Events
Book Discussion--Beyond Metropolis: The Planning and Governance of Asia's Mega-Urban Regions
May 31, 2005 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
A book discussion with author Aprodicio A. Laquian, University of British Columbia and Jeff Soule, American Planning Association.
Concepts of Immigration and Integration in Urban Areas
May 17, 2005 // 9:30am — 11:30am
Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University and Rhacel Parrenas, University of California Davis.
Separate Cities: Poverty, Growth, and Inequality in Urban Areas
February 18, 2005 // 8:00am — 11:00am
Steven Friedman, Centre for Policy Studies (South Africa); Aprodicio Laquian, University of British Columbia; Caroline Moser, Brookings Institution; Simon Schwartzman, Institute for Studies of Labor and Society (Brazil).
Concepts of Immigration and Integration in Urban Areas
January 28, 2005 // 8:30am — 10:30am
Post-Multiculturalism?David Ley, University of British Columbia.Strange Bedfellows?Performativity, Mixed Households, and the Negotiation of Urban SpaceRichard Wright, Dartmouth College.
Towards a Stable State: Urban Revitilization in the Americas, Quito, Ecuador
December 15, 2004 // 11:00pm
Fernando Carrion, Coordinator of the Program of Urban Studies at FLACSO (Ecuador); Hector Rivera, Sr. of ARD3 (Ecuador); Blair Ruble, Co-Director of the Comparative Urban Studies Project WWICS (USA); Ana Maria Goetschel, of FLACSO (Ecuador); Joseph Subiros, of GAO, Idees i Proyectes (Spain); Xavier Andrade, of The New School University; Paulo Ormindo de Azevedo, Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil); Lisa Hanley and Meg Ruthenburg Woodrow Wilson Center; Alejandra Valdes, Hexagrama Consultores; Hector Rivera, Sr. of ARD3 (Ecuador); Monica Moreira, Secretaría de la Fundación Marcha Blanca por la Seguridad y la Vida; Deputy Mayor Andres Vallejo; FLASCO Academic Sub-director Felipe Burbano de Lara; Joseph S. Tulchin Director of Latin American Program at WWICS; Gabriel Murillo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá-Colombia; Alfredo Rodriguez, SUR Corporación de Estudios Sociales y Educación Chile; Silvia Fajre, Assistant Secretary of Patrimony and Secretary of Culture, Buenos Aires City Government; Diego Carrion, of Municipality of the Metropolitan District of Quito.
The Role of the City in State Stability
September 27, 2004 // 12:00am
Forum on Urban Infrastructure and Public Service Delivery for the Urban Poor -- Event Location: India Habitat Center, NEW DELHI, India
June 24, 2004 // 12:00am
Book Launch - Culture and Public Action
May 20, 2004 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
With Editors Vijayendra Rao, World Bank and Michael Walton, World Bank
Concepts of Immigration and Integration in Urban Areas
April 30, 2004 // 9:30am — 11:30am
Health Crisis: HIV/AIDS in Developing World Cities
February 23, 2004 // 12:00pm — 4:00pm
The Comparative Urban Studies Project and the Environmental Change and Security Project bring together seven practitioners to discuss the status of community-based initiatives to fight HIV/AIDS in developing world cities.