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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?
288I_Dan Hill, the Director of the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne
"[Cities are] multiple systems, threaded together, nested inside each other, interacting with each other in different complex ways." Are you interested in the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
287R_Essay: On the smart city; Or a ‘manifesto’ for smart citizens instead (research summary)
Are you interested in smart citizens instead of smart cities? Summary of the article titled Essay: On the smart city; Or a ‘manifesto’ for smart citizens…
- What is The Future for Cities?
288I_Trailer_Dan Hill, the Director of the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne
Are you interested in the city as tangle of systems and flows? What do you think is the connection among nature, technology and culture? How can we create real…
- What is The Future for Cities?
286I_Junaid Islam, a secure communication expert
"The future of cities is really something that is in our power to shape it if we are really getting involved."Are you interested in how technology and…
- What is The Future for Cities?
285R_Nature futures for the urban century: Integrating multiple values into urban management (research summary)
Are you interested in urban nature futures? Summary of the article titled Nature futures for the urban century: Integrating multiple values into urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
286I_Trailer_Junaid Islam, a secure communication expert
Are you interested in how technology and non-technology fuses in an ideal urban future? What do you think about hard and soft infrastructure? How can we get…
- What is The Future for Cities?
284P_Emerging Young Leaders about the future of cities
Are you interested in how emerging leaders see the future of cities? What do you think about youth engagement for better urban futures? How can we utilise…
- What is The Future for Cities?
283_Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
Today would be a research episode, but since it is 2024 Christmas time, I want to just wish you all relaxing holidays with or without celebrating Christmas…
- What is The Future for Cities?
282I_Keygan Huckleberry, Emergency Management Officer in Christchurch
"Some people are aware of the hazards, but unaware of the consequences." Are you interested in disaster resilience planning? What do you think about 15-minute…
- What is The Future for Cities?
281R_Misfortunes never come singly. A holistic approach to urban resilience and sustainability challenges (research summary)
Are you interested in how to manage multiple disasters at once? Summary of the article titled Misfortunes never come singly. A holistic approach to urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
282I_Trailer_Keygan Huckleberry, Emergency Management Officer in Christchurch
Are you interested in disaster resilience planning? What do you think about 15-minute cities as a tool for disaster resilience? How can we create safe…
- What is The Future for Cities?
280I_Hudson Worsley, co-founder and director of Presync
"At the theoretical level, the discipline of resilience is very human-centric, and I think the discipline of sustainability is more nature-centric." Are you…
- What is The Future for Cities?
279R_How ecosystem services drive urban growth: Integrating nature-based solutions (research summary)
Are you interested in urban ecosystem services? Summary of the article titled How ecosystem services drive urban growth: Integrating nature-based solutions…
- What is The Future for Cities?
280I_Trailer_Hudson Worsley, co-founder and director of Presync
Are you interested in the difference between sustainability and resilience professionals? What will you answer to your grandkids when they ask what you did…
- What is The Future for Cities?
278I_Nadun Hennayaka, founder and CEO of Gaia Project Australia
"The world is a city on its own, we are not really disconnected." Are you interested in technology which enhances urban food production? What do you think…
- What is The Future for Cities?
277R_Future food-production systems: Vertical farming and controlled-environment agriculture (research summary)
Are you interested in vertical farming as a future food production system? Summary of the article titled Future food-production systems: Vertical farming and…
- What is The Future for Cities?
278I_Trailer_Nadun Hennayaka, founder and CEO of Gaia Project Australia
Are you interested in technology which enhances urban food production? What do you think about the world as a city on its own? How can we be responsible for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
276I_Beth McDaniel, President of Reactive Surface Partners at McDaniel and Associates
"What we can't do is be an ostrich and put our head in the sand and expect [climate change] to go away." Are you interested in carbon capture technologies?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
275R_Trends in research and tevelopment for CO2 capture and sequestration (research summary)
Are you interested in carbon capture and sequestration? Summary of the article titled Trends in Research and Development for CO2 Capture and Sequestration from…
- What is The Future for Cities?
276I_Trailer_Beth McDaniel, President of Reactive Surface Partners at McDaniel and Associates
Are you interested in carbon capture technologies? What do you think about the opportunities within our collaborations? How can we shake off our boiling frog…
- What is The Future for Cities?
274I_Richard Gill, CEO of RethinkX
"[In] societal change we need to protect people, not jobs or industries." Are you interested in transformational technologies? What do you think about cities…
- What is The Future for Cities?
273R_Rethinking Humanity (research summary)
Are you interested in rethinking humanity and its trajectory? Summary of the report titled Rethinking Humanity – Five foundational sector disruptions, the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
274I_Trailer_Richard Gill, CEO of RethinkX
Are you interested in transformational technologies? What do you think about cities being in competition? How can we embrace change even if it is messy?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
272I_Frank Elavsky, accessibility and data interaction researcher
"Our job is to imagine a future that is hopeful." Are you interested in the difference among hope, knowledge and prediction? What do you think about our…
- What is The Future for Cities?
271R_Experimentation or projectification of urban change? A critical appraisal and three steps forward (research summary)
Are you interested in the controversy between experimentation and projectification? Summary of the article titled Experimentation or projectification of urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
272I_Trailer_Frank Elavsky, accessibility and data interaction researcher
Are you interested in the difference among hope, knowledge and prediction? What do you think about our responsibility in imagining better futures? How can we…
- What is The Future for Cities?
270I_Lucas Gil Nadolskis, PhD student at the Bionic Vision Lab
"I think when you say someone is disabled, there is an assumption that that person is not functional - which could not be more wrong!" Are you interested in…
- What is The Future for Cities?
269R_The use of the smart technology for creating an inclusive urban public space (research summary)
Are you interested in how smart technology can enhance accessibility? Summary of the article titled The use of the smart technology for creating an inclusive…
- What is The Future for Cities?
270I_Trailer_Lucas Gil Nadolskis, PhD student at the Bionic Vision Lab
Are you interested in the difference between inclusion and integration? What do you think about the disability of people or the environment? How can…
- What is The Future for Cities?
268I_Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional
"Children are the future, but they are also current." Are you interested in involving the young generation into decision-making? What do you think about…
- What is The Future for Cities?
267R_Actualising children’s ideas for health-promoting neighbourhoods through impactful co-design: insights from children and adult decision-makers (research summary)
Are you interested in involving the next generation in urban decision-making? Summary of the thesis titled Actualising children’s ideas for health-promoting…
- What is The Future for Cities?
268I_Trailer_Dr Tiffany Williams, an action-focused public health professional
Are you interested in involving the young generation into decision-making? What do you think about meaningful involvement? How can we differentiate between…
- What is The Future for Cities?
266I_Alison Whitten, the Director of the Systems Lab at Regen Melbourne
"Regeneration is about how we leave things better than the way we found them." Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the role of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
265R_Regeneration towards suitability: A decision-making framework for determining urban regeneration mode and strategies (research summary)
Are you interested in suitable urban regeneration? Summary of the article titled Regeneration towards suitability: A decision-making framework for determining…
- What is The Future for Cities?
266I_Trailer_Alison Whitten, the Director of the Systems Lab at Regen Melbourne
Are you interested in urban regeneration? What do you think about the role of citizens, governments and the designers in urban futures? How can we play an…
- What is The Future for Cities?
264I_Robert Pradolin, director of Housing All Australians
"Success for me is making an influence on society in a beneficial way." Are you interested in housing as economic infrastructure? What do you think about the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
263R_Why affordable, social and public housing must be redefined as economic infrastructure (research summary)
Are you interested in housing as economic infrastructure? Summary of the article titled Why affordable, social and public housing must be redefined as economic…
- What is The Future for Cities?
264I_Trailer_Robert Pradolin, director of Housing All Australians
Are you interested in housing as economic infrastructure? What do you think about the developer sector? How can we be more aware of our effects through the…
- What is The Future for Cities?
262I_Ishara Sahama, human geographer
"How we come together as people for the betterment of our social lives as well as the quality of our lives living in urban regions?" Are you interested in how…
- What is The Future for Cities?
261R_Place and City: Toward a Geography of Engagement (research summary)
Are you interested in the connection between sense of space and civic engagement? Summary of the article titled Place and City: Toward a Geography of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
262I_Trailer_Ishara Sahama, human geographer
Are you interested in how you connect to the city and place? What do you think about human geography? How can we build trust within the local community?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
260I_Dr Haydn Read, a specialist practitioner in systems thinking and action
"Pitch it high and don't take your eyes off the prise!" Are you interested in distributed well-being? What do you think about density as a measurement for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
259R_Lessons from nine urban areas using data to drive local sustainable development (research summary)
Are you interested in data-driven local sustainable development? Summary of the article titled Lessons from nine urban areas using data to drive local…
- What is The Future for Cities?
260I_Trailer_Dr Haydn Read, a specialist practitioner in systems thinking and action
Are you interested in distributed well-being? What do you think about density as a measurement for affordability? How can we use the why-how-what questions for…
- What is The Future for Cities?
258I_Matt Gijselman, Director of Infrastructure Policy Advancement for the APAC Region at Bentley Systems
"What are cities on the human scale? Are they great places to live, work and play?" Are you interested in translating the city to the human scale? What do you…
- What is The Future for Cities?
257R_Formal Model for Green Urbanism in Smart Cities (research summary)
Are you interested in the different stakeholders of public space? Summary of the article titled Formal model for green urbanism in smart cities from 2024 by…
- What is The Future for Cities?
258I_Trailer_Matt Gijselman, Director of Infrastructure Policy Advancement for the APAC Region at Bentley Systems
Are you interested in translating the city to the human scale? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we direct urban…
- What is The Future for Cities?
256I_Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics at Queensland University of Technology
"Science has already fixed climate change. We know what's causing it, we know what to do about it. The fact that there is paralysis is not the problem of…
- What is The Future for Cities?
255R_Participation, co-creation, and public space (research summary)
Are you interested in the different stakeholders of public space? Summary of the article titled Participation, co-creation, and public space from 2017 by…
- What is The Future for Cities?
256I_Trailer_Marcus Foth, Professor of Urban Informatics at Queensland University of Technology
Are you interested in listening to scientists? What do you think about the urgency of actions after scientific proof? How can we use the planetary indicators…
- What is The Future for Cities?
254I_Emil Melles, civil engineer and my father
Are you interested in individual steps as strengths for the future of cities? What do you think how we can be brave in political decisions for thinking long…
- What is The Future for Cities?
253B_#3 Birthday episode - last year and the coming one
What did you learn this year from these episodes? What was the most interesting and important for you? What would you like to learn more about in the future?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
252I_Allison Duettmann, the president and CEO of Foresight Institute
"You are the product of the city you grew up in, but you can accurately shape it and move to different cities." Are you interested in existential hope? What do…
- What is The Future for Cities?
251R_Existential risk and existential hope: Definitions (research summary)
Are you interested in existential hope instead of existential risk? Summary of the article titled Existential risk and existential hope: Definitions from 2015…
- What is The Future for Cities?
252I_Trailer_Alison Duettmann, the president and CEO of Foresight Institute
Are you interested in existential hope? What do you think how are you influenced by the city around you? How can we use foresight to peak into the future?…
- What is The Future for Cities?
250P_Space cities with Dr Anders Sandberg, Xavier de Kestelier and Thomas Gooch
Are you interested in space cities? What do you think about cities versus communities? How can we create great space communities? The panellists, Dr Anders…
- What is The Future for Cities?
249R_Space colonization: A study of supply and demand (research summary)
Are you interested in space colonisation? Summary of the article titled Space colonization: A study of supply and demand from 2011 by Dr. Dana Andrews, Gordon…
- What is The Future for Cities?
250P_Trailer_Space cities with Dr Anders Sandberg, Xavier de Kestelier and Thomas Gooch
Are you interested in space cities? What do you think about cities versus communities? How can we create great space communities? Trailer for the panel…
- What is The Future for Cities?
248I_Alejandro Quinto, the Head of Innovation at Yeme Tech
"There are obviously things that you cannot predict but the more things you consider, the more agile and flexible your city is going to be." Are you interested…
- What is The Future for Cities?
247R_Data-driven urban management: Mapping the landscape (research summary)
Are you interested in data-driven urban management? Summary of the article titled Data-driven urban management: Mapping the landscape from 2020 by Zeynep…