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William Meyer is guest on podcast Techwise Conversations from IEEE

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Associate professor of geography  joined in conversation for a podcast called . The podcast series is from , hosted by the .

Meyer was on the show to talk about his book, , published in March by MIT Press. The podcast episode is called “The Environmental Advantages of Cities – Countering Commonsense Antiurbanism”.

Listen to the conversation here:

Some highlights of the 17-minute conversation:

  • Urbanization reduces population growth.
  • Life expectancy is higher in cities.
  • The exceptions are third world cities, which are the worst living places in the whole world.
  • Cities are much more efficient in the consumption of resources.
  • Map total energy use and you’ll see a big peak in the urban core.
  • Map energy use per capita, and you’ll you see a big crater in the urban core.

Your turn – what do you think of the argument?