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What is The Future for Cities?
WTF for Cities? is a platform to introduce and connect people who are actively and consciously working on the future of cities and to introduce research about the future of cities.
Episodes
- What is The Future for Cities?
458I_Ruthbea Yesner, Group Vice President at IDC
“Cities are simultaneously the fastest-growing, most economically important areas in the world, and also the most strained and fiscally strained layer of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Digital twins and simulations enhancing urban understanding - Ruthbea Yesner (458I trailer 3)
Are you interested in technology helping us making better decisions? What do you think about innovation as a relative term? How can we have discussions about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
457R_What have urban digital twins contributed to urban planning and decision-making? From a systematic literature review toward a socio-technical research and development agenda
Are you interested in the evolution of urban digital twins? Debate of the article titled What have urban digital twins contributed to urban planning and…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Sustainability and resilience paying for themselves - Ruthbea Yesner (458I trailer 2)
Are you interested in technology helping us making better decisions? What do you think about innovation as a relative term? How can we have discussions about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Innovation as a relative term - Ruthbea Yesner (458I trailer 1)
Are you interested in technology helping us making better decisions? What do you think about innovation as a relative term? How can we have discussions about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
456I_Caroline Howell, CEO and Co-Founder of Canopy
“I believe humans can be keystone species once again… What does it look like when human presence on a land regenerates that land and brings more life to…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Humans as keystone species for regeneration - Caroline Howell (456I trailer 3)
Are you interested in regenerative development? What do you think about healthy living as being more locally connected? How can we become keystone species for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
455R_Understanding biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships in urban areas: A comprehensive literature review
Are you interested in the relationship between urban biodiversity and ecosystem services? Debate of the article titled Understanding biodiversity-ecosystem…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Difference between sustainability and resilience - Caroline Howell (456I trailer 2)
Are you interested in regenerative development? What do you think about healthy living as being more locally connected? How can we become keystone species for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
How do we organise ourselves to relate positively to the land? Caroline Howell (456I trailer 1)
Are you interested in regenerative development? What do you think about healthy living as being more locally connected? How can we become keystone species for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
454I_Kamogelo Thumankwe, founder and CEO of Tsarona
“A city can have a perfect transit, the perfect architecture, housing and energy - and still be one supply shock from empty shelves.”Are you interested in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Cities producing food - Kamogelo Thumankwe (454I trailer 3)
Are you interested in making our food chain more resilient? What do you think about our food foot prints? How can we improve the circularity of our food…
- What is The Future for Cities?
453R_Does crop diversification lead to climate-related resilience? Improving the theory through insights on practice
Are you interested in making our food chain more resilient? Our debate today works with the article titled Does crop diversification lead to climate-related…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What food circularity can mean in practice? Kamogelo Thumankwe (454I trailer 2)
Are you interested in making our food chain more resilient? What do you think about our food foot prints? How can we improve the circularity of our food…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What does urban food footprint mean? Kamogelo Thumankwe (454I trailer 1)
Are you interested in making our food chain more resilient? What do you think about our food foot prints? How can we improve the circularity of our food…
- What is The Future for Cities?
452I_Ron van Duin, applied research professor of Port & City Logistics at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and assistant professor at Delft University of Technology
"We never can abandon freight as long we have demand for products and services… We are the blood vessels for a healthy society, and that, that's very…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Let's rethink logistics in terms of urban resilience - Ron van Duin (452I trailer 3)
Are you interested in how logistics influences urban planning? What do you think about pilots of collaborative logistics? How can we rethink logistics in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
451R_Defining the interface between city logistics and urban design: A systematic literature review
Are you interested in how urban logistics and urban design are connected? Debate of the article titled Defining the interface between city logistics and urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Zero emission zones in urban areas - Ron van Duin (452I trailer 2)
Are you interested in how logistics influences urban planning? What do you think about pilots of collaborative logistics? How can we rethink logistics in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Urban freight as organising our daily needs - Ron van Duin (452I trailer 1)
Are you interested in how logistics influences urban planning? What do you think about pilots of collaborative logistics? How can we rethink logistics in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
450P_The future of urban governance - Panel conversation with Micah Gaudet, Ana Maria Bustamante Duarte, and Balamurugan Soundararaj
Are you interested in the future of urban governance? What do you think is the role of AI in urban governance? How can we utilise the localised feedback loops…
- What is The Future for Cities?
From the age of ideas to age of building - Balamurugan Soundararaj (450P trailer 3)
Are you interested in the future of urban governance? What do you think is the role of AI in urban governance? How can we utilise the localised feedback loops…
- What is The Future for Cities?
449R_Cities aren’t rocket engines: The maturity of digital twins in human-centred urban planning
Are you interested in how to utilise digital twins in human-centred urban planning? Debate of the article titled Cities aren’t rocket engines: The maturity of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
How to use data to create a pluralistic way? Ana Maria Bustamante Duarte (450P trailer 2)
Are you interested in the future of urban governance? What do you think is the role of AI in urban governance? How can we utilise the localised feedback loops…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Building for the upcoming native AI generations - Micah Gaudet (450P trailer 1)
Are you interested in the future of urban governance? What do you think is the role of AI in urban governance? How can we utilise the localised feedback loops…
- What is The Future for Cities?
448I_Jasen Johns, urban forester and municipal arborist
"We're anticipating these massive climate change impacts and incorporating resiliency into our built environment to stand against that."Are you interested in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Climate ruggedisation and green jobs as opportunities - Jasen Johns (448I trailer 3)
Are you interested in urban forestry? What do you think about the tension between the need for development and green spaces? How can we bring out the best from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
447R_Facilitating adaptive forest management under climate change: A spatially specific synthesis of 125 species for habitat changes and assisted migration over the eastern United States
Are you interested in how to adapt our natural systems to climate change? Debate of the article titled Facilitating adaptive forest management under climate…
- What is The Future for Cities?
The 3-30-300 model in urban forestry - Jasen Johns (448I trailer 2)
Are you interested in urban forestry? What do you think about the tension between the need for development and green spaces? How can we bring out the best from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What integration of plants into the built environment can look like? Jasen Johns (448I trailer 1)
Are you interested in urban forestry? What do you think about the tension between the need for development and green spaces? How can we bring out the best from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
446I_Andy Roberts, the Urban Design Director of Planit
"What if every time we built something, the world got better?"Are you interested in regenerative urban design principles? What do you think about the process…
- What is The Future for Cities?
How to set the vision for the place? - Andy Roberts (446I trailer 3)
Are you interested in regenerative urban design principles? What do you think about the process of creating a vision for a place? How can we improve our…
- What is The Future for Cities?
445R_Driving mechanisms of green regeneration in old industrial areas under ecological security constraints: Evolutionary game theory oriented toward public satisfaction (research debate)
Are you interested in how regeneration can help old urban areas? Debate of the article titled Driving mechanisms of green regeneration in old industrial areas…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Design for evolution as a regenerative principle - Andy Roberts (446I trailer 2)
Are you interested in regenerative urban design principles? What do you think about the process of creating a vision for a place? How can we improve our…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What if every time we built something, the world got better? - Andy Roberts (446I trailer 1)
Are you interested in regenerative urban design principles? What do you think about the process of creating a vision for a place? How can we improve our…
- What is The Future for Cities?
444I_Markus Appenzeller, Founder and Director of MLA+
"These are problems on the one hand. On the other hand, you can also turn it around and say: 'Okay, if that is a given, how would we have to organise it that…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Rethinking how post-industrial cities look like - Markus Appenzeller (444I trailer 3)
Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops…
- What is The Future for Cities?
443R_Enhancing resilient sustainable cities: Public perspective of urban resilient design
Are you interested in how robustness contributes to the resilience of urban systems? Debate of the article titled Enhancing resilient sustainable cities…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Culture of city development and -making - Markus Appenzeller (444I trailer 2)
Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Sequences for finding the real urban problem - Markus Appenzeller (444I trailer 1)
Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops…
- What is The Future for Cities?
442I_Darren Flynn, entrepreneur and engineer and Founder and Director of Vinculum Advisory
"Ultimately, if you put more stuff under ground, you have more land and areas for people to inhabit above the ground."Are you interested in the underground…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What should people know and understand about engineering? Darren Flynn (442I trailer 3)
Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic…
- What is The Future for Cities?
441R_Water reuse: A comprehensive review (research debate)
Are you interested in the opportunities within water reuse? Debate of the article titled Water reuse: A comprehensive review from 2024, by Fivos Florides…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Strategic planning and future proofing our infrastructure - Darren Flynn (442I trailer 2)
Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Why underground infrastructure is crucial for the future of cities? Darren Flynn (442I trailer 1)
Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What does techno-optimism mean? John Rossant (440I trailer 3)
Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health…
- What is The Future for Cities?
439R_How autonomous vehicles can affect anomalies of urban transportation
Are you interested in the effects of autonomous vehicles on the urban fabric? Our debate today works with the article titled How autonomous vehicles can affect…
- What is The Future for Cities?
440I_John Rossant, Founder and CEO of CoMotion
"The mobility revolution is not just a tech story, it really is a city redesign story."Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Urban evolution as the result of leaders and individuals - John Rossant (440I trailer 2)
Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Regulatory changes for innovation and growth - John Rossant (440I trailer 1)
Are you interested in the mobility revolution? What do you think about green field new city building? How can we leverage the 15-minute city idea for health…
- What is The Future for Cities?
438I_Joris de Leeuw, Regenerative Designer & System Innovator at Protopia Studio
"We are just the process of the universe becoming more complex."Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
From sustainability to regeneration with foresight - Joris de Leeuw (438I trailer 3)
Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
437R_Biodiver_Cities: An exploration of how architecture and urban design can regenerate ecosystem services (research debate)
Are you interested in how to regenerate urban ecosystem services? Our debate today works with the article titled Biodiver_Cities: An exploration of how…
- What is The Future for Cities?
From separateness to interdependency - Joris de Leeuw (438I trailer 2)
Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Humans and consciousness evolving - Joris de Leeuw (438I trailer 1)
Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the challenge of separateness? How can we leverage our transformational times for the best?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
436I_Carina Tenewaa Kanbi, a spatial practitioner
"The future is very much embedded and designed in local realities."Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What role do green and public spaces play in cities? Carina Tenewaa Kanbi (436I trailer 3)
Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
435R_Governance of urban informal settlements in Africa: A scoping review
Are you interested in the governance of urban informal settlements? Our debate today works with the article titled Governance of urban informal settlements in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
How to bring governments along the improvements? Carina Tenewaa Kanbi (436I trailer 2)
Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Connection between mayors and the creative industries - Carina Tenewaa Kanbi (436I trailer 1)
Are you interested in the involvement of informal settlements in the future of cities? What do you think about the importance of creative industries for urban…