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" 'It's an absolute fact that parks have to be reinvented' as society changes, [Michael Van Valkenburgh] said."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-maggie-daley-park-kamin-met-0724-20140726,0,6860360.column?page=1

Architect brings fresh spin to Maggie Daley Park Strolling through Maggie Daley Park, stubble on his face and a yellow hard hat covering his graying red hair, Michael Van Valkenburgh paused before the contours of an undulating ice skating loop that will weave through a stand of evergreens.

"The United Nations this week released its estimates of population in the largest cities — or “urban agglomerations” as the organization calls them because the areas do not necessarily conform to city boundaries — and found that just eight of the 30 largest cities were in countries that the World Bank defines as high income."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/business/for-biggest-cities-of-2030-look-toward-the-tropics.html

For Biggest Cities of 2030, Look Toward the Tropics A report by the United Nations predicts that only four of the 30 largest cities — New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Osaka, Japan — will be in high-income nations in 16 years.

"What can our oceans, our deserts, our forests—and the ways with which we use them and connect them—tell us about the urban condition?"

The Field Formerly Known as Urban Studies How Harvard’s Neil Brenner and the Urban Theory Lab are Changing the Urban Game.MAY 2014

"'I’m not a designer,' said Bélanger. 'I’m an un-designer.'"

The urban ocean A new course on how oceans are “urbanizing” underscores a decade-long Harvard theme: that cities have to cope with the multiple challenges of water — of there being too much or too little.

A Penny White Presentation by Krishna Matturi. April 16, 2014.

Just a reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, April 16 at 1:15 Krishna Matturi will be presenting his Penny White research on waste in the Maldives in Room 111, please stop by for a dose of his exciting fieldwork.

Please join LandGSD and Krishna Matturi this Wednesday, April 16 at 1:15 pm in Room 111 Gund Hall for a presentation of his Penny White research: "Waste Dystopia: A Critical Narrative of the Maldives."

When / Where:
1:15 - 2:15, Wednesday, April 16
Room 111, Gund Hall

Event Description:
The intensifying extreme weather events and sea level rise triggered by climate change pose a major threat to the existence of the Maldives. However, of more imminent concern is the reclamation of land using trash due to the extreme scarcity of it. Policies and programs directed towards addressing the issue of solid waste management in the Maldives have so far yielded mixed results. A design methodology is used to redefine the question of waste, thereby offering a comprehensive critical analysis of waste in the island nation. The study investigates socio-cultural, ecological and political contexts and their significance in the country going beyond the usual parameters of collection, recycling, and waste to larger material flows and geo-politics. Finally, the study offers a strategic methodology to address the compounding issue of waste in the Maldives, and beyond.

Sponsors:
Penny White Fund, The South Asia Institute, LandGSD

http://cargocollective.com/LandGSD/EVENTS

Critical Conversations: Beyond the GSD, Lecture #3, by Kees Lokman. April 8, 2014.

LandGSD is very excited to announce "Contested Terrain: In Search of Niagara," a lecture by Kees Lokman this Monday, April 7th from 1:00 - 2:00 in Room 124, Gund Hall. Kees Lokman is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and 2012 graduate of the MDesS urbanism, landscape, ecology concentration.

This is the third and final lecture in our "Critical Conversations: Beyond the GSD" series that invites recent graduates of the Advanced Studies Program to return and discuss the evolution of their thesis research in the years following graduation.

For more information:

http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/ #/events/landgsd-lecture-contested-terrain-in-search-of-niagara.html

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Critical Conversations: Beyond the GSD, Lecture #2, by Aneesha Dharwadker. March 6, 2014.

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to Aneesha Dharwadker's lecture "City of Edges: A History of Spatial Paradigms in Delhi" this afternoon. Thank you also to IndiaGSD and Shaheen for making it an especially memorable experience.