Tea and Talk Sponsored by the Global Education Center
Thursday November 5 at 3:00pm
Sprague Library Special Collections Room

Sustainability, Resilience,
and Revitalization:
The City of Manila, Philippines
Robert Taylor

Manila is a prime example of a city without proper management planning and the potential to become a major environmental hazard. This talk explores the results of a Fulbright Research grant on revitalization of Manila. Based on the principles of sustainability, resilience and community support, Professor Taylor examines community views on the problems facing the city, how they can be brought into the sustainability management process, and the most salient recommendations for air, water and land ecologies in Manila. 

Robert Taylor is a professor in the Dept. of Earth & Environmental Studies. The present talk is the product of his second Fulbright Award, to Manila, Philippines at De La Salle University.

Call x 4185 or simonW@mail.montclair.edu to reserve a place.

In the current pre-occupation with global economic recovery, the continuing challenge of development for low-income countries is sometimes overlooked.  With a nominal per capita GDP of $150 and life expectancy at just under 50 years, Ethiopia provides a compelling example of the difficulty in achieving economic development under a wide range of economic policies and circumstances.  Ethiopia’s rich and ancient history provides a backdrop to this drama, and points to a much more complex environment than the sometimes dire images of famine with which Ethiopia has so often been associated.

Based on a series of visits to Ethiopia, Dr. LeBel will provide a portrait of a country steeped in tradition, swept up by revolution, and determined to break out of a seemingly never-ending cycle of poverty.  Comparisons are drawn from the 1960’s, the 1980’s, 1990, and most recently, through a Fulbright Senior Fellowship in the Faculty of Business and Economics of Addis Ababa University during the spring of 2009.