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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?
165I_Michael Healy, the Smart Cities Programme Manager at Christchurch City Council
Are you interested in how to move and look forward to a better future after negative experiences? What do you think about resilience? How can we become more…
- What is The Future for Cities?
164R_A discussion of resilience and sustainability: Land use planning recover from the Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand (research summary)
Are you interested in whether a resilient community is a sustainable one? Summary of the article titled A discussion of resilience and sustainability: Land use…
- What is The Future for Cities?
165I_Trailer_Michael Healy, the Smart Cities Programme Manager at Christchurch City Council
Trailer for episode 165 - interview with Michael Healy, the Smart Cities Programme Manager at Christchurch City Council. We talk about his vision for the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
163R_Rethinking resilience: Reflections on the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, 2010 and 2011 (research summary)
Are you interested in rethinking resilience? Summary of the article titled Rethinking resilience: Reflections on the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand…
- What is The Future for Cities?
162I_Warren Hill, enterprise account director at Appscore
Are you interested in the smart city as making urban life easier for people? What do you think about standards and their uses? How can we use the urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
161R_Perception of the quality of smart city solutions as a sense of residents' safety (research summary)
Are you interested in the privacy and security aspects of smart city solutions? Summary of the article titled Perception of the quality of smart city solutions…
- What is The Future for Cities?
162I_Trailer_Warren Hill, enterprise account director at Appscore
Trailer for episode 162 - interview with Warren Hill, enterprise account director at Appscore. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, combination…
- What is The Future for Cities?
160R_What is the city? (research summary)
Are you interested in the city as the theatre for social action? Summary of the article titled What is a city? from 1937 by Lewis Mumford, from the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
159I_Michael Browne, manager at Melbourne Water
Are you interested in the Aboriginal understanding of country? What do you think about water in cities? How can we become more connected to country itself?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
158R_Integrating Aboriginal cultural values into water planning: A case study from New South Wales, Australia (research summary)
Are you interested in Aboriginal value integration into water planning? Summary of the article titled Integrating Aboriginal cultural values into water…
- What is The Future for Cities?
159I_Trailer_Michael Browne, manager at Melbourne Water
Trailer for episode 159 - the interview with Michael Browne, manager at Melbourne Water. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, aboriginal and…
- What is The Future for Cities?
157R_Ontological review of smart city research (research summary)
Are you interested in both smartness and the city in the smart city concept? Summary of the article titled Ontological review of smart city research from 2017…
- What is The Future for Cities?
156I_Fanni Melles, future of cities researcher and podcast host
"We are architects of our life, not victims of it" !!!!Book giveaway details at the bottom!!!! Are you interested in the city as the emergent property of the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
155B_#2 Birthday Special - summary of WTF's second year
What action will you take to create a better future for cities, thus humanity? The celebration of the second year of the podcast! I would like to thank you all…
- What is The Future for Cities?
156I_Trailer_Fanni Melles, future of cities researcher and podcast host
Trailer for the celebratory episode 156 - the interview with yours truly, Fanni Melles. I am interviewed by a very special guesthost – Ben Vass, Graph Shaman…
- What is The Future for Cities?
154R_Smart City? Smarter City? Smarter Approach? The Smarter City Flywheel
Are you interested in why the smart city is complete rubbish? We are starting our 2nd birthday celebration today!!! Our summary today works with the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
153I_Ana Enache, overall sustainability enthusiast and Chief of Staff at AppScore
Are you interested in how to talk about sustainability for people to care? What do you think about education about sustainability? How can we become more…
- What is The Future for Cities?
152R_Three pillars of sustainability: in search of conceptual origins (research summary)
Are you interested in where the three pillars of sustainability came from? Summary of the article titled Three pillars of sustainability: in search of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
153I_Trailer_Ana Enache, overall sustainability enthusiast and Chief of Staff at Appscore
Trailer for episode 153 - interview with Ana Enache, overall sustainability enthusiast and Chief of Staff at Appscore. We talk about her vision for the future…
- What is The Future for Cities?
151R_Aesthetics of sustainability and architecture: An overview (research summary)
Are you interested in the aesthetics of sustainable architecture? Summary of the article titled Aesthetics of sustainability and architecture: An overview from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
150P_What is academia's role in establishing the future of cities? Panel discussion with previous interviewees
Are you interested in academia’s role in establishing the better future for cities? What do you think is not academia’s role? How can we improve academic…
- What is The Future for Cities?
149R_Urban futures: systemic or system changing interventions? A literature review using Meadows’ leverage points as analytical framework (research summary)
Are you interested in what is the role of academic researchers in establishing the better future of cities? Our summary today works with the article titled…
- What is The Future for Cities?
148R_Interstitiality in the smart city: more than top-down and bottom-up smartness (research summary)
Are you interested in how smart city can be more than just top-down or bottom-up? Our summary today works with the article titled Interstitiality in the smart…
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147I_Damian Hewitt, Head of Smart Cities and Future Mobility at SAGE Group
Are you interested in how focusing on disability needs in technology can enhance the whole user experience? What do you think about smartness meaning…
- What is The Future for Cities?
146R_Including marginalised communities in urban development and smart cities
Are you interested in the right to the city? Summary of the article titled Human rights and the city: Including marginalised communities in urban development…
- What is The Future for Cities?
147I_trailer_Damian Hewitt, Head of Smart Cities and Future Mobility at SAGE Group
Trailer for episode 147I - the interview with Damian Hewitt, Head of Smart Cities and Future Mobility at SAGE Group. We will talk about his vision for the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
145R_Smart city and simplicity? Modular business models for smart cities (research summary)
Are you interested in how to reduce complexity of the smart city business models? Summary of the article titled Smart city and simplicity? Modular business…
- What is The Future for Cities?
144I_Morley Muse, cofounder of iSTEM Co and renewable energy consultant
Are you interested in renewable technologies? What do you think about thinking inward and using present opportunities? How can we accept problems to improve…
- What is The Future for Cities?
143R_Extraction of microalgae as a form of wastewater treatment: Opportunities in biodiesel, biogas, biohydrogen, and volatile fatty acids production (research summary)
Are you interested in how to use microalgae to treat wastewater? Summary of the summary titled Extraction of microalgae as a form of wastewater treatment…
- What is The Future for Cities?
142R_Becoming future-proof STEM teachers for enhancing sustainable development: A proposed general framework for a capacity-building programs in future studies (research summary)
Are you interested in how to future-proof STEM education? Summary of the article titled Becoming future-proof STEM teachers for enhancing sustainable…
- What is The Future for Cities?
141I_Soheil Sabri, Digital Delivery Lead for Urban Digital Twin at the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration at the University of Melbourne
Are you interested in the difference between prediction and forecasting? What tools do you think can improve urbanisation? How can we use digital twins better…
- What is The Future for Cities?
140R_Creating digital twins to save our cities
Are you interested in the benefits and challenges of digital twins? Summary of the article titled Creating digital twins to save our cities from 2023 by Soheil…
- What is The Future for Cities?
139R_The landscape and evolution of urban planning science (research summary)
Are you interested in the boundaries and directions of urban planning science? Summary of the article titled The landscape and evolution of urban planning…
- What is The Future for Cities?
138I_Luis Natera, software developer and geospatial network scientist
Are you interested cities as beautiful monsters? What do you think about consciously choosing your city to live? How can be our procrastination regarding…
- What is The Future for Cities?
137R_Quantifying life quality as walkability on urban networks: The case of Budapest (research summary)
Are you interested in how walkability and quality of life are connected? Summary of the article titled Quantifying life quality as walkability on urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
136R_An analysis of the legal framework influencing walking in Australia (research summary)
Are you interested in how the legal framework in Australia influences walking? Summary of the article titled An analysis of the legal framework influencing…
- What is The Future for Cities?
135I_Paul Satur, research fellow and lecturer at Monash Water Sensitive Cities and co-founder and CEO of Our Future Cities
Are you interested in prosperous cities? What do you think about urban pessimism? How can we be more punk music tragic for the better future of cities?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
134R_Social inequality and water use in Australian cities: the social gradient in domestic water use (research episode)
Are you interested in how social inequality influences domestic water and thus broader water sustainability issues? Summary of the article titled Social…
- What is The Future for Cities?
133R_Multifunctional Urban Spaces – a solution to increase the quality of urban life in dense cities (research summary)
Are you interested in how multifunctional urban spaces can contribute to increasing the quality of urban life in dense cities? Summary of the article titled…
- What is The Future for Cities?
132I_Michael Batty, Bartlett professor of planning - What are cities and and their futures?
Are you interested in inventing the future of cities? What do you think about urban evolution? How can we predict the future of the city? Interview with…
- What is The Future for Cities?
131R_Inventing Future Cities (book summary)
Are you interested in how can we create better, more sustainable cities for the future? Summary of the book titled Inventing Future Cities from 2018 by Michael…
- What is The Future for Cities?
130R_A new framework for very large-scale urban modelling (research summary)
Are you interested in how large-scale urban modelling going beyond the usual land use and transport interactions? Summary of the article titled A new framework…
- What is The Future for Cities?
129I_Alan Donegan, founder at Rebel Business, Entrepreneur and Finance School
Are you interested in creating your own future? What do you think about urban stability and entrepreneurship? How can we charge into the future? Interview with…
- What is The Future for Cities?
128R_Entrepreneurship in cities (research summary)
Are you interested in how cities and entrepreneurship are connected? Summary of the article titled Entrepreneurship in cities from 2021 by Sam Tavassoli…
- What is The Future for Cities?
127R_Urban futures – Idealization, capitalization, securitization (research summary)
Are you interested in how urban futures have changed over time? Summary of the article titled Urban futures – Idealization, capitalization, securitization from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
126I_Corey Gray, engineer and Global CEO of the Smart Cities Council
Are you interested in beauty as a sustainability element? What do you think about people being pragmatic for change and transformation? How can we create…
- What is The Future for Cities?
125R_Aesthetics of Sustainability: a transdisciplinary sensibility for transformative practices (research summary)
Are you interested in aesthetics for sustainable progress? Summary of the article titled Aesthetics of Sustainability: a transdisciplinary sensibility for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
124R_Smart cities: Utopia or neoliberal ideology (research summary)
Are you interested in whether smart city is a utopia or a neoliberal ideology? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart cities: Utopia or…
- What is The Future for Cities?
123I_Alex Louey, managing director and co-founder of AppsCore Digital
Are you interested in sustainable urban transport and development? What do you think about urban sustainability in Australia versus the world? How can we lead…
- What is The Future for Cities?
122R_Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data (research summary)
Are you interested in how urban sprawl affects sustainable urban development? Summary of the article titled Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
121R_Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making (research summary)
Are you interested in smart cities as a functional instrument to influence public debate and policy? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart City…
- What is The Future for Cities?
120I_Matt Ferrell, Youtube creator specialising in sustainable and renewable technologies
Are you interested in sustainable and renewable technologies? What do you think about urban sustainability and its implementation? How can we create even…
- What is The Future for Cities?
119R_Pessimism and optimism in the debate on climate change: A critical analysis (research summary)
Are you interested in why we have pessimistic and optimistic views on climate change? Summary of the article titled Pessimism and optimism in the debate on…
- What is The Future for Cities?
118R_Smart sustainable cities – Exploring ICT solutions for reduced energy use in cities (research summary)
Are you interested in ICT solutions to reduce urban energy use? Our summary today works with the article titled Smart sustainable cities – Exploring ICT…
- What is The Future for Cities?
117I_Colin Chee, the creative director of the Never Too Small YouTube channel
Are you interested in small footprint living? What do you think about the effects of good neighbour relationships? How can we create more compassionate…
- What is The Future for Cities?
116R_Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints, socio-demographic trends and small households in Denmark (research summary)
Are you interested in small footprint living? Our summary today works with the article titled Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints…
- What is The Future for Cities?
115R_Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities: Reconceptualising smart cities to evade urban ecocide (research summary)
Are you interested in post-anthropocentric cities after smart ones? Our summary today works with the article titled Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities…
- What is The Future for Cities?
114I_Kelly Boucher, a scholar, education consultant and breakthrough coach
Are you interested in pedagogy as the agency of teaching and learning? What do you think about radical relearning about how we interact with our environment?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
113R_Radical collaboration: flipping the paradigm on learning (research summary)
Are you interested in radical collaboration as an education form? Our summary today works with the chapter titled Radical collaboration: flipping the paradigm…
- What is The Future for Cities?
112R_Engaging with place – Foregrounding Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education (research summary)
Are you interested in how to embed Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education regarding space? Our summary today works with the chapter titled…