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DESCRIPTION:Urban sprawl unstoppable? On the importance of greenbelts\, tar
 gets\, and limits\n\nDr. Jochen Jaeger\n\nRegister & watch webinar\n\nView
  poster\n\nDr. Jochen Jaeger\, interested in trans-disciplinary and holist
 ic approaches to research\, teaches in the Department of Geography\, Plann
 ing and Environment at Concordia University (Montreal). He received his Ph
 D from the Department of Environmental Sciences at the ETH Zurich (Swiss F
 ederal Institute of Technology) in 2000. Research in his lab has a focus o
 n landscape fragmentation\, road ecology\, urban sprawl\, and environmenta
 l impact assessment. Examples include the effectiveness of greenbelts at m
 itigating urban sprawl\, the effectiveness of fences and wildlife passages
  at reducing wildlife mortality on roads\, and the connectivity of natural
  areas in cities as an indicator in the City Biodiversity Index (CBI). Mos
 t recently\, a team in his lab developed a predictive model of high-risk m
 ortality zones for turtles on roads across Quebec.\n\nAbstract\n\nCurrent 
 trends in land uptake for urban development across the planet contradict a
 ll principles of sustainability. Urban sprawl causes soil sealing\, loss o
 f fertile farmland\, and loss of ecological soil functions. It results in 
 higher car dependency\, higher greenhouse gas emissions\, higher infrastru
 cture cost for transport and water supply\, and the degradation of ecosyst
 em services. Urban sprawl in Montreal has increased dramatically in the la
 st 70 years. Urban planning has not been effective at stopping urban spraw
 l. In what kind of cities do we want to live in the future and want to pas
 s on to future generations? Without the implementation of rigorous measure
 s\, sprawl will continue to increase. How effective would a greenbelt be a
 t addressing this issue?\n\n\nABOUT THE SERIES\n\nThe Convergent Innovatio
 n Webinar Series features cutting edge science\, technology and innovation
  in agriculture\, food\, environment\, education\, medicine and other doma
 ins of everyday life where grand challenges lie at the convergence of heal
 th and economics. Powered by data science\, artificial intelligence\, and 
 other digital technologies\, this disciplinary knowledge bridges with beha
 vioural\, social\, humanities\, business\, economics\, social\, engineerin
 g\, and complexity sciences to accelerate real-world solution at scale\, b
 e it in digital or physical contexts. Initiated in the agri-food domain\, 
 the series is now encompassing other grand challenges facing modern and tr
 aditional economies and societies\, such as ensuring lifelong wellness and
  resilience at both the individual and population levels.\n
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SUMMARY:MCCHE Convergent Innovation Webinar Series with Dr. Jochen Jaeger
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