Summary: Making Cities Healthy, Green, and Sustainable - AQ Winter 2014 Launch
Summary: Making Cities Healthy, Green, and Sustainable - AQ Winter 2014 Launch
With over 80 percent of the population living in cities, the Western Hemisphere is facing challenges of rapid urbanization, pollution, and climate change.
Opening Remarks:
- Gustavo Arnavat, United States Executive Director, Inter-American Development Bank
Panelists:
- Tim Docking, Lead, Emerging Markets Funding Group, IBM Public Sector
- Abha Joshi-Ghani, Director for Knowledge Exchange and Learning (WBIKL), World Bank Institute
- Ellis Juan, General Coordinator, Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative, Inter-American Development Bank
- Michael Sorkin, Director, Graduate Program in Urban Design, City College of New York
- Christopher Sabatini, Editor in Chief, Americas Quarterly; Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (Moderator)
Summary
On February 26, the Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and AS/COA launched the Winter 2014 issue of Americas Quarterly entitled “Our Cities, Our Future.” With over 80 percent of the population living in cities, the Western Hemisphere is facing the challenges of rapid urbanization, pollution, and climate change. Panelists assessed a key question: what are cities doing to adapt to climate change, improve livability, and become more socially integrated?
