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Our next MIT-wide Symposium on<i> BIG questions after BIG Hurricanes</i>
will be held on<br>
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</b>Tuesday, October 18, 2005<br>
4:00 - 6:00 pm<br>
Kirsch Auditorium, Stata Center<br>
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This session will focus on the question: How Can We Plan for Safe and
Sustainable Regions?<br>
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</b>We hope that you and your colleagues will be able to attend.
For those who wish to attend from a distance, it will be broadcast live
at
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/katrina/symposia/.%A0%A0" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/katrina/symposia/.
</a> It can also be viewed afterwards at the same site.<br>
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HOW CAN WE PLAN FOR SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE REGIONS?</b><br>
<br>
<b>Lessons from Venice, Italy and the Netherlands</b><br>
Professor Chiang C. Mei, Civil and Environmental Engineering<br>
<b>Catastrophe, Repetition, and Social Learning</b><br>
Professor Michael M. J. Fischer, Science, Technology and Society<br>
<b>Flooding, Subsidence, and Community Development</b><br>
Professor Anne Whiston Spirn, Architecture and Urban Studies and
Planning<br>
Moderated by Professor Andrew Whittle, Civil and Environmental
Engineering<br><br>
<i>Future Event in the Series</i>:<br>
<b>What Does Current Scientific Research Have to Say About the
Present</b><br>
<b>and Future Risks Associated with Hurricanes?</b><br>
Professor Kerry Emanuel, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences<br>
Monday, October 31, 2005, 12:00 noon - 2:00pm, Bartos Theatre, Wiesner
Building<br><br>
Please visit
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/katrina/" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/katrina/</a>
for a complete list of MIT activities, benefits and resources helping with the Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.<br><br>
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Associate Director of the Information Center and<br>
Director of Community Services<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
Room E19-432<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
Telephone: 617-253-4940<br>
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Kris Kipp<br>
Academic Administrator<br>
Program in Science, Technology, and Society<br>
Doctoral Program in History, Anthropology, and <br>
Science, Technology and Society (HASTS)<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Mass. Ave., E51-185<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
Phone: 617-253-9759<br>
Fax: 617-258-8118<br>
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