Urban Ecology: Approaches for Environmental + Social Justice
Urbanization is domesticating our ecosystems. Cities are spatially heterogeneous, complex adaptive systems. Furthermore, contemporary cities tend to be big in size and ecological footprint, fast in growth in population and land, and irregular in landscape configuration. Although the dynamic trajectory of cities can never be controlled, its evolution can be guided toward desirable directions through planning and design that are based on urban ecological knowledge and sustainability approaches.
This presentation is the first of a four-webinar series that intends to provide practical input to current urban challenges. In this series, 16 architects from Baltimore and Rotterdam (The Netherlands), moderated by four international mediators, will, together with the audience, ask and answer the question, “How do architects design spaces for people?”. Each of the four roundtables will dynamically explore designs that value infrastructures, cities, public spaces, communities, and individuals.
Time: 12:00 EST/ 17:00 GMT
