LA Guest Lecture: Larissa Larsen
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Landscape Architecture Programs - School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents:
OALA Guest Lecture Series:
Larissa Larsen
Associate Professor, Urban & Regional Planning & Natural Resources
University of Michigan
"Counter-acting Environmental Challenges While Promoting Urban Density"
Monday, October 26, 2015
at 11:30 am
Landscape Architecture Pit
Larissa is an alumnus of the MLA program at the University of Guelph. She is a registered landscape architect and an associate professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Program (URP) at the University of Michigan. She teaches graduate classes in environmental planning, land use planning, and physical planning and design. Larissa's research focuses on identifying environmental inequities in the built environment and advancing issues of urban sustainability and social justice. Some of her past research has examined urban heat islands, water consumption, and neighborhood mobilization against environmental problems.
This lecture is supported by the OALA, OAC and Prof. Robert D. Brown.