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SUMMARY: Growing Human Cities through Urban Agriculture
DESCRIPTION: March 21st\, 2016 4:00 PM Liu Institute for Global Issues – Mu
 ltipurpose Room 6476 NW Marine Drive   Today we live in an urban world\, wi
 th more city dwellers than rural inhabitants. By 2050 70 per cent of the wo
 rld population is expected to live in cities\, with the majority of this ur
 ban growth taking […]
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 />4:00 PM<br />Liu Institute for Global Issues - Multipurpose Room </strong
 ></span><br /><span style="color: #000000"><strong>6476 NW Marine Drive</st
 rong></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Today we live in an urban 
 world\, with more city dwellers than rural inhabitants. By 2050 70 per cent
  of the world population is expected to live in cities\, with the majority 
 of this urban growth taking place in the Global South. According to project
 ions\, by 2030\, 80 per cent of urban areas are expected to be located in t
 he developing world\, housing a population of around 5 billion\, many of wh
 om will be living in poverty.</p><p>This scenario poses multiple challenges
  and opens the debate on how to create more humane and sustainable cities d
 esigned and planned for the welfare and development of its citizens. The ta
 lk centers its attention on one of these challenges: Food and Nutrition for
  urban populations.</p><p>Drawing from the lessons learned through the “<a 
 href="http://towardsthehumancity.org/about/" target="_blank">Towards the Hu
 man City</a>” project\, the talk by Maria Alejandra Pineda-Escobar\, Liu In
 stitute Visiting Fellow in Residence at Green College\, presents examples o
 f local grass-roots initiatives that are creatively using urban agriculture
  to improve access to healthy food in emerging cities from countries such a
 s Brasil\, Colombia and Indonesia.</p><p><strong>Bio: </strong>Maria Alejan
 dra Pineda-Escobar is a Colombian consultant and researcher in inclusive bu
 siness and CSR in emerging and developing countries\, working with the Cent
 re of Partnerships for Development (CAD). Maria is also Regional Coordinato
 r for the Towards the Human City Project and Associate Professor at Politec
 nico Grancolombiano University\, where she lectures on sustainability\, glo
 balization and competitiveness in business. Member of the International Cen
 tre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Experts Network\, and of 
 the National Committee of Inclusive Business of Colombia (CONNIC). She has 
 authored a couple of opinion pieces\, papers and book chapters on CSR and s
 ustainability at the BoP\, including her latest participation as one of the
  contributors in the book “Base of the Pyramid 3.0 Sustainable Development 
 through Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. Professional in International Bus
 iness holds Masters degrees in Public Policy and Human Development (The Net
 herlands) and in Sustainability and CSR (Spain).</p><p><strong>This talk is
  part of UBC's </strong><em><strong>Future of Food </strong></em><strong>gl
 obal dialogue series and is h</strong><strong>osted by the Centre for Susta
 inable Food Systems and the Liu Institute for Global Issues.</strong></p>
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