.

Heightened concerns about the risks associated with climate change and rapid and often uncontrolled urbanisation are concentrating international attention on the issue of urban ‘resilience’. What does this term mean, where has it come from and why has it becomes the current ‘buzz word’ in the sustainable cities discourse? With reference to examples from Sub Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America, this talk will explore the implications of the emerging urban resilience agenda for city planning, building and urban design, and how we deal with risk and uncertainty, as it particularly affects rapidly growing cities in the developing world.

This talk is part of the Martin Centre Research Seminar Series - 43rd Annual Series of Lunchtime Lectures series.

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