Tom Angotti

Is this the last century of the metropolis?
Tom Angotti
Professor Emeritus of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Since the early 20th century the modern metropolis has been equated with human development and progress. Now large cities are the major contributors to climate change and centers of social inequality and climate injustice. What can progressive urbanites do?

The Lectures in Planning Series (LiPS) is an initiative of the Urban Planning program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

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