Sir Crispin Tickell: The Future of Cities

Around half the human species lives in cities. Yet as history shows, cities are particularly vulnerable to environmental change. Our current society is based on cheap energy from now dwindling sources of fossil fuel and we face a combination of hazards, in particular climate destabilization. Join Sir Crispin Tickell as he discusses the future of cities and how they might look in a hundred years. Sir Crispin is Director of the Policy Foresight Programme at the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization at Oxford University. He has contributed to many books on environmental issues and was also a member of a Government Task Force on Urban Regeneration. Respondent Sir Peter Hall, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Regeneration, UCL. Part of the International Dialogues programme. Tickets: £8 (£5 RIBA members/students) Advance booking essential. Please download a ticket booking form at www.architecture.com/programmes. Alternatively, leave a message on our recorded booking line 020 7307 3699 or purchase tickets from the RIBA Bookshop at 66 Portland Place. RIBA Calendar