Free Lecture: Natural Disturbance and the City
Monday, February 25, 2013, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Part of the Cities in Crisis: Ecological Transformations series of free lectures.
On the one hand, cities can be the epitome of sustainability, reaping the benefits of proximity, efficiency, and innovation. On the other hand, they can be graveyards of dreams and sources of contamination. In Cities In Crisis: Ecological Transformations, six lectures at The Cooper Union, Dr. Steward Pickett, past President of the Ecological Society of America and a plant ecologist with the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, will present an integrated view of cities from an ecological perspective and explore the frontiers of promoting the transformation of a more sustainable urban trajectory.
The topic of this week's lecture is "Natural Disturbance and the City." How common is natural disturbance in the urban context? What is the nature of natural hazard in cities? How does this play out in terms of social and other kinds of vulnerability?
Located in The Great Hall, in the Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues