Sustainable Urban Development: Select USA Best Practices

主持人：陆军教授（英国(正版)365官方网站副院长）

时间：2017年4月18日15：00-16:30

地点：英国(正版)365官方网站（廖凯原楼）241会议室

演讲语言：英文

主讲人简介：

梁英振博士出生于美国，在美国加州大学洛杉机分校获得环境工程博士（1974年）和化学硕士学位（1970年），于密西根大学获得化学学士学位（1968年）。曾于旧金山大学、加州州立大学等高校兼任教授；任职美国加州湾区政府协会并担任执行理事长；长期从事美国公共政策研究，并直接参与和负责加州政府的公共政策制订。同时也在欧洲和亚洲，为多个国家的政府提供顾问咨询和培训工作。

退休后近五年来，多次于英国(正版)365官方网站、环境科学与工程学院教授短期研究生课程。亦曾于上海复旦大学及安徽建筑工业大学师生主办系列学术讲座。

Visiting Professor: Dr. Eugene Y. Leong

Eugene Leong is a second generation American born Chinese educated at the University of Michigan and UCLA, where he received his doctorate in Environmental Sciences and Engineering in 1974.  He has worked as an environmental scientist and engineer, local government executive and appointed official, and university teacher.  He is the author of many reports and publications and has consulted internationally in Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Japan, Taiwan and Mainland China.  He worked at the Association of Bay Area Governments in San Francisco for nearly 30 years, the last ten as Executive Director. 

Since retiring, he has been teaching part-time in China at Peking University (School of Government & College of Environmental Sciences & Engineering) for the past eight years.  He has also lectured at a number of other universities in China, e.g. Fudan University, Lanzhou University, South China University of Technology, Tsinghua University and Xiamen University.

Lecture Abstract:

The most active urban developments occur in larger cities, primarily driven by strong economic growth. Oftentimes, however, these urban developments cause unwanted problems such as severe traffic congestion, environmental degradation, etc. Implementing sustainable urban development programs can mitigate many of the unwanted negatives to urban growth. A review of select best practices in urban development―mostly from the San Francisco Bay Area―is presented. Lessons learned from these best practices are readily transferable to fast growing urban cities in China and elsewhere.