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#8. Dr Gordon McGranahan: What Happens When the Cities Flood?

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Dr. Gordon McGranahan is one of the World's leading urban development scientists with a particular specialism in urbanisation. Gordon has worked with the World Bank, the Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Stockholm Environmental Institute, and has published over 200 articles in leading scientific journals.My conversation with Dr. McGranahan covers urbanisation, its history and its future developments with a particular focus on low-elevation deltas, which are urban areas where more than 300 million people live around the world and are at or close to sea level and, therefore, at significant risk to climate change and extreme weather events.Key Moments:01:28 What is Urbanisation?07:17 Causes of Urbanisation11:41 The Future of Urbanisation16:55 Low Elevation Deltas and Climate Change25:27 Population in Low Elevation Deltas36:08 Challenges and Recommendations for Governments51:33 Concerns and Solutions57:16 Local Solutions for Global ProblemsMusic credit: David Cutter Music / @dcuttermusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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