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The Cambridge University M.Phil Programme in Environmental Engineering
and Sustainable Development is sponsoring a Distinguished Lecture Series
on Sustainable Development. Under the auspices of CMI, the lectures are
being broadcast simultaneously to MIT on selected Wednesday afternoons
from 1:00 -2:30. The fourth lecture is Wednesday, March 10.<br><br>
Time: <b>Wednesday, March 10, 1:00-2:30</b> <br><br>
Speaker: <b>Professor Richard Carter, Cranfield University<br><br>
</b>Topic: <b>Water and Poverty: Will the Dream of Sustainable
Development be Realised?<br><br>
</b>Abstract: The talk will open with the relationship between poverty
and poor access to<br>
safe water. It will develop pragmatic approaches to sustainability,
and ask<br>
whether and under what circumstances sustainable water development is
found<br>
to occur. The challenge of scaling-up and the implications of the
millenium<br>
development goals for sustainable development will be explored. The
talk<br>
will draw on Prof Carter's wide experience of water sector development
in<br>
developing countries, particularly focusing on the poorest countries
of<br>
sub-Saharan Africa.<br><br>
Location: <b>MIT</b> <b>Room 9-151 <br>
</b>Refreshments: cookies and juice provided<br><br>
See
<a href="http://ceemeng.mit.edu/CMI%20Distinguished%20Lecture%20Series.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://ceemeng.mit.edu/CMI%20Distinguished%20Lecture%20Series.pdf</a>
for the Spring Lecture Series flyer.<br><br>
-Gayle <br>
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