Revitalizing Rural Environments: Regional to Global Perspectives

About the event

This free, public symposium addresses the destabilization of small villages and towns around the world due to mass migration to urban centers. At a time when information has the potential to distribute knowledge and resources in egalitarian ways, today’s unsustainable urban congestion instead often recalls problems of the 19th Century’s Industrial Revolution such as pollution, lack of medical care, squatter housing, overburdened infrastructure, and tensions between demographic groups. Sponsored by WSU’s School of Design and Construction, Asia Program, Honors College. Humanities Institute, and Elson S. Floyd Medical School; the Confucius Institute of Washington; Integrus Architecture; the University of Idaho; and the Rural Communities Design Initiative.  For more information, visit http://sdc.wsu.edu/blog/revitalizing-rural-environments/