Past Events

Co-sponsored by the Center of Latin American Studies Co-organized by the Department of City and Regional Planning and the Latin American Cities Working Group   Much of our understanding of local economic development is based on large urban agglomerations as nodes of innovation and competitive advantage, connecting territories to global value chains. However, this framework […]

Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Political Science   Two aspects of contemporary urban life in Africa are often described as sources of political change: the emergence of a large urban middle class and high levels of ethnic diversity and inter-ethnic social contact. Many expect that these factors will spark a transition away from ethnic competition […]

Co-sponsored by The Urban Displacement Project and Center for Latin American Studies Photo: CIPUV’s Atlas of Urban Growth In most Argentina’s cities, wealth and opportunities coexist with urban informality, poor housing quality and lack of basic infrastructure, traffic congestion, inequality and segregation. In all, land and urban policies are two main determinants. Still, there is less […]

Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Air pollution is the leading global environmental risk for premature death and a persistent cause of health disparities in US cities. Future choices about energy and transportation will have profound impacts on how the levels and spatial patterns of air pollution evolve. Yet widespread gaps in […]

March 14, 2018 marks the assassination of black lesbian councilwoman Marielle Franco right after she left an event in Rio de Janeiro focused on black women’s empowerment. Every 23 minutes, a black youth is killed in Brazil, and Marielle born and raised in the Maré favelas, had spent much of her political life making this […]

Co-sponsored by the Global Metropolitan Studies program and the Department of Geography

In this talk, Eduardo Marques explores the heterogeneity of urban capital and assesses its role in the production of urban space and urban policy.  He dialogues critically with a broad literature (especially Marxist and political economy perspectives) to specify the various subtypes of urban capital, their cycles of valorization, and their relationships with the State and with […]

Session August 20 9:00 am – 12:30 pm in 458 Evans Hall & 12:30 – 5:00 pm in 117 Dwinelle Hall (Level D). Session August 21 9:00 am – 5:00 pm in 117 Dwinelle Hall (Level D)   The Global Metropolitan Studies Program and the Division of Data Science are pleased to sponsor a workshop […]

In this talk I will present an overview of my recently published book, Hydraulic City. Drawing attention to the ways in which settlers in Mumbai establish access to water in the city, I begin by showing that urban citizenship is not an event in linear time, but a fickle, distributed and reversible process. Next, I […]

Please join us for the 2018 Martin Wachs Lecture, “Smart Cities: The Future of Urban Infrastructure.” The panel will be cosponsored by the Department of City and Regional Planning, the Institute of Transportation Studies, and the Global Metropolitan Studies program. The panel will include: Ryan Russo (NYCDOT), Tom Maguire (SFMTA), Maria Mehranian (Cordoba Corporation), Susan Shaeen […]