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- BRAC University, Dhaka (BRAC Development Institute, Department of Architecture); University of Manchester (Brooks World Poverty Institute, Bruntwood Initiative for Sustainable Cities, Manchester Architecture Research Centre Global Urban Research Centre)
| Dates: | January 28-28, 2009 |
| Description: | International Conference "Climate Change and Urban Poverty - Infrastructures of Development" |
| Location: | Dhaka, BRAC Centre Auditorium, Bangladesh |
| Subject: | Key note speakers and conference participants will present papers examining different means of adapting to the multiple consequences of climate change for the urban poor. Themes thus may include, but arent limited to, the nexus between climate change, urban poverty and: - Health, water and sanitation - The built environment, including housing and transport infrastructure - Urban governance - Urban social movements - Rural-to-urban migration and environmental refugees - Urban livelihoods - Finance for urban adaptation [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] |
| JEL Code: | R |
| URL: | http://www.bwpi.manchester.ac.uk/events/conferences/index.html |