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SUMMARY:URBAN RESILIENCE - addressing risk and uncertainty in rapidly grow
 ing cities in the developing world   - Tony Lloyd Jones\, Architect-planne
 r\, 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
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CONTACT:Mingfei Ma
DESCRIPTION:Heightened concerns about the risks associated with climate ch
 ange and rapid and often uncontrolled urbanisation are concentrating inter
 national attention on the issue of urban ‘resilience’. What does this 
 term mean\, where has it come from and why has it becomes the current ‘b
 uzz word’ in the sustainable cities discourse? With reference to example
 s from Sub Saharan Africa\, Asia and Latin America\, this talk will explor
 e the implications of the emerging urban resilience agenda for city planni
 ng\, building and urban design\, and how we deal with risk and uncertainty
 \, as it particularly affects rapidly growing cities in the developing wor
 ld.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture
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