MUI Reconfiguring Future Urban Infrastructures Series: Sustainable Infrastructure
| Dates: | 25 February 2021 |
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| Times: | 21:00 - 22:30 |
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| What is it: | Webinar |
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| Organiser: | Manchester Urban Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Cathy Oke, Alana Boland, Kevin Ward, Matti Siemiatycki, Michele Acuto, Nate Millington |
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Reconfiguring Future Urban Infrastructures Webinar Series.
Webinar one: Sustainable Infrastructure
The COVID-19 crisis has put urban infrastructure under the spotlight.
New questions on the ways we build (and build back) infrastructure in cities are now front and centre globally. Faced with a combination of economic, environmental, health and social challenges, cities are learning from each other, experimenting and innovating with strategies in an increasingly uncertain world.
For many, this often involves both working with existing, while also building new, blue, green and grey infrastructure. This often means new roles for city governments, alongside private and third sectors agencies, and the introduction of new platforms and technologies as infrastructure is used by those who govern cities both to project them into the world economy while also being used as part of strategies to address issues of inequalities and social exclusion.
This webinar series brings together speakers from the three universities to discuss the future role of infrastructure in cities.
https://www.mui.manchester.ac.uk/connect/events/reconfiguring-future-urban-infrastructures/
Speakers
Cathy Oke
Role: Enterprise Senior Fellow in Informed Cities
Organisation: University of Melbourne
Alana Boland
Role: Associate Professor Environment and development
Organisation: University of Toronto
Kevin Ward
Role: Professor of Human Geography and Director of the Manchester Urban Institute
Organisation: The University of Manchester
Matti Siemiatycki
Role: Matti Siemiatycki is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography & Planning
Organisation: University of Toronto
Michele Acuto
Role: Professor in Urban Politics
Organisation: University of Melbourne
Nate Millington
Role: Presidential Fellow (Academic) Geography School of Environment, Education and Development
Organisation: The University of Manchester
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