The future of cities:
hazards and environmental change

A lecture by Sir Crispin Tickell,
University of Oxford
Thursday 14 January, 18.30
Stevenson Lecture Theatre
£5, concessions £3

Sir Crispin Tickell, Director of the Policy Foresight Programme at the University of Oxford and former British Ambassador to Mexico, discusses historic Mexican cities and their growth in relation to environmental considerations.

Around half the human species now lives in cities, yet cities have always been vulnerable places. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the history of Central America and in particular Mexico. Today the world faces a combination of hazards, from human proliferation to climate destabilisation. The industrial revolution, which led to the current society in the West, is based on cheap energy and rapid exploitation of natural resources, yet both are now in question. Tickell also examines the future of cities and suggests what they might be like in 100 years.

Related to the exhibition Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler