Dr. David Satterthwaite is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in London and a visiting professor at University College London. The lIED is a global leader in policy research in sustainable development. He is also editor of the International Journal Environment and Urbanization. In 2004, he was awarded the Volvo Environment Prize. Most of his work has been on poverty reduction in urban areas in Africa, Asia and Latin America, undertaken with local teams. He has a particular interest in how organizations and federations of slum/shack dwellers have demonstrated more effective approaches to urban problems and where their partnerships with local governments have increased the scale and scope of what they can achieve. 

The focus of his lecture will be on whether and how transport can serve and support other local and global agendas. There are important contributions that a well-functioning city transport system can make to a range of goals - including improving housing (and lowering housing costs), lowering infrastructure costs, reducing poverty, reducing disaster risk, adapting to climate change and climate change mitigation. But to what extent do the transport components of these overlap or conflict?  Perhaps as importantly, is it possible to implement what is needed, especially in regard to land-use management that supports these goals.