Cities and Sea
On 9 and 10 September, the CCCB is organising the “Cities and Sea” debates to discuss the great challenges that coastal cities, increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, will have to face in the coming decades.
Carola Hein, Francesco Musco and Miriam García
Barcelona, Venice, Amsterdam: Three Stories of City and Sea
Conversation about the future of coastal cities from a composite perspective on three European cities that are paradigmatic in their historical relationships with the sea.
New Perspectives on Sea-City Interactions
From the historical, geographic, and cultural standpoints, this session will consider the new theoretical perspectives on coasts as spaces of flows and exchange, and also the main challenges they will have to face in the present situation of climate emergency.
Planning of Coastal Regions in Times of Climate Emergency
With a fresh look at the complexity of shoreline spaces, this session will consider how to approach the design of coastal cities and present possible solutions from the fields of architecture, engineering, and urban planning.
Tundi Agardy and Júlia López
The Sea: A Global Common Good
Tundi Agardy, marine conservationist and founder of Sound Seas, and Júlia López Ventura, european director of C40 Cities, will speak about the importance of conserving coastal regions around the globe.