# How to design mosquitoes out of cities

- 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](https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_webb_how_to_design_mosquitoes_out_of_cities)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [How to design mosquitoes out of cities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/cameron_webb_how_to_design_mosquitoes_out_of_cities/00f0325df365), 16 min (TED's player)