Event Details
You are invited to attend capstone presentations from students in GEOG/ENVI 478: The political economy of urban sustainability. All are welcome to attend these public presentations. The presentations will take place in the Harmon Room of the Library, from 3-4:30 pm. Please note the order of presentations. Each person will present for 12 minutes and respond to questions for five minutes following the presentation. Day 1: December 1 Charlie Bonham - Impactful Food Equity councils for Urban farming: Chicago Case Study Maxime Khundadze - Sustainability Implications of Housing Density and Poverty Rebecca Driker-Ohren - Un-damming the Future: Measuring Social Sustainability through Public Engagement Sami Banat - Radical Sustainability: Environment, Infrastructure, and Justice in Beirut's Palestinian Refugee Camps Day 2: December 6 Julia Chamberland - Navigating Land-Use Conflicts: A Case Study of Rice Street Gardens Tala Tabishat - The True Potential of Urban Gardens as Nature-Based Solutions for a Resilient Future Jonah Wexler - "Cutting Neighborhoods With Scissors": A Discussion on Public School Boundaries in Broward County, FL Milosz Fernandez-Kepka - Sports Mega Events and Sustainable Development: The Legacy of Olympic Villages in Vancouver, London, Sochi and Rio de Janeiro. Silas Southworth - Community Land Trusts; Scaling Up Affordable Housing in Minneapolis Day 3: December 8 Pippa Gallagher - Lessons of Sustainable Architecture in Scandinavia Seth Buikema - Navigating TOD: Public Engagement and Densification Lily Lorenzen - Building a Resilient Water Future: Lessons from Cape Town’s “Day Zero” Sam Brainin - Preservation and Prevention: The Effects of Hydraulics on Flood and Pollution Mitigation in Buenos Aires, Argentina Corgan Archuleta - Is Daylighting just Sustainable? Realizing Just Sustainabilities at Phalen Creek
