BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2341979:Event:146312 DTSTAMP:20260404T025551Z SUMMARY:Module 1 Urban Ecology ,Capacity Development Program in Enviro nment Management(CDEM) DESCRIPTION:What is Urban Ecology? According to United Nations, by the year 2030 more than 60 per cent (4.9 billion) of the estimated world population (8.1 billion) will live in urban settlements, compared to 2 9 per cent in 1950. Urbanised areas cover approximately six per cent o f Earth’s surface, yet they have extraordinarily large ecological †˜footprints’ and complex, powerful, and often indirect effects on ec osystems Urban land use severely affects the biodiversity patterns and cities are important drivers of climate change due to enormous emissi on of greenhouse gases. Urban ecology is understood as a multidiscipli nary approach to improving living conditions for the human population in cities, referring to the ecological functions of urban habitats or ecosystems for people – and thus including aspects of social, especi ally planning, sciences. How to incorporate biodiversity in local plan ning is a challenge as typical planning tools are limited in ability t o address biodiversity. However, this course is developed for training local authorities influencing the way cities are planned and develope d. This course serves to think about new techniques for working with b iodiversity in cities as well as develop teaching materials for promot ing learning of biodiversity in cities leading to formulation of the L ocal Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (LBSAP) for the case stud y city.\nThe Important Topics Discussed will be  Concepts of urban ecology, Landscape architecture with ecological considerations, Biodiversity conservation and conflicts, Urban environmental issues such as air and water quality , Challenges of climate change and m itigation and adaptation measures for cities. Field Visits to Sanjay G andhi National Park, Borivali, Mumbai and Aarey Colony / Godrej Mangro ve research centre.\nThe last date of registration: October 14 , 2016 till 1.30 pm Call  or write mail to cdem.kjssc@somaiya.edu\n\nFor mor e information visit https://paryavaran.ning.com/events/module-1-urban- ecology-capacity-development-program-in DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161017T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161021T235900 CATEGORIES:training, supported, by, mumbai, metropolitan, region, envi ronment, improvement, society LOCATION:Seminar Hall, K J Somaiya College of Science & Commerce, WEBSITE:http://cdem.somaiya.edu URL:http://cdem.somaiya.edu CONTACT:Mrs. Vaishali Patil @ 9820229568 ORGANIZER;CN="Dr.Sugandha Shetye":https://paryavaran.ning.com/profile/ DrSugandhaShetye ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2824352276?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Dr.Sugan dha Shetye":https://paryavaran.ning.com/profile/DrSugandhaShetye ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="sangeet a agarwal":https://paryavaran.ning.com/profile/sangeetaagarwal END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR