Can Cities Survive Climate Change?

Zocalo & the UCLA Luskin Center are presenting on Tuesday October 26, 2010:

"How Will Cities Survive Climate Change?

Matthew Kahn" "Over the next 20 years, hundreds of millions of people will move to cities, demanding the economic opportunities and material comforts of urban life: air conditioning, personal computers, rich diets, cars, cell phones. In 1950, only 30 percent of the world’s population lived in urban areas; by 2030, that figure will rise to 60 percent. While cities have long propelled economic growth and brought prosperity to their residents, how will they fare as populations increase, temperatures rise, natural disasters threaten, and resources grow scarce? UCLA Luskin Scholar and professor at the School of Public AffairsMatthew Kahn, author of Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future, visits Zócalo to explain how we can best prepare for the urban future."

For more information and to RSVP go to: http://zocalopublicsquare.org/upcoming.php?event_id=441