Brown Bag Series: Some Issues About Urbanization in Africa
NYU Kaufman Management Center; room 7-191 44 West 4th Street, New York CityNYU Stern's Urbanization Project presents the Brown Bag Discussion Series!
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Earth Institute Practicum; Science-Based Solutions for Sustainability: Overview of Earth Systems Research Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University Morningside Campus Union Theological Seminary, Room 207As shown in the event description: The Earth Institute and the School of Continuing Education MSSM Practicum present Sean Solomon, Director, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. The…
Handshake 302: Vernacular Geographies of Shenzhen, China
The New School: The Bark Room (Orientation Room), Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 101 2 West 13th Street, New York, NY, United StatesLearn more about the history and space of "urban villages" in Shenzhen, China.
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Paul Romer and Matthew Kahn: Chinese Urbanization and Environmental Quality
NYU Stern School of Business - Abbe-Bogun Faculty Lounge 44 West 4th Street, New York, NY, United StatesRenowned urban and environmental economist Matthew Kahn will sit down with Paul Romer on Wednesday, December 9th, 2015 for another installment of the Conversations on Urbanization series here at NYU. They will take China’s urbanization and the environmental dynamics of Chinese cities as starting points for the conversation.
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Driving Sustainability: Who’s Responsible?
Driving Sustainability will ignite enthusiasm and accelerate solutions to our society’s most pressing environmental concerns such as limited resources, rapid urbanization, and social accountability.
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Gateway Portals to the City: Infrastructure for Sustainable Urbanization
United Nations Headquarters 45th Street 1st Avenu, New York, NY, United StatesThe event organized by the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization will bring together key stakeholders from Governments, UN system and other international organizations, the private sector, and civil society to engage in a dialogue that emphasizes the integrated and cross‐sectoral nature of sustainable infrastructure and portals to the city and its multiple roles in supporting the achievement of the SDGs. All modes of transport portals will be addressed.The meeting will also look at points of entry to the city from the perspective of the New Urban Agenda adopted in Quito in 2016.
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