Dr. Abid Mehmood, a senior research fellow at the Sustainable Places Research Institute, at Cardiff University, will be leading this lunchtime lecture.

He writes: "Considering cities as complex adaptive systems, the talk will critically examine the (re)emergence of nature-inspired trends in urban planning and design as a way of exploring new relationships between people and places. Although the use of metaphors is not new when describing the state of a city, the recent turn is more concerned with achieving optimal efficiency and overall sustainability of the built environment through observations and experiences from nature. I would further argue that such approaches should aim for integrating citizens’ needs, inclusion, and empowerment for a holistic view to the science of cities."

This event is hosted by the Urban Genome Urban Challenge Initiative.

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