Making Room for a Planet of Cities Launch Videos Now Available

[27 June 2011] -- Cities Alliance is pleased to present the video recording of the presentation of Making Room for a Planet of Cities by Shlomo (Solly) Angel, with Jason Parent, Daniel L. Civco, and Alejandro M. Blei, held earlier this year by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, in an event cosponsored by the Cities Alliance and the World Bank Urban Anchor.

The publication provides both the conceptual framework and, for the first time, the basic empirical data and quantitative dimensions of past, present, and future urban expansion in cities around the world that are necessary for making minimal preparations for the massive urban growth expected in the coming decades.

Speaking to a targeted audience of urban specialists from other urban institutions around the Washington DC Metropolitan area, in addition to the World Bank and Cities Alliance staff Shlomo Angel discussed how his team’s quantitative dimensions of past, present, and future urban land cover points to the urgency of adopting a “making room paradigm” as a more realistic strategy for cities and metropolitan regions to prepare for their inevitable expansion.

For more on the book launch and the publication please click here:

• "Making Room for a Planet of Cities: New Report Provides Insight on Density and Urban Expansion Worldwide," 20 January 2011.   

•  Download Making Room for a Planet of Cities  (6 MB

  
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• Introduction by Abha Joshi-Ghani - Manager, Urban Sector, The World Bank Group (wmv)

• Introduction of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy by Gregory Ingram, President (wmv)

• Presentation on Making room for Planet of Cities by Prof. Solly Angel, Senior Fellow, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (wmv)

• Remarks by Discussant, Dr. Eduardo Rojas, Sr. Urban Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank (wmv)

• Question and Answer Session, Moderated by Anthony Flint, Director of Communications, Lincoln  Institute of Land Policy (wmv)