Cooper-Hewitt: Food and Transportation: New Systems Approaches to Transforming Cities Sustainably

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Channel: Cooper Hewitt · 2010 · Education

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By the year 2050, about 80% of the earth's population will reside in urban centers with much less space and resources available to support the current personal automobile, sprawl, and highway infrastructure-focused transportation paradigm. Speakers Dickson Despommier, Dan Albert and Sue Zielinski will present their visions for the future of cities that include models for vertical farming and transportation alternatives.

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