BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center presents \;Samin a Raja\, SUNY Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.Land use planning decisions\, often executed under the ambit of local governments\, have a significant impact on the pursuit of food just ice in Global South cities. This presentation explores how acontextual pla nning frameworks influence urban food systems\, especially in cities in co ntested\, occupied\, and/or conflict regions. Situated in a Kashmiri food justice framework\, the presentation will explore the impact of varied pla nning frameworks\, including\, most recently\, the application of a so-cal led “smart city” approach\, on Srinagar’s urban food system. Preliminary e vidence from Srinagar suggests that acontextual\, rationalist\, and techni cist models of planning - such as the smart-city approach - threaten food justice. The presentation concludes with questions about the viability of smart-city-based land use planning strategies. \;This talk is co-spons ored by the Geography and the Environment Department.Samina Raja is SUNY D istinguished Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning an d director of the \; Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab . Trained as a civil engineer and urban planner\, Raja’s award-winning res earch\, education and civic leadership focus on the role of urban planning in promoting sustainable\, healthy and equitable food systems. With her l ab\, she has won more than 20 million dollars in research awards\, which s upport projects around the world. \; \; Raja has published hundred s of academic articles\, official plans and policy reports in varied venue s. She recently authored the book Planning for Urban Agriculture: A New Et hic for City Building (2025)\, which calls on urban planners to protect an d promote agriculture within cities. \;  \; \; DTEND:20251111T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260615T202336Z DTSTART:20251111T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Land (Ab)use Planning: Consequences of Failed Planning Models\; Foo d Systems in Global South Cities UID:RFCALITEM639171374166754646 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center presents \;Samina Raja\, SUNY Distinguished Professor at the State Uni versity of New York at Buffalo.

Land use planning decisions\, often executed under the ambit of local governments\, have a significant impact on the pursuit of food justice in Global South cities. This presentation e xplores how acontextual planning frameworks influence urban food systems\, especially in cities in contested\, occupied\, and/or conflict regions. < /p>

Situated in a Kashmiri food justice framework\, the presentation wil l explore the impact of varied planning frameworks\, including\, most rece ntly\, the application of a so-called “smart city” approach\, on Srinagar’ s urban food system. Preliminary evidence from Srinagar suggests that acon textual\, rationalist\, and technicist models of planning - such as the sm art-city approach - threaten food justice.

The presentation conclud es with questions about the viability of smart-city-based land use plannin g strategies. \;

This talk is co-sponsored by the Geography and the Environment Departme nt.

Samina Raja is SUNY Distinguished Profes sor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and director of the&n bsp\; Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab. Trained as a civil engineer and urban planner\, Raja’s award-winning research\, education an d civic leadership focus on the role of urban planning in promoting sustai nable\, healthy and equitable food systems.

With her lab\, she has won more than 20 million dollars in research awards\, which support projec ts around the world. \; \; Raja has published hundreds of academic articles\, official plans and policy reports in varied venues. She recent ly authored the book Planning for Urban Agriculture: A New Ethic for City Building (2025)\, which calls on u rban planners to protect and promote agriculture within cities. \; &nb sp\; \;

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