How to design mosquitoes out of cities

Name: How to design mosquitoes out of cities
Uploaded: 2019-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 15 min
Description: As cities adopt greener, more sustainable designs, there's risk of a dangerous and unwelcome tenant moving in: mosquitoes. Researcher Cameron Webb explains what urban planners and the general public need to understand about mosquitoes -- the deadliest animals on the planet -- in order to avoid future outbreaks of disease carried by these pesky insects.

TEDxParramatta 2019Sep 201915 min1357246 views

Speaker

Cameron WebbScientist | Bridging Racial Equity & Public Health

About this talk

As cities adopt greener, more sustainable designs, there's risk of a dangerous and unwelcome tenant moving in: mosquitoes. Researcher Cameron Webb explains what urban planners and the general public need to understand about mosquitoes -- the deadliest animals on the planet -- in order to avoid future outbreaks of disease carried by these pesky insects.