LIVERPOOL
Schumacher LECTURES
- 8 April 2000
@ St George's Hall
THEME
URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
SPEAKERS
Colin
Ward - The Benign City
Jac Smith - Living
in Urban Space
Herbert Girardet - Cities,
People, Planet
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SUSTAINABILITY-
This century will see the majority of the world's population
living in city spaces. Some will see these as a potentially
dynamic and exciting habitat, others may regard them as alienating
and isolating. Whatever response we have, it is unquestionable
that cities have considerable environmental and cultural impact.
These lectures considered both of these aspects - providing
a celebration of the role of the cities in human development
and an exploration of their effects on the environment. |
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Colin Ward
The Benign City
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Colin Ward is a veteran author of urban issues. He has written
many books, including Tenants Take Over, The child
in the City and Welcome Thinner City. A book of essays
in his honour, Richer Futures edited by Ken Worpole,
was published by Earthscan in 1999.
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Jac
Smit
Living in Urban Space
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Jac Smit is the President of TUAN, The Urban Agriculture
Network based in Washington DC, USA. He has published widely
and is the principle author of the best selling: Urban Agriculture:
Food, Jobs and Sustainable Cities.
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Herbert
Girardet
Cities,
People, Planet
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Herbert
Girardet is a cultural ecologist, author, filmmaker and
chairman of the Schumacher Society. His inspiring work on
the metabolism of the city has achieved critical acclaim and
reached wide audiences through, for example, the TV documentary
Metropolis. Author of amongst other publications, The Gaia
Atlas of Cities.
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TRANSCRIPTS,
TAPES, CDs & VIDEOS
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availability of Transcripts, Tapes, CDs & Videos please
refer to the
Lecture
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