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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?
434I_Keith Cooke, Director of Planning & Community Development Markets at Esri
"One of the encouraging things for me that I'm seeing is that the role of planners and what they're doing in the strategic decisions they're making is now…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Affordability and capacity of housing - Keith Cooke (434I trailer 3)
Are you interested economic mobility and zoning reform? What do you think about the connection between housing capacity and housing affordability? How can we…
- What is The Future for Cities?
433R_The effect of housing supply regulation on housing affordability: A review (research summary)
Are you interested in how regulations influence housing affordability? Our debate today works with the article titled The effect of housing supply regulation…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Economic mobility as an opportunity for the future of cities - Keith Cooke (434I trailer 2)
Are you interested economic mobility and zoning reform? What do you think about the connection between housing capacity and housing affordability? How can we…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Land use vs zoning on different timeframes - Keith Cooke (434I trailer 1)
Are you interested economic mobility and zoning reform? What do you think about the connection between housing capacity and housing affordability? How can we…
- What is The Future for Cities?
432I_Dr Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, digital and water-based jurisdiction architect
"We don't have to have binary answers ... and that is something that characterises the future of cities. We will have what I like to call a heterarchy of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Why heterarchy is crucial for the future of cities? Dr Nathalie Mezza-Garcia (432I trailer 3)
Are you interested in floating cities? What do you think about startup societies as an innovative form of governance? How can we create heterarchy for better…
- What is The Future for Cities?
431_Self-organized collective action in the floating island project (research summary)
Are you interested in the opportunities with floating cities? Our debate today works with the book chapter titled Self-organized collective action in the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Start up societies as new types of governance - Dr Nathalie Mezza-Garcia (432I trailer 2)
Are you interested in floating cities? What do you think about startup societies as an innovative form of governance? How can we create heterarchy for better…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Why floating cities are not green field developments? Dr Nathalie Mezza-Garcia (432I trailer 1)
Are you interested in floating cities? What do you think about startup societies as an innovative form of governance? How can we create heterarchy for better…
- What is The Future for Cities?
430I_Alain Bertaud, urbanist and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
"Nothing really succeeds as planned, but it succeeds on the side of the plan."Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Labour market as the ability to change jobs - Alain Bertaud (430I trailer 3)
Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about cities as friends? How can we create projections without making them…
- What is The Future for Cities?
429R_Cities as labor markets – The efficiency of large labor markets is the main cause of ever-growing cities (book chapter summary)
Are you interested in the dynamics of urban productivity? Our debate today works with the book chapter titled Cities as labor markets – The efficiency of large…
- What is The Future for Cities?
We shouldn't transform projections into regulations - Alain Bertaud (430I trailer 2)
Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about cities as friends? How can we create projections without making them…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Why surveying what public and private is crucial for cities? Alain Bertaud (430I trailer 1)
Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about cities as friends? How can we create projections without making them…
- What is The Future for Cities?
428I_Elizabeth English, founder and director of the Buoyant Foundation Project and Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture
"We can find ways to live with water instead of against it."Are you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Disasters are the results of natural hazards and decisions - Elizabeth English (428I trailer 3)
re you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding of water? How can we live with water instead fighting it?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
427R_Thriving with water: Developments in amphibious architecture in North America (research debate)
Are you interested in amphibious architecture as a potential solutions for floods? Our debate today works with the article titled Thriving with water…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What is amphibious architecture and construction? Elizabeth English (428I trailer 2)
Are you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding of water? How can we live with water instead fighting it?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Living and working with water, instead of against it - Elizabeth English (428I trailer 1)
Are you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding of water? How can we live with water instead fighting it?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
426I_AJ Perkins, founder, clean energy strategist and award winning author
"Energy is not one of those silos. Energy is the foundation. You cannot fix any of those challenges at scale if you haven't fixed the energy beneath them."Are…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Distributed energy systems and Hawaii as a living lab - AJ Perkins (426I trailer 3)
Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of our challenges and opportunities? What do you think about thinking in 7 generations? How can we honour…
- What is The Future for Cities?
425R_The Energy Foundation – Why Affordable, Reliable Energy Is the Key to Jobs, Cost of Living, and Resilience (book summary)
Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of all opportunities and challenges? Our debate today works with the book titled The Energy Foundation – Why…
- What is The Future for Cities?
How to move discussions into decisions? The CLEAR method - AJ Perkins (426I trailer 2)
Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of our challenges and opportunities? What do you think about thinking in 7 generations? How can we honour…
- What is The Future for Cities?
7 generations and the empty chair for decision-making - AJ Perkins (426I trailer 1)
Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of our challenges and opportunities? What do you think about thinking in 7 generations? How can we honour…
- What is The Future for Cities?
424I_Ben Wolf, producer and director of Changing Lanes
"[Urban transportation] is not just a quality of life issue - it's a life and death issue."Are you interested micromobility? What do you think about induced…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Let's think about streets as public spaces! Ben Wolf (424I trailer 3)
Are you interested micromobility? What do you think about induced demand? How can we effectively reduce traffic and reclaim streets for public use? Trailer for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
423R_Scaling the superblock model to city level in Barcelona? Learning from recent policy impact evaluations
Are you interested in how removing traffic affects urban areas? Our debate today works with the article titled Scaling the superblock model to city level in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Why do big change require leadership? Ben Wolf (424I trailer 2)
Are you interested micromobility? What do you think about induced demand? How can we effectively reduce traffic and reclaim streets for public use? Trailer for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Why public spaces are crucial for cities? Ben Wolf (424I trailer 1)
Are you interested micromobility? What do you think about induced demand? How can we effectively reduce traffic and reclaim streets for public use? Trailer for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
422I_Greg Lindsay, urbanist, futurist and author
"We need to do a better job at building places we love, otherwise we will just discard them."Are you interested adaptation and reuse? What do you think about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
The latent potential of cities as networks - Greg Lindsay (422I trailer 3)
Are you interested adaptation and reuse? What do you think about the cities as the safest zones for climate? How can we maximise serendipity in cities? Trailer…
- What is The Future for Cities?
421R_The origins of scaling in cities
Are you interested in the connection between urban evolution and their population size? Debate of the article titled The origins of scaling in cities from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What would effective adaptive reuse be in the built environment? Greg Lindsay (422I trailer 2)
Are you interested adaptation and reuse? What do you think about the cities as the safest zones for climate? How can we maximise serendipity in cities? Trailer…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Human capital as the key for cities - Greg Lindsay (422I trailer 1)
Are you interested adaptation and reuse? What do you think about the cities as the safest zones for climate? How can we maximise serendipity in cities? Trailer…
- What is The Future for Cities?
420I_Josh Dorfman, co-founder of Plantd and CEO and host of Supercool podcast
"Just consider the possibility that we don't have to suffer to solve climate change."Are you interested in green growth to battle climate change instead of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Individuals' role as clearing the runway - Josh Dorfman (420I trailer 3)
Are you interested in green growth to battle climate change instead of degrowth? What do you think about mayors making the best for their cities, thus, solving…
- What is The Future for Cities?
419R_Green growth or degrowth? Possible outcomes for climate and society
Are you interested in the possibility of green growth instead of degrowth for better urban futures? Debate of the article titled Green growth or degrowth?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
How to find solutions, thus hope for better futures? Josh Dorfman (420I trailer 2)
Are you interested in green growth to battle climate change instead of degrowth? What do you think about mayors making the best for their cities, thus, solving…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What mayors can do for cities and thus climate change? Josh Dorfman (420I trailer 1)
Are you interested in green growth to battle climate change instead of degrowth? What do you think about mayors making the best for their cities, thus, solving…
- What is The Future for Cities?
418I_Zoe Wang, landscape architect and urban designer
"One role designers can play is to make these kind of regenerative choices very beautiful, and easy for people to adopt."Are you interested in the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Designers' role is to make regenerative choices easy to adopt - Zoe Wang (418I trailer 3)
Are you interested in the opportunities within adaptive urban furniture? What do you think about the transition period between the present and future? How can…
- What is The Future for Cities?
417R_Adaptive urban furniture and its role in the climate resilience of public space
Are you interested in opportunities of adaptive urban furniture? Debate of the article titled Adaptive urban furniture and its role in the climate resilience…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Multipurpose infrastructure for resource efficiency - Zoe Wang (418I trailer 2)
Are you interested in the opportunities within adaptive urban furniture? What do you think about the transition period between the present and future? How can…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Technology translates living systems to the language that we understand - Zoe Wang (418I trailer 1)
Are you interested in the opportunities within adaptive urban furniture? What do you think about the transition period between the present and future? How can…
- What is The Future for Cities?
416I_Raoul Rugamba, founder of Africa in Colors and entrepreneur
"We should rethink how our cities and systems work with culture and arts."Are you interested in the opportunities within the African continent? What do you…
- What is The Future for Cities?
How to rethink culture and arts in cities? Raoul Rugamba (416I trailer 3)
Are you interested in the opportunities within the African continent? What do you think about the difference between arts and culture? How can we utilise arts…
- What is The Future for Cities?
415R_Rethinking the contribution of creative economies in Africa to sustainable development. An empirical research of creative intermediaries in Accra’s contemporary art sector
Are you interested in how creative economise are contributing in Africa? Debate of the article titled Rethinking the contribution of creative economies in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
The evolution of culture and its importance - Raoul Rugamba (416I trailer 2)
Are you interested in the opportunities within the African continent? What do you think about the difference between arts and culture? How can we utilise arts…
- What is The Future for Cities?
The difference between arts and culture - Raoul Rugamba (416I trailer 1)
Are you interested in the opportunities within the African continent? What do you think about the difference between arts and culture? How can we utilise arts…
- What is The Future for Cities?
414I_Cormac McKay, environmental technologist and policy advisor
"I reckon the whole motor industry is on its lats legs and shared mobility and autonomous vehicles will take over in the next ten years."Are you interested in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Use cases for autonomous vehicles and robotaxis - Cormac McKay (414I trailer 3)
Are you interested in autonomous vehicles? What do you think can be the best use of autonomous vehicles? How can we utilise autonomous vehicles, not just cars…
- What is The Future for Cities?
413R_Impacts of connected and autonomous vehicles on urban transportation and environment: A comprehensive review
Are you interested in the impacts of autonomous vehicles on the urban fabric? Debate about the article titled Impacts of connected and autonomous vehicles on…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What are autonomous vehicles? Cormac McKay (414I trailer 2)
Are you interested in autonomous vehicles? What do you think can be the best use of autonomous vehicles? How can we utilise autonomous vehicles, not just cars…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Smart city as doing something differently - Cormac McKay (414I trailer 1)
Are you interested in autonomous vehicles? What do you think can be the best use of autonomous vehicles? How can we utilise autonomous vehicles, not just cars…
- What is The Future for Cities?
412I_Louis de Jaeger, award-winning filmmaker, author, and landscape designer
"It's not rocket science to do this. We are closer [to the ideal situation] than we think."Are you interested in urban food forests? What do you think about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Regenerative infrastructure that creates value into the future - Louis de Jaeger (412I trailer 3)
Are you interested in urban food forests? What do you think about regeneration as investment with the highest ROI? How can we get even closer to the ideal…
- What is The Future for Cities?
411R_Is coastal climate adaptation infrastructure worth public investment? Evidence from stated preference economic valuation and cost-benefit analysis
Are you interested in the economic valuation of grey vs green infrastructure solutions? Debate of the article titled Is coastal climate adaptation…
- What is The Future for Cities?
What are the benefits of (urban) food forests? Louis de Jaeger (412I trailer 2)
Are you interested in urban food forests? What do you think about regeneration as investment with the highest ROI? How can we get even closer to the ideal…
- What is The Future for Cities?
Why greenery is important for us, humans? Louis de Jaeger (412I trailer 1)
Are you interested in urban food forests? What do you think about regeneration as investment with the highest ROI? How can we get even closer to the ideal…