[E&E seminars] Tomorrow - MITEI Seminar Series - Cities and America's Place in the Renewable Economy

[Jameson Twomey]

Emerald Cities: How Are Cities Advancing the Shift to a Green Economy

Joan Fitzgerald

Tuesday, December 1

4:15 PM
Refreshments to follow

Room 66-110
25 Ames Street
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Abstract

How can cities best position themselves in the green economy? What is  
the role of manufacturing in urban areas? How can a city best choose  
an economic development strategy given its size and unique economic  
history? How should federal policy support policy innovation among  
cities? Joan Fitzgerald shows how in the absence of a comprehensive  
national policy, cities like Chicago, New York, Portland, San  
Francisco, and Seattle have taken the lead in addressing the  
interrelated environmental problems of global warming, pollution,  
energy dependence, and social justice. Cities are major sources of  
pollution but because of their population density, reliance on public  
transportation, and other factors, Fitzgerald argues that they are  
uniquely suited to promote and benefit from green economic development.

About the Speaker

Joan Fitzgerald is the Director of the Law, Policy and Society Program  
at Northeastern University. Previously, Fitzgerald taught urban policy  
and public affairs at the New School University, the University of  
Illinois at Chicago, and Ohio State University. She specializes in  
urban economic development, urban sustainability planning, workforce  
development, and green economic development . The Emerald Cities  
project builds on her co-authored 2002 economic development book,  
Economic Revitalization: Strategies and Cases for City and Suburb,  
which examines how traditional economic development strategies can be  
used to promote more sustainable and equitable development. It also  
integrates questions raised in her second book, Moving Up in the New  
Economy (2006), which focuses on strategies for helping low-wage  
workers advance into better paying positions through skills upgrading.

The MIT Energy Initiative thanks CERA for its generous support of the  
Seminar Series.
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