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Is Seattle a Resilient City?

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We all love to talk about Seattle becoming a livable city, or a sustainable city by limiting car use and improving public transportation, but what if the situation is more dire than that? What if in fact, our entire survival as a city depends on our ability to minimize our dependence on oil?

Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University in Australia, believes just that. He sees peak oil as a serious threat and believes that if our urban conurbations are going to survive they must become resilient. Newman, credited with coining the term “automobile dependence”, has been writing and lecturing for over 30 years about how cities need to reconsider their planning methods to make sure they can survive in a post-oil world.

To promote his newest book, Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change, Newman will be in Seattle for a free lecture at City Hall!

What: Peter Newman Lecture
When: Monday, January 12th, 2009, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Where: Bertha Knight Landes Room, Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave

If you need any more reason to go, check out this interview with Newman:

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  1. If you think all swans are white… : Seattle Great City Initiative on January 13th, 2009 1:38 pm

    [...] a new underground freeway as a replacement for the Alaska Way Viaduct. Later that same evening Peter Newman spoke at City Hall about Resilient Cities, and how to prepare for Peak Oil and beyond. While I [...]

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