Name: How to design mosquitoes out of cities
Uploaded: 2022-03-11T16:11:03Z
Duration: 15 min 34 s
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.

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.

Cameron Webb: How to design mosquitoes out of cities

How to design mosquitoes out of cities

Greening cities without inviting mosquitoes requires balancing water sources with biodiversity to thwart disease spread.

Adaptive urban design can mitigate mosquito breeding while enhancing green spaces, crucial in climate change adaptation.

Green cities boost health but may breed mosquitoes, creating a public health conundrum of balancing nature and disease control.