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SUMMARY:Form\, Flow and Function of Socio-technical Infrastructure Systems
DTSTART:20181113T113000
DTEND:20181113T123000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Trivik Verma\nCities are growing at an unprecedented pace fuel
 ing the need for sustainable development. Transport\, energy\, buildings a
 nd waterways are some of the lifelines that provide people with a comforta
 ble space to live\, grow and innovate. Historically\, these infrastructure
  systems have developed in a step-by-step\, demand-oriented manner and are
  rarely designed to integrate. The unanticipated interdependencies across 
 sectors and within systems and its users often exacerbate catastrophic dam
 ages. Public and Private sector organizations are starting to recognize th
 e interdependent nature of such disruptions and calling for more inclusive
  development plans on longer timescales. However\, the sustainability impl
 ications of continually developing infrastructure in cities are not well 
 understood and a fundamental gap in knowledge still remains: What is the r
 ole of the morphology of cities in its traffic dynamics or population dist
 ribution? What strategies can help diffuse traffic in multiplex transport 
 networks under duress? This talk will explore the core mechanisms behind t
 he evolution of infrastructure systems and discuss the large-scale resilie
 nce of systems through the use of urban data\, analytical methods and disc
 rete and predictive modelling to inform urban policy. \n\nTrivik is a Sen
 ior Postdoctoral Fellow at the Future Resilient Systems lab and Dept. of E
 nvironmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich. Trivik's research aims at un
 derstanding the vulnerabilities and interdependencies of urban socio-tec
 hnical infrastructure systems to inform urban policy and planning for the 
 future. Trivik holds a PhD in Computational Physics specialising in the St
 ructure and Dynamics of Transport Networks from ETH Zurich. He is a Nation
 al Geographic Fellow educating high school students about science and cons
 ervation in complex and remote environments around the world. He has also 
 led research and development for a media and travel startup focussing on s
 ustainability and now serves on the board. \n 
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