New Cities Summit 2013 - Plenary: Include - 5 June 2013
Channel: NewCities
Date: 2013-06-27

How can the city's diversity become an asset? Are inclusive cities more successful in social, economic and environmental terms? Is there a boundary separating the formal and the informal city? How can basic municipal services be made more inclusive? What is the role of business in inclusion and equality?

Speakers:

Aromar Revi, Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements
Alfredo Brillembourg, Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, Institute of Urban Design, ETH Zurich
Michael Keith, Professor, University of Oxford
Sean McKaughan, Chairman, Avina Foundation
Ye Yumin, Director of the Department of Urban Planning and Management, Renmin University

Moderated by Ben Hecht, President and CEO, Living Cities