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SUMMARY:International PhD Seminar Designing cities in a changing world : t
 owards an Urban One Health approach
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211129
DTSTAMP:20260916T123735Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Designing cities in a changing world is addressed to doctora
 l students in the fields of Architecture\, Urbanism\, Global Health\, and 
 Humanities and Social Sciences\, interested in the use of the One Health 
 concept as a tool to tackle urban themes (the city\, the territory and the
  ways in which we inhabit them). \n\nThe so-called One Health (OH) appro
 ach is based on the inexorable links between human\, animal\, and ecosyste
 m health and on the added value of interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral co
 llaborations in this domain. The OH approach has recently gained a lot of 
 momentum with the impact of human activity on ecosystems and the growing n
 umber of emerging infectious diseases and their globalisation (e.g. Ebola\
 , SARS\, and Covid-19)\, however it is still poorly recognised in the cont
 ext of urban health. Programmes such as “Healthy Cities” from the WHO 
 with more than 20 years and 1000 cities around the world\, have neglected 
 this systemic approach to health. On the contrary the OH agenda seems a ve
 ry promising pathway within the so-called “urban and ecological transiti
 on”. Transition in cities and territories is tightly linked to health is
 sues\, it suffices to reflect on the « decarbonisation paradigm » and it
 s implications on health or on the effects that the Covid pandemia had on 
 the transformation of urban public and private space and on work practices
 .\n\nThe Seminar aims thus to discuss the actuality and the problems relat
 ed to the OH concept\, while focusing on its devices\, purposes and challe
 nges. From a thematic point of view\, the students are encouraged to posit
 ion their contribution in relation to three particular OH objectives :\n\n
 	the reconnection of humans to their natural past and acceptance of their 
 place in/dependence on the planet's ecosystems\;\n	the recognition of huma
 n dependence on ecosystem services\;\n	the recognition of human developmen
 t’s impact and acceptance of responsibility towards future generations t
 o address this.\n\n\nThe Seminar has been initiated by Habitat Research C
 enter as the fifth edition of Habitat's yearly doctoral seminar dedicated
  to methodology in urban studies.\n\nThe Seminar’s official languages a
 re English and French.\n 
LOCATION:Archizoom SG 1212\, AAC 108 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==SG%201212
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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