“Transforming the City towards Low-Carbon Resilience” introduces urban design principles that support the transformation of existing cities towards more resilience regarding the impact of climate change. Steffen Lehmann - Professor, University of Portsmouth/Founder of s_Lab Space Laboratory for Architectural Research and Design (Sydney – Berlin), bases the lecture on his research in sustainable cities’ transformation and introduces the compact, mixed-use and walkable city model as the most promising urbanization type.
Urban-LEDS II Newsletter, February 2021
This issue of the Urban-LEDS II Newsletter February 2021 features:
- Successful virtual peer to peer learning for climate action
- City in focus: Recife, Brazil: An example of the fight against climate change
- Urban champion: The Mayor of Envigado, Colombia
- Project synergies: UN-Habitat’s Cities Investment Forum