Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Kellogg Center, 15th floor
Contact: For further information regarding this event, please contact Pamela Vreeland by sending email to pjv2@columbia.edu .
Speaker: Carlos Leite, Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sustainable Development and Design consultant; Principal at Stuchi & Leite Projetos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The Earth Institute, the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), the Center for Brazilian Studies, the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), Columbia University, present "Megacity Sustainability Indicators: Formal and Informal Urban Development in the Emerging-Market City of Sao Paolo," with Carlos Leite, Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sustainable Development and Design consultant; Principal at Stuchi & Leite Projetos, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Open to the public.
Professor Leites research covers the various issues related to the problem of Sustainable Megacities with a focus on Sao Paulo, from the formal urban development on this impressive emerging market to the informal context of huge slums. Professor Leite will address Megacity Sustainability Indicators; Formal and informal urban development in the emerging-market city of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
This event is co-sponsored by the Earth Institute's Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Office of Academic & Research Programs, and SIPA's Institute for Latin American Studies.
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Sponsors: Earth Institute