The Agile City
From SPUR:
10:23 PM PDT on March 11, 2012
From SPUR:
Analyst and columnist James Russell has written about cities, architecture and environmental design for more than 20 years. In his latest book, The Agile City: Building Well-being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change, Russell addresses how retrofitting buildings and communities can slow climate change and diminish its impacts. Russell will discuss how such strategies can help reach carbon-reduction goals while promoting economic opportunity, creating more productive workplaces and reviving communities. Book signing to follow. Co-presented with Island Press.
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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