Prof. Avadhesh Kumar Singh Memorial Lecture Series - Lecture 2

The second lecture of the series was delivered by Mr. Ashwini Kumar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Planning at CEPT University, Ahmedabad on "Healthy Cities: Linking Urban Planning and Green Spaces". In the current lecture, Ashwani Kumar discusses the environmental issues involved in urban planning through the following points:

 What is a ‘healthy city’ and how does the WHO define it?

 What are the challenges and benefits of developing healthy cities?

 The ‘lungs’ of major cities across the world and their contribution to the health of these cities.

 Correlating a city to the human body and visualizing its health parallel to our vital organs.

The following is the link for YouTube lecture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anyCxydgefc


Published by: Department of English & Comparative Literary Studies

19-06-2020