Friday 7/5, 13-15, Global Cities Adapting to Environmental Change (Lecture: Marie Thynell)

The lecture presents some contemporary environmental problems of global cities, including perspectives on global urbanisation, and the ongoing plans and activities aimed to ameliorate the problems with examples from the global city of Jakarta. When the majority of city dwellers aspires to become middle class it puts a pressure on the environment in cities. There is usually a lack of modern infrastructure enabling clean air, clean water, safe and secure mobility and efficient energy. Some examples are presented and discussed.

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Readings:

Marie Thynell. 2018. Urban inequality in a fragile global city. in In Jakarta: Claiming spaces and rights in the city, edited by Hellman, J., Thynell, M and van Voorst, R.(2018). Routledge, Asian Studies., chapter 2, P.40-41. ISBN 978 1 138 08420 9. E-BOOK Available at UB.GU.se.

Christopher Silver. 2018. Waterfront Jakarta: the battle for the future of the metropolis. Chapter 7, P.120-137. in Jakarta Claiming spaces and rights in the city, edited by Hellman, J., Thynell, M and van Voorst, R., eds. (2018). Routledge, Research on Asian Studies. London. ISBN 978 1 138 08420 9. E-BOOK Available at UB.GU.se.

Padawangi, RitaLinks to an external site.; Douglass, MikeLinks to an external site.. 2015. “Water, Water Everywhere: Toward Participatory Solutions to Chronic Urban Flooding” in Jakarta in Pacific AffairsLinks to an external site.; Vancouver Vol. 88, Iss. 3, Links to an external site.pp. 517-550. DOI:10.5509/2015883517. Available in the e-library UB.GU.se.