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Fifth Urban Research Symposium "Cities and Climate Change: Responding to an Urgent Agenda"

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21 June 2019
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The 5th Urban Research Symposium will take place in Marseille on June 28-30, 2009. The Topic is Cities and Climate Change: Responding to the Urgent Agenda.

At a time when climate change is a major priority for the international community, this Symposium aims at pushing forward the research agenda on climate change from a city's perspective.

Specifically, the main questions will be structured around the impacts of city and urban growth on climate change; measuring and anticipating the consequences of climate change on urban quality of life, city assets, and local and national economies; and assessing alternatives to increase the resilience of cities and related costs and incentives required for successful implementation.

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