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How to design mosquitoes out of cities

Cameron Webb · TED

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About

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.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDxParramatta
Speaker
Cameron Webb
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Earth and environment, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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