Track 4a

Sustainable and Healthy Cities

Track Chair

P. H. Longstaff, Syracuse University

Approach, goals and objectives of the track
The modern city has many interconnected/interdependent infrastructures (both technical and social) that must be managed to meet challenges such as climate change, water shortages and epidemic disease. This presents important questions that may require the application of many interconnected/interdependent knowledge domains and lines of authority.


Contributions are sought from any discipline(s) that have research that will help to address the following (and related) questions:

  • How can governments, businesses, and NGO's work together to make sure critical services remain available to all citizens? Are there examples of this collaboration that could be used in other cities?
  • Can a city have infrastructure systems that are both sustainable and resilient to known and unknown challenges?
  • What will make a city's social and technical infrastructures more adaptable to changing conditions?
  • How can communities within the cities to participate in choosing the strategies that will enable them better able to respond to new challenges? What is the role of "tradition?"
  • What are the most effective levels of responsibility for individuals, communities, cities, nation-states and the international community?
  • What types of activities are most likely to build trust in sustainability/public health efforts within various communities in a large city?
Contact: Dr Patricia Longstaff phlongst@syr.edu
You may submit your abstract by visiting the Ex Ordo abstract submission system (you will be required to setup an account first): http://isdrs2015.exordo.com/

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10th - 12th July
2015
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