BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 RDATE:20170312T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 RDATE:20171105T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170412T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170412T163000 LOCATION:Templeton Campus Center GEO:45.44918;-122.670969 SUMMARY:The Metropolitan Order: The Impact of Cities on the International System DESCRIPTION:Demographic changes in the 21st century have led to rapid urb anization around the world. Will growing cities coupled with global conne ctivity cause cities to play a leading role in handling issues of interna tional importance? Or does the nature of cities and the institutions with in them prevent their emergence as powerful international actors?  \ ;Kris Hartley is a lecturer in the Department of City and Regional Planni ng at Cornell University. Over the years\, he has consulted for multiple government agencies\, including agencies in Thailand and the United State s\, on topics including economic development and urban growth.Glen D. Kue cker is a professor of history at DePauw University and serves as the coo rdinator of City Lab. His work primarily focuses on Songdo City\, South K orea as a case study for the examination of potential repercussions of cl imate change\, energy\, food insecurity\, political shifts\, and demograp hic changes. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Demographic changes in the 21 st century have led to rapid urbanization around the world. Will growing cities coupled with global connectivity cause cities to play a leading ro le in handling issues of international importance? Or does the nature of cities and the institutions within them prevent their emergence as powerf ul international actors?
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Kris Har tley is a lecturer in the Department of City and Regional Planni ng at Cornell University. Over the years\, he has consulted for multiple government agencies\, including agencies in Thailand and the United State s\, on topics including economic development and urban growth.
Glen D. Kuecker is a professor of history at DePauw Un
iversity and serves as the coordinator of City Lab. His work primarily fo
cuses on Songdo City\, South Korea as a case study for the examination of
potential repercussions of climate change\, energy\, food insecurity\, p
olitical shifts\, and demographic changes.