Laurence C. Smith

Biography:

Laurence C. Smith, a UCLA geography professor, explores megatrends through computer model projections to describe "with reasonable scientific credibility, what our world might look like in forty years' time, should things continue as they are now."

Website(s):

geog.ucla.edu

Book(s):

The World in 2050

Past Shows:

The World in 2050
Saturday - October 16 2010
Ian Punnett welcomed UCLA geography professor Laurence Smith, who discussed how trends in population, global trade, resources, and the climate will profoundly shape the world by 2050. He explained that the premise behind his work was a "broad, sweeping thought experiment of...More »

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