Events: Climate Change in a Growing, Urbanizing World: Understanding the Demography of Adaptation (Book Launch) organized by THE WILSON CENTER on 2 Oct 2013

Events

Climate Change in a Growing, Urbanizing World: Understanding the Demography of Adaptation (Book Launch)

October 02, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:30pm

• Event Speakers

Understanding population dynamics is critical to avoiding static perceptions of human and environmental vulnerability. Changes that affect the size, distribution, and composition of human populations also affect both the nature of vulnerability and adjustments in natural or human systems in response to environmental change.

The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change, a new edited volume from the United Nations Population Fund, International Institute for Environment and Development, and El Colegio de Mexico explores these themes. Three of the book’s contributors will share perspectives on the importance of population dynamics for adaptation, ways to use available population and census data in assessing vulnerability and resilience, and the application of these approaches for urban vulnerability and adaptation in Malawi and Indonesia. An interactive component of the event will allow participants to explore population characteristics, housing, and infrastructure in climate-exposed areas using GIS maps.

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RELATED CONTENT:

• Bouncing Back: How Do Population Dynamics and Social Cohesion Affect the Resilience of Societies?
• Migration Flows, New Growth Demand New Ways to Do Urban Development
• Urban Health and Demography Trends: More Cities, More Problems?
• Measuring Community Resilience: Implications for Development Aid

Media guests, including TV crews, are welcome and should RSVP directly to katharine.diamond@wilsoncenter.org. Media bringing heavy electronics MUST indicate this in their response so they may be cleared through our building security and allowed entrance. Please err toward responding if you would like to attend.

LOCATION: 

5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

DIRECTIONS TO THE WILSON CENTER

 

Event Speakers List: 

• Jose Miguel Guzman //
  Regional Coordinator of DHS Surveys, ICF International
• Daniel Schensul //
  Technical Specialist, United Nations Population Fund

• Sainan Zhang //
  Consultant, United Nations Population Fund

  
  

  
  

For more information: 

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/climate-change-growing-urbanizing-world-understanding-the-demography-adaptation-book-launch