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Cities, design and climate change

With cities contributing disproportionatly to global carbon emissions, urban design is increasingly important when planning for climate change. This discussion examines the social, political and economic impacts of creative urban design solutions coming out of the world's cities.

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  • Saskia Sassen

    Saskia Sassen is the Lynd Professor of Sociology and a member of The Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University. She has written extensively on topics such as globalisation and urbanisation.

  • Richard Sennett

    Richard Sennett is professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge, NYU and emeritus professor at LSE.