Conveners
RT_04 RADICAL ALTERNATIVES TO CLIMATE URBANISM: TOWARDS SOCIALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY JUST CITIES
- Julian Agyeman (Department Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, USA)
- Ethemcan Turhan (University of Groningen)
Dr
Julian Agyeman
(Department Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, USA), Dr
Ethemcan Turhan
(Department of Spatial Planning and Environment, University of Groningen), Dr
Neelakshi Joshi
(Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden)
10/07/2025, 09:00
RT 04 | Radical alternatives to climate urbanism: towards socially and ecologically just cities
Oral
Cities are critical sites for developing responses to climate change. However, popular climate change solutions in the city have not been successful in radically transforming the urban system. Celebrated climate change mitigations solutions like high-tech low-carbon buildings, electro-mobility and renewable energy remain materially intensive as well as socially exclusive. Similarly, adaptation...
