Distinguished Lecture Series Jointly sponsored by CIRCLE and REN Co-designing Urban Resilience Dr. Sarah BELL Melbourne Chair in Urban Resilience and Innovation University of Melbourne February21, 2023 8:00 p.m. CDT - 10:00 a.m. Beijing Time via Zoom ABSTRACT: Cities are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of acute shocks, such as extreme heat and intense storms, and chronic stresses, such as economic inequality and poor air quality. Improving the resilience of urban systems and communities is of growing concern to city leaders, businesses and citizens. This is a complex task requiring collaboration between diverse stakeholders and across academic and professional disciplines. Co-designing urban resilience engages those impacted by urban shocks and stresses in decisions about how best to improve resilience. Bottom-Up Infrastructure was a research program based in London 2014-2020 that aimed to improve urban resilience by engaging local communities in infrastructure design and decisions. This lecture will describe the Bottom-Up Infrastructure co-design method as it was developed through case studies of urban drainage, the water-energy-food nexus and air pollution. It will consider the problem of extreme heat in cities and how co-design methods might help to develop sustainable and resilient solutions. Download the poster with the full abstract & speaker biography here >> This lecture is open to the public, so please forward this email to interested individuals. You can register directly for the lecture by clicking below. In case you missed the previous Circle Distinguished Lectures, they are available at the following link: circle.cee.illinois.edu/circle-distinguished-lecture-series |