NYU Abu Dhabi Lecture Series in New York City
Curated by Anne Rademacher
Much is made of the fact that, for the first time in human history, the majority of the world’s population resides in cities. Scholarly work urges a complete re-thinking of ‘the urban’ as an object of study, and urban ecology has assumed primary importance within the ecosystem sciences. Against a backdrop of extraordinary wealth and appalling economic disparities, complex technological feats and massive ecological disasters, scholars and policymakers urgently question the socio-ecological consequences of rapid urbanization, and call for re-thinking and re-inventing contemporary urban settings as more sustainable, ‘livable’ cities.
NYUAD offers a multidisciplinary concentration in The Environment that brings together courses in biology, chemistry, political science, and literature. The program reflects Abu Dhabi’s commitment to becoming a world leader in sustainability and green technologies, an objective NYU also promotes through its Green Grant Projects.
Anne Rademacher is Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU.
Connecting to Abu Dhabi
On November 15, 2009, Rademacher leads a conversation at the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute in Abu Dhabi with NYU professor Tyler Volk on his new book CO2 Rising: The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge (MIT PRess, 2008), a groundbreaking study of CO2's effect on the natural world and the impact of new technologies and energy sources.
More about Rademacher's Abu Dhabi event CO2 Rising
Reconceptualizing Urban Heterogeneity: Consequences for Understanding and Enhancing Ecological Processes to Foster Sustainability
October 14, 2009 | 6:30 PM
Location: Kimmel Center, NYU, 60 Washington Square South, Room 914
Mary Cadenasso Assistant Professor, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California Davis
Challenges of Developing Sustainable Architecture and Design Models in Indian Cities
October 21, 2009 | 6:30 PM
Location: Kimmel Center, NYU, 60 Washington Square South, Room 914
Roshni Udyavar Professor of Architecture; Director, Rachana Sansaad Institute for Architecture Environmental Architecture Program, Mumbai, India
From the Garden to the Garrison: Sustainability and Insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
November 23, 2009 | 6:30 PM
Location: 19 Washington Square North
Greg Beckett Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Fellow, University of Chicago
Fantasies and Fears: Reading Eco-City Development in Shanghai
December 2, 2009 | 6:30 PM
Location: 19 Washington Square North
Julie Sze Associate Professor, American Studies, University of California, Davis; Director, John Muir Institute of the Environment
