Dr. Luis Inostroza gave an inspiring lecture at the geographic colloquium at the University of Würzburg on the 23rd of May. His thought provoking talk titled “The urban ecosystem. Can cities be sustainable at all?” postulated that at the beginning of the 21st century, the urban challenge remains more epistemological than operational. We thank Luis for stimulating the critical discourse about the status quo of research towards planetary urbanization.
John Friesen gives a talk at DLR
On the 17th of July, Dr. John Friesen gave a inspiring talk at the seminar of the department "Georisks and Civil Security (GZS)" at the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The talk was titled "Urbanization and infrastructure in the...