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Global Intersections Series: "When Corona Virus Meets the City"

Global Intersections Series: "When Corona Virus Meets the City"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies; Center for Global Studies
Date
Feb 9, 2021   12:00 - 1:00 pm  
Speaker
Prof. Saskia Sassen (Columbia University)
Cost
Free
Contact
Yu Chuan Shen
E-Mail
ycshen2@illinois.edu
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Climate migrations are often characterized as moving people from low to higher income countries, or from rural to urban areas (particularly into slums or low-income neighborhoods). However, climate change will endanger cities across the globe. Is this a realistic concern and what impact could it have on migratory flows? What role will cities play in climate migrations (for good or for bad)?

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