University of Toronto’s School of Cities presents this free webinar with Professor Yue Yu.
Date: Wednesday March 23, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
Every year, billions of dollars are spent on cleaning up urban water pollution worldwide. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether cleaner waterways can raise local property values or boost local businesses.
Prof. Yu will explore recent research on the Black-and-Smelly Water Program in China as a natural experiment. First implemented in 2016, this program has cleaned up almost all the heavily polluted waterways in the 36 most developed cities in China.
Through comparison of property values and neighbourhood revitalization factors, researchers can provide causal evidence of the value of cleaner waterways capitalized into real estate properties. Presentation to be followed by a Q&A.
You can register for this even by clicking this link.
This event will be streamed on the School of Cities YouTube channel available here.
