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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?
328I_Trailer_Howard Bloom, author and founder of the Howard Bloom Institute
Are you interested in technological innovation like writing? What do you think about cities as the guiding light for humanity? How can we utilise technology…
- What is The Future for Cities?
326I_Sarah Bridges, Technical Director at Aurecon and Director of Precinct Planning within the AJM Joint Venture
"The city is a collision of people and ideas."Are you interested in the benefits of investing in public transport? What do you think about design by democracy?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
325R_Economic and social impacts of public transport investments: A scoping literature review (research summary)
Are you interested in the benefits of public transport? Summary of the book chapter titled Economic and social impacts of public transport investments: A…
- What is The Future for Cities?
326I_Trailer_Sarah Bridges, Technical Director at Aurecon and Director of Precinct Planning within the AJM Joint Venture
Are you interested in the benefits of investing in public transport? What do you think about design by democracy? How can we create heterogenous cities with…
- What is The Future for Cities?
324I_Fin Moorhouse, Research Fellow at Forethought
"What are uses of land that the market won't provide but are still worthwhile?" Are you interested in the urban aspects not supported by market, like parks and…
- What is The Future for Cities?
323R_Planning ahead for better neighborhoods: Long run evidence from Tanzania (research summary)
Are you interested in long term planning for better neighbourhoods? Our summary today works with the article titled Planning ahead for better neighborhoods…
- What is The Future for Cities?
324I_Trailer_Fin Moorhouse, Research Fellow at Forethought
Are you interested in the urban aspects not supported by market, like parks and beauty? What do you think about AI evolution? How can we retrofit the urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
322I_Mat Santamouris, Scientia Professor at the University of New South Whales
"The whole interaction between the developing and developed cities and countries are really dynamic."Are you interested in the difference between cities in the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
321R_Synergies and exacerbations – effects of warmer weather and climate change (research summary)
Are you interested in the effects of urban heat islands? Summary of the book chapter titled Synergies and exacerbations – effects of warmer weather and climate…
- What is The Future for Cities?
322I_Trailer_Mat Santamouris, Scientia Professor at the University of New South Whales
Are you interested in the difference between cities in the developing and developed countries? What do you think about solutions for the right problems? How…
- What is The Future for Cities?
320I_Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built
"We live in an age where the expansion of possibility is actually greater than the latency of restrain."Are you interested in reinventing ourselves for better…
- What is The Future for Cities?
319R_Intelligent urbanism with artificial intelligence in shaping tomorrow’s smart cities: current developments, trends, and future directions (research summary)
Are you interested in artificial intelligence advancing cities? Summary of the article titled Intelligent urbanism with artificial intelligence in shaping…
- What is The Future for Cities?
320I_Trailer_Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built
Are you interested in reinventing ourselves for better futures? What do you think about light cities? How can we create conscious urban evolution? Trailer for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
318I_Mark Lutter, Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute
"One of the biggest strengths is the past of cities."Are you interested in the connection of economics and cities? What do you think about superstar cities and…
- What is The Future for Cities?
317R_Building resilient cities: The role of charter cities in promoting resilient urban development (research summary)
Are you interested charter cities? Summary of the article titled Building resilient cities: The role of charter cities in promoting resilient urban development…
- What is The Future for Cities?
318I_Trailer_Mark Lutter, Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute
Are you interested in the connection of economics and cities? What do you think about superstar cities and their agglomeration? How can we utilise cities’…
- What is The Future for Cities?
316I_Don Weatherbee, CEO of RegenX Tech
"Urban mining is a necessity for future cities!"Are you interested in urban mining? What do you think about differentiating reuse, recycling and regeneration?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
315R_Potential and relevance of urban mining in the context of sustainable cities (research summary)
Are you interested urban mining? Summary of the article titled Potential and relevance of urban mining in the context of sustainable cities from 2017, by…
- What is The Future for Cities?
316I_Trailer_Don Weatherbee, CEO of RegenX Tech
Are you interested in urban mining? What do you think about differentiating reuse, recycling and regeneration? How can we make our material use more efficient?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
314I_Andrew Vass, financial market expert
"I think people underestimate human ingenuity."Are you interested in nuclear energy? What do you think about Australia’s leading research agency’s…
- What is The Future for Cities?
313R_What is nuclear energy? What about the waste? Safety, security and safeguards (research summary)
Are you interested in nuclear power for clean energy? Summary of the articles titled What is nuclear energy, What about the waste, and Safety, security and…
- What is The Future for Cities?
314I_Trailer_Andrew Vass, financial market expert
Are you interested in nuclear energy? What do you think about Australia’s leading research agency’s investigation on nuclear energy? How can we restructure our…
- What is The Future for Cities?
312I_Gilbert Rochecouste, Founder and Managing Director of Village Well
"I think we've become smaller, we've become less human as consumers, compared to active participants."Are you interested in regenerative placemaking? What do…
- What is The Future for Cities?
311R_Nature Positive: Guidelines for the transition in cities (research summary)
Are you interested in transitioning cities to be nature positive? Summary of the report titled Nature Positive: Guidelines for the transition in cities from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
312I_Trailer_Gilbert Rochecouste, Founder and Managing Director of Village Well
Are you interested in regenerative placemaking? What do you think about urban participation and its consequences? How can we reimagine our place in cities to…
- What is The Future for Cities?
310I_Dr Stuart Cowan, Executive Director at Buckminster Fuller Institute
"Cities can be the places that were how we do our metabolism as a spieces." Are you interested in ecological design? What do you think about bioregions in our…
- What is The Future for Cities?
309R_Ecological urban planning and design: A systematic literature review (research summary)
Are you interested in ecological design? Summary of the article titled Ecological urban planning and design: A systematic literature review from 2019, by…
- What is The Future for Cities?
310I_Trailer_Dr Stuart Cowan, Executive Director at Buckminster Fuller Institute
Are you interested in ecological design? What do you think about bioregions in our planning? How can we avoid defuturing? Trailer for episode 310 - interview…
- What is The Future for Cities?
308I_Chiara Marletto, Scientific Researcher at University of Oxford
"Cities are part of the extended phenotype for the kind of knowledge that is produced by human civilisation."Are you interested in how quantum physics is…
- What is The Future for Cities?
307R_The Science of Can and Can’t – A physicist’s journey through the land of counterfactuals (book summary)
Are you interested in what is possible based on physics? Summary of the book titled The Science of Can and Can’t – A physicist’s journey through the land of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
308I_Trailer_Chiara Marletto, Scientific Researcher at University of Oxford
Are you interested in how quantum physics is influencing the future of cities? What do you think about the connection between knowledge and urban evolution?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
306I_Tom Petty, co-founder of CarbonTrace
"The decarbonisation efforts really need to boil down to dollars."Are you interested in embodied carbon accounting? What do you think about choosing lower…
- What is The Future for Cities?
305R_Measuring embodied carbon in the residential sector: Barriers and opportunities (research summary)
Are you interested in embodied carbon accounting? Summary of the white paper titled Measuring embodied carbon in the residential sector: Barriers and…
- What is The Future for Cities?
306I_Trailer_Tom Petty, co-founder of CarbonTrace
Are you interested in embodied carbon accounting? What do you think about choosing lower emission building materials? How can we make business sense for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
304I_Nick Bray, VP of Global Defence and Security at VANTIQ
"The plan needs to accommodate constant change, because it's constantly adapting."Are you interested in different levels of AI agents assisting human…
- What is The Future for Cities?
303R_Agentic AI: The future is now (research summary)
Are you interested in urban progress with artificial intelligence? Summary of the white paper titled Agentic AI: The future is now from 2025, by VANTIQ.This is…
- What is The Future for Cities?
304I_Trailer_Nick Bray, VP of Global Defence and Security at VANTIQ
Are you interested in different levels of AI agents assisting human decision-making? What do you think about open architecture technological systems? How can…
- What is The Future for Cities?
302I_Darren Murphy, CEO and founder of Core Integrity
"I think there is a bit of community / social imperative that we should be standing up for what we want, demanding more."Are you interested in institutional…
- What is The Future for Cities?
301R_A framework for assessing the accountability of local governance arrangements for adaptation to climate change (research summary)
Are you interested in urban governance accountability? Summary of the article titled A framework for assessing the accountability of local governance…
- What is The Future for Cities?
302I_Trailer_Darren Murphy, CEO and founder of Core Integrity
Are you interested in institutional accountability? What do you think about starting from taking pride in your own community? How can we take responsibility…
- What is The Future for Cities?
300P_Urban Food Production with Adam Dorr, Nadun Hennayaka, and Simon Burt
Are you interested in urban food production? What do you think is the difference between food production and agriculture? How can we retrofit urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
300P_Trailer03_How can we utilise urban infrastructure better for food production? Simon Burt
Are you interested in urban food production? What do you think is the difference between food production and agriculture? How can we retrofit urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
299R_Validating the City Region Food System Approach: Enacting inclusive, transformational City Region Food Systems (research summary)
Are you interested in urban food production approaches? Summary of the article titled Validating the City Region Food System Approach: Enacting inclusive…
- What is The Future for Cities?
300P_Trailer02_Why healthy food choices matter for better urban futures? Nadun Hennayaka
Are you interested in urban food production? What do you think is the difference between food production and agriculture? How can we retrofit urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
300P_Trailer01_What is cellular agriculture for urban food production? Adam Dorr
Are you interested in urban food production? What do you think is the difference between food production and agriculture? How can we retrofit urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
298I_Carina Gormley, senior associate at the Centre for Public Impact’s Climate Change Initiative
"[The city] is a system that is difficult to map, but it is evolving."Are you interested in allowing governments to fail? What do you think about systems…
- What is The Future for Cities?
297R_Harnessing social imagination in the era of the climate crisis (research summary)
Are you interested in hallucinating to solve urban challenges? Summary of the report titled Harnessing social imagination in the era of the climate crisis by…
- What is The Future for Cities?
298I_Trailer_Carina Gormley, senior associate at the Centre for Public Impact’s Climate Change Initiative
Are you interested in allowing governments to fail? What do you think about systems thinking? How can we help governments be bold? Trailer for episode 298 -…
- What is The Future for Cities?
296I_Sally Capp, Non-Executive Director of Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne and the former Lord Mayor of Melbourne
"You can't waste a crises!"Are you interested in cities as places for experiments? What do you think about respectful disagreements? How can we create good…
- What is The Future for Cities?
295R_Critical success factors for public-private partnerships in urban regeneration projects (research summary)
Are you interested in public-private partnerships for improved urban futures? Summary of the article titled Critical success factors for public-private…
- What is The Future for Cities?
296I_Trailer_Sally Capp, Non-Executive Director of Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne and the former Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Are you interested in cities as places for experiments? What do you think about respectful disagreements? How can we create good partnerships between different…
- What is The Future for Cities?
294I_Erick A. Brimen, CEO of Honduras Próspera and NeWay Capital
"You can' have a choice if you don't have opportunities."Are you interested in the 3 tasks governance should do? What do you think about service-based…
- What is The Future for Cities?
293R_Rethinking the governance of urban infrastructural transformations: a synthesis of emerging approaches (research summary)
Are you interested in the changing governmental roles in urban transformations? Summary of the article titled Rethinking the governance of urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
294I_Trailer_Erick A. Brimen, CEO of Honduras Próspera and NeWay Capital
Are you interested in the 3 tasks governance should do? What do you think about service-based governments? How can we create good governance and governments?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
292I_Anthony Acciavatti, Diana Balmori Assistant Professor at Yale University
"It's less interesting how technology changes people than how people change technologies." Are you interested in urban water management? What do you think…
- What is The Future for Cities?
291R_Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions (research summary)
Are you interested in urban water management? Summary of the article titled Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions from 2021 by Chunyang…
- What is The Future for Cities?
292I_Trailer_Anthony Acciavatti, Diana Balmori Assistant Professor at Yale University
"It's less interesting how technology changes people than how people change technologies." Are you interested in urban water management? What do you think…
- What is The Future for Cities?
290I_Jen Borrero, a Colombian-Mexican Impact Entrepreneur and Community Developer
"Urban living is very dense, that lands it being more resource efficient." Are you interested in housing affordability projects? What do you think about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
289R_A fresh look at contemporary perspectives on urban housing affordability (research summary)
Are you interested in urban housing affordability? Summary of the article titled A fresh look at contemporary perspectives on urban housing affordability from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
290I_Trailer_Jen Borrero, a Colombian-Mexican Impact Entrepreneur and Community Developer
Are you interested in housing affordability projects? What do you think about successful cities? How can we make the 2nd and 3rd order consequences as part of…