Informal Climate Resilience: Cross-Scale Urban Transitions in Melanesia's Rapid-Growth Cities

Informal Climate Resilience: Cross-Scale Urban Transitions in Melanesia's Rapid-Growth Cities

Melbourne School of Design
Monday, 14 November 2016 - 10:30am to 11:00am
Confirmation Seminar
Event Location: 
Japanese Room, Level 4
Melbourne School of Design
3010 University of Melbourne , VIC
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Victoria
Speakers

Dr. Alexei Trundle

Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

Alexei was previously a research associate at the RMIT University Global Cities Research Institute, working across a range of climate change adaptation projects in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as private sector and local government partners in Australia. He has a background in human geography and development, with ongoing advisory roles with UN-Habitat and the UN Global Compact Cities Programme.

PhD Project: Urban Climate Resilience in Melanesia’s rapid-growth cities: the migrant narrative

Alexei’s PhD project is examining the engagement of migrant households within urban climate resilience initiatives in the rapidly-growing Melanesian cities of Port Vila and Honiara, following recent climate-related disaster events. These two case studies will provide an empirical basis for wider consideration of the role of dynamic migrant households, as well as their unique capacities and perspectives, in resilience thinking and its applications to cities in the context of climate-related shocks and stressors.

Supervisor: Prof. Brendan Gleeson

Start Date: March 2016

Contact: alexei.trundle@climate-energy-college.org

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