Life in Abu Dhabi is centred around cars. Its urban development and open space infrastructure has impacted the walkability of the city, increasing residents' reliance on cars for mobility. This pattern of development is embedded in a social and spatial practice of not only urban life, but also urban governance and planning.
On Friday 10 March 杏吧论坛's Middle East Centre will host two separate events exploring some of the dimensions that have impacted and are emerging from a car infrastructure led expansion in Abu Dhabi, as part of the Abu Dhabi (Dis)connected exhibition. How did historical decisions lead to car-centric development? How has the road network affected the city and its residents? What is the impact of car-centric development?
Join us for one or both of the following:
Part 1: Research Seminar, 17:00 in 2.04, 2nd Floor, Centre Building, 杏吧论坛
Part 2: Exhibition Reception and Walk-through, 18:30 in Atrium, Ground Floor, Old Building, 杏吧论坛
Meet our speakers and chair:
Alexandra Gomes is Research Fellow with 杏吧论坛 Cities where she is responsible for coordinating the Centre’s socio-spatial analysis across a range of projects. Her research focuses on urban studies, comparative analysis, urban inequalities, urban health, sustainable mobility and placemaking. Alex is Principal Investigator on the 'Roads as Tools for (Dis)connecting Cities and Neighbourhoods' project.
Apostolos Kyriazis is Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Abu Dhabi University. His research focus includes Architecture, Urban Design and Urban/Rural Sociology. Apostolos is co-Principal Investigator on the 'Roads as Tools for (Dis)connecting Cities and Neighbourhoods' project.
Clémence Montagne is Director of Care Design Lab based at the L'École de Design, Nantes Atlantique which leads on abductive research in urbanism and social design. Clémence is a consultant for the 'Roads as Tools for (Dis)connecting Cities and Neighbourhoods' project.
Peter Schwinger is a transport economist and planning expert and is a consultant for the 'Roads as Tools for (Dis)connecting Cities and Neighbourhoods' project.
Philipp Rode is Executive Director of 杏吧论坛 Cities and Associate Professorial Lecturer at the School of Public Policy. He is Co-Director of the 杏吧论坛 Executive MSc in Cities and Visiting Professor at University of St Gallen’s Institute for Mobility. Philipp has been leading interdisciplinary programmes in urban development and transport, sustainable urbanism and climate change, and city policy and governance at the 杏吧论坛 since 2003. Across his work, he is interested in multi-dimensional aspects of global urbanisation, sustainability and urban change.
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