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Embracing change in the post-2030 future

Ágnes Birtalan

Ágnes Birtalan

Professor @ Eötvös Loránd University

Circular EconomyGenderHabitat Post 2030

Mongolian pastoral society and women

April 4, 2022

Yurts, the traditional round tent dwellings of the Inner Asian nomads, have been in use for more than 3,000 years. Constructed according to the principle of sparing natural resources, yurts are also a place where men and women live together in integrated harmony.

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Amy Eisenberg

Amy Eisenberg

PhD @ Center for World Indigenous Studies and The University of Arizona

EducationHabitat Post 2030

Kam community and intergenerational education

March 28, 2022

Sustaining the Kam people’s intergenerational knowledge will ensure the availability of inclusive quality education. However, the Kam people face persistent challenges in the preservation of their own culturally significant and unique knowledge systems.

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Rexford Assasie Oppong

Rexford Assasie Oppong

Professor of Architecture and Dean of International Programmes Office @ KNUST

ClimateHabitat Post 2030Health

Health and wellbeing in African cities

March 28, 2022

To ensure new buildings in tropical climates, such as Benin, Cameroon, Ghana and Ivory Coast, are not detrimental to human health, legislation on recently-introduced construction techniques is needed. Science and technology will be key to making it purposeful.

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Sandra Piesik

Sandra Piesik

PhD Architect @ 3 Ideas B.V.

Circular EconomyClimateFoodHabitat Post 2030

Territorial integration and agricultural capacities of drylands

March 21, 2022

Meeting regional food production is nearly impossible in drylands, which exist in over 110 countries. Oasis ecosystems contribute not only to the biodiversity of the ecosystem but also to the diversity of diet, whilst improving rural-urban territorial connectivity.

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Natalia J. Silva

Natalia J. Silva

PhD Researcher at the Department of Architecture @ University of Chile

ClimateHabitat Post 2030Water

Sustainable livelihoods of the Chipaya people in Bolivia

March 21, 2022

Climate change threatens the existence of the Chipaya people by making traditional water management practices non-viable. A sustainable future can be secured by introducing new, sustainable land management technologies.

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