Rafael Prieto-Curiel: Urban Forms and its Impacts on Car Dependency
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Abstract
Cars are a severe challenge to cities because of the resources they need, the lifestyle they promote, and the byproducts they generate, including unsafe roads, noise, or motivating a sedentary lifestyle. Further, cars require expensive infrastructure both for moving and parking, thus demanding more sprawled cities. During the session, Rafael Prieto-Curiel will discuss some data on the global scale on car dependency and its links with urban forms.
Biography
Prieto-Curiel is a Faculty Member at the Complexity Science Hub, working on violence, mobility, migration, and urban dynamics. He also works for the OECD and the World Bank, where he does spatial and demographic analysis of African cities. In addition, he serves as the Scientific Advisor of Aleph.
Prior to his academic appointment at CSH, Prieto-Curiel was at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford/Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at University College London, working on urban dynamics at the Peak Urban project. He has a master’s degree in statistics and a Ph.D. from University College London UCL in maths and security and crime.
