Urban Soils Symposium: Metabolism of cities
8th Annual Urban Soils Symposium will be held in New-York, USA in the period from November 15th to December 1st..
The Symposium will be aimed at solving problems in the field of urban soils and sustainable development of urban ecosystems. The Symposium will also be an information and educational platform that will create conditions for effective interaction and cooperation of participants and will contribute to the dissemination of the results of modern research on urban soils, improving technologies and techniques used in monitoring and evaluating urban ecosystems.
The Symposium is focused on the participation of members of urban ecological communities, representatives of the state administration, researchers, students and all who are not indifferent to the environmental problems of the city. The scientists in the field of sustainable development of urban ecosystems, representatives of the city administration will be Key-note speakers of the Symposium.
The Schedule is composed of more than 15 different events such as sessions and discussions, workshops, round tables and working group meetings. The interactive workshops and exhibits will be intertwined into the format of symposium. Artists, scientists, urban farmers, educators, landscape architects, architects, and practitioners from diverse sectors will share their explorations, engage the public with demonstrations or interactive activities, provoke and probe new ideas. The Symposium will include an international discussion "Soil as the basis of a modern city and part of urban culture”.
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The Symposium is organized by the NYC Soil Institute in collaboration with the RUDN University and TreePeople Company.