| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 8, 2015 | 11:30AM - 1:00PM | External Event, Room 5026, Fifth Floor, Sidney Smith Hall | University of Toronto | 100 St. George Street |
Urbanization and climate change represent the most dramatic social economic transformations of our time. There is strong agreement among scholars that climate change is a threat to social and economic stability and development but, further, that more effective urban planning to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change can promote sustainable urban fabrics (Simonis 2011; Yuen and Kumsaa 2011). This panel presents reflections and work-in-progress from the Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asia Partnership (UCRSEA) project.
Building Urban Climate Change Resilience in Southeast Asia: Conceptual Framework
Pakamas Thinphanga, Co-Director, Urban Climate Resilience in Southeast Asian Partnership (UCRSEA) and ISET-International
Growth of the Real Estate Sector and its Impact on Sustainability in Khon Kaen City, Thailand
M. Ishtiaq Afridi, Sustainability Management Program, University of Toronto
Conducting Climate Context Analysis in Daiwei, Myanmar
Carli Melo, Department of Geography and Program in Planning, University of Toronto
Learning As We Grow: Lessons about the UCRSEA Network
Joanna Kocsis, UCRSEA Evaluation Specialist; Department of Geography and Program in Planning, University of Toronto
A light lunch will be served. To assist us with catering, please RSVP to ucrsea@gmail.com before Monday, 5 October 2015 and include any food sensitivities or allergies in your RSVP email.
The UCRSEA partnership is designed to communicate knowledge about the impacts of global environmental change to urban residents and to provide impetus for inclusive and equitable urban climate resilience planning. The project seeks to strengthen city-to-city networking and disseminating research on one of the most complex issues facing cities in the 21st century, contributing to knowledge about how to improve the economic performance of cities in ways that are resilient to climate change while also promoting greater social justice. The project is located at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
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