Podcasts about sustainable urban development

Join Paul Comfort on this episode of Transit Unplugged for an insightful conversation with Professor Niels van Oort, Associate Professor of Public Transport and Shared Mobility at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and co-director of the Smart Public Transport Lab. Paul and Niels explore critical considerations in transit planning, including the effectiveness of light rail versus bus rapid transit (BRT), integration with cycling and micro-mobility, and global best practices for creating high-quality transit systems. Niels shares details about his innovative transportation planning game designed to help students and professionals balance various mobility modes and societal goals. He also discusses the benefits, challenges, and appropriate contexts for implementing light rail and BRT systems, emphasizing the importance of seamless integration with active transport modes like cycling. Course—Planning Public Transport Services: https://ppts-course.org/Serious game ‘Finding the optimal mix': https://deoptimalemix.nl/en/ Light Rail Transit Systems; 61 Lessons in Sustainable Urban Development: https://shop.elsevier.com/books/light-rail-transit-systems/der-bijl/978-0-12-814784-9 Better buses: BRT and other bus modes: https://www.ovmagazine.nl/boeken/betere-bus Weblog public transport research output: https://nielsvanoort.weblog.tudelft.nl/ Smart Public Transport Lab: www.SmartPTLab.TUDelft.nlYou can read more about Dr. Oort's work here: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ceg/about-faculty/departments/transport-planning/staff/personal-pages/oort-n-van Additionally, communication experts Rebecca Klein and Keith Scott from TALLsmall Productions (https://tallsmallproductions.org/) provide practical guidance on mentorship, highlighting strategies for effective mentor-mentee relationships, open communication, and meaningful feedback. Highlights: Insights into the comparative advantages of Light Rail Transit (LRT) and Bus Rapid...

In this extended Frontline conversation, James Hanson speaks to Dr Vlad Mykhnenko about the war in Ukraine. Originally from Ukraine, Vlad is a Professor of Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford who specialises in geographical political economy.The World in 10 is the Times' daily podcast dedicated to global security. Expert analysis of war, diplomatic relations and cyber security from The Times' foreign correspondents and military specialists. Watch more: www.youtube.com/@ListenToTimesRadio Read more: www.thetimes.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Clean air is essential for our health, yet millions of people around the world are affected by air pollution each year, leading to premature deaths and severe health issues. Vulnerable groups, such as children, the elderly, and those with chronic diseases, are especially at risk. A lack of transparency in data, insufficient political will, and limited funding are often barriers to progress.   Improving air quality is a win for both public health and climate change mitigation. Cities can address multiple challenges by focusing on clean air initiatives, and significant advances have been made over the past decade in monitoring technology, public awareness, and solutions like electric vehicles, clean energy, and air quality policies. Now more than ever, it's crucial for cities, governments, businesses, and citizens to join forces and expand these efforts.   Panelists: Arunabha Ghosh, CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (Moderator) Iyad Kheirbek, Director, Air Quality Program, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Tolu Oni, Clinical Professor of Global Public Health and Sustainable Urban Development, University of Cambridge Host: Lea Weibel, Specialist, Global Future Councils, Knowledge Communities   Related podcasts: Breathe! The cities working together on air pollution and climate change Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub

India's rapid urban growth has brought to light numerous challenges, including unmanageable expansion, inadequate housing, and air pollution. Vidyadhar Phatak discusses how historical planning models and regulatory frameworks have contributed to these issues and offers insights into potential solutions. The conversation highlights the importance of adapting urban planning to market realities, enhancing regulatory frameworks, and improving planning education to better address the needs of Indian cities.In Planning for India's Urbanization (2024), Phatak provides a comprehensive analysis of urban development in India, focusing on the links between economic growth and urbanization, the importance of land use, housing affordability, and metropolitan governance. The episode emphasizes the need for localized and context-specific planning to foster sustainable urban development.How can historical planning models be reformed to meet the needs of modern Indian cities? What are the advantages and disadvantages of different land assembly methods? How can redevelopment be facilitated in already built-up areas? What are the challenges and opportunities in planning education and the profession?Episode ContributorsVidyadhar Phatak is a renowned urban planner with over forty years of professional experience. He has extensively researched housing affordability, public land use, and urban planning reforms. Phatak retired as the Principal Chief of the Town and Country Planning Division of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority in 2004. He has served on the Planning Commission Task Force on Urban Development and the National Commission on Urbanization. His book, Planning for India's Urbanization, offers a collection of essays on urban development based on his observations of Mumbai and Maharashtra, with broader applicability to other Indian cities.Anirudh Burman is an associate research director and fellow at Carnegie India. He works on key issues relating to public institutions, public administration, the administrative and regulatory state, and state capacity.  He has also worked extensively on financial regulation and regulatory governance. Burman brings a nuanced perspective to urban planning and development discussions, drawing on his extensive knowledge and research experience.Additional ReadingsPlanning for India's Urbanization by Vidyadhar PathakScaling Heights: Affordability Implications of Zoning Deregulation in India by Geetika Nagpal and Salil Gandhi Every two weeks, Interpreting India brings you diverse voices from India and around the world to explore the critical questions shaping the nation's future. We delve into how technology, the economy, and foreign policy intertwine to influence India's relationship with the global stage.As a Carnegie India production, hosted by Carnegie scholars, Interpreting India, a Carnegie India production, provides insightful perspectives and cutting-edge by tackling the defining questions that chart India's course through the next decade.Stay tuned for thought-provoking discussions, expert insights, and a deeper understanding of India's place in the world.Don't forget to subscribe, share, and leave a review to join the conversation and be part of Interpreting India's journey.

Join us for the latest episode of Grateful Heart as we sit down with Natalia Karayaneva, the visionary founder and CEO of Propy. This Silicon Valley company is on the forefront of revolutionizing the home purchasing process through smart contracts and AI technology.

Description: In this episode of the Sustainable Living In this podcast's Green Female Voices season, we delve into the forefront of sustainable urban development with Gina Aspelin, the project manager at Smart City Sweden. With her extensive expertise, Gina sheds light on Sweden's innovative approaches to building smart and eco-friendly cities. From discussing Sweden's smart city strategy to exploring advancements in renewable energy sources like wind and biofuels, Gina takes us on a journey through the country's commitment to reducing CO2 emissions and promoting sustainability. We also explore Sweden's pioneering solutions in sustainable transportation and the role of digitalization in facilitating energy efficiency, waste management, and urban planning. But it's not just about technology and infrastructure. Gina highlights Sweden's dedication to social sustainability, emphasizing the importance of social inclusion and equality in urban planning and development projects. Additionally, she shares insights into how citizen engagement enriches the process of sustainable urban development. We also explore Sweden's expertise in wooden construction and its potential to contribute to sustainable urban development globally. Furthermore, Gina discusses Smart City Sweden's collaboration with international partners to share best practices and address the significant challenges and opportunities in advancing sustainable living in urban environments. In the closing segment, Gina shares specific initiatives and projects within Smart City Sweden that highlight the unique contributions of women in driving forward sustainability and innovation in urban environments. Tune in to this insightful conversation to discover how Sweden's journey towards sustainable urban development is shaped by the voices of inspiring women like Gina Aspeling. About the Sustainable Living Podcast: The Sustainable Living Podcast (SLP) is proud to announce the launch of Season 7: FEMALE GREEN VOICES: THE CHANGEMAKERS. This season, we are spotlighting the voices of female sustainability leaders who are forging pathways to a greener and more equitable future. SLP is not just a podcast; it's a global platform for impactful conversations about sustainability. We are privileged to announce that the Swedish Embassy is not only a founding partner but also a supporter of the Sustainable Living Podcast for this season. This support underscores their commitment to advancing sustainability and promoting women's leadership. For more information and to listen to the latest episodes, visit https://www.sustainableliving.ro/ Website: www.sustainableliving.ro Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3rI4agY YouTube: https://bit.ly/2QWCPuB Facebook: www.facebook.com/SustainableLiving.ro Instagram: www.instagram.com/SustainableLiving.ro    #sustainablelivingpodcast #sustainability #sustainableliving #awareness #circulareconomy #circularity #sustainablebusiness #nicoletatalpes #sweden #podcast #greenfemalevoices #smartcity #smartcitysweden

In this compelling episode of the Good Roads podcast, hosts Thomas and Jared engage in a thought-provoking conversation with urban planner and renowned walkability advocate, Jeff Speck.The trio delves into the transformative concept of walkable cities and its profound impact on the urban landscape. Jeff Speck, with his extensive expertise in urban design and planning, shares valuable insights on how creating walkable environments not only enhances the quality of life for residents but also contributes to sustainable and resilient urban development. Poynton roundabout: http://www.urbanmovement.co.uk/thoughts/low-speed-steady-flow-in-poynton-oli-daveyArcade Fire - Suburbs: https://youtu.be/5Euj9f3gdyM?feature=shared Good Roads Conference: http://www.goodroads.ca/conferencehttps://twitter.com/Goodroadshttps://www.instagram.com/on.goodroads/https://www.facebook.com/goodroads.cahttps://www.linkedin.com/company/goodroads https://www.GoodRoads.ca

In this episode Paul speaks to Abukokkar Siddiki and Patricia Brown. Abu is a British Bangladeshi architect who for the past 3 years has been guiding Birmingham City University students through a sustainable development co-lab project in the village of Kazir Gaon in Northeast Bangladesh. Pat is Director of Central – a consultancy centred on the dynamics of cities and the process of achieving change. In 1999, she played a pivotal role in the pioneering Legible London project which has now been implemented by boroughs across the capital.Through conversations around urban development on two very different scales, they explore what sustainable development can look like, and evaluate the importance of innovative signage strategies in creating pedestrian friendly urban landscapes.To read their articles and all the others in this edition, you can find an online version of Landscape for free here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Schwieterman is a Professor at DePaul University in the School for Public Service, Department of Public Policy, and Sustainable Urban Development​ program and Director of DePaul's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development, which promotes effective urban planning. He is an expert in the fields of public policy, transportation and urban planning, and is the author of numerous books and peer-reviewed articles on the development of cities and transportation.

This week's guest on Cleaning Up is Emily Kirsch, Founder and CEO of Powerhouse and Managing Partner of Powerhouse Ventures. Powerhouse, based out of Oakland, California, is an innovation firm that pairs startups in clean energy, mobility, and climate with some of the world's largest corporations and investors. Emily is also managing partner of Powerhouse Ventures, directly backing seed-stage start-ups innovating on decarbonization. Michael and Emily spoke about building Powerhouse and adding value to its huge startup database, some of the hits from Powerhouse Ventures' first funding round, and ended with a wider discussion about the role of VCs - and pioneering women - on the path to net-zero. Make sure you like, subscribe, and share Cleaning Up. We're growing fast on LinkedIn, and we'd love for you tell your professional network about us: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cleaning-up-with-michael-liebreich/ You can find everything you need to keep up with Cleaning Up here: https://linktr.ee/mlcleaningup Links and Related Episodes Learn more about Powerhouse here: https://www.powerhouse.fund/ Michael appeared on Emily's podcast, Watt It Takes, back in 2021: https://www.powerhouse.fund/liebreich Watch Episode 9 with Jigar Shah here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJhhinSeh9I Watch Episode 18 with Nancy Pfund here: https://www.cleaningup.live/episode-18-nancy-pfund/ Watch Episode 47 with Gina Domanig here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlZvy2c92SsGuest Bio Emily is Founder & Managing Partner of Powerhouse Ventures, and Founder & CEO of Powerhouse. Prior to launching Powerhouse in 2013, Kirsch worked with Van Jones to launch the Green Jobs Corps, Oakland's first ‘green jobs' training program. She is the founding convener of the Oakland Climate Action Coalition, which drafted and secured passage of what was at the time the most ambitious climate action plan of any U.S. city. Emily is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Fellow, served on the Executive Committee for Clean Energy for President Biden, and appeared on the San Francisco Business Times' 2020 list of the “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” Emily hosts the podcast Watt It Takes, which has over 1 million downloads and has featured founders of some of the energy and automotive industries' most iconic companies like Nest, Sunrun, and Tesla. Emily studied Sustainable Urban Development at San Francisco State University.

In countries across Africa and Latin America, old used cars from places like the U.S. and Europe provide vital access to transportation to people who would otherwise be unable to afford their own vehicles. While this process extends the lives of these cars, the practice is not without problems, in particular with regards to pollution and passenger safety. We speak with two researchers about why richer countries export used cars, what impacts they have in developing nations and whether import restrictions are effectively stemming the rise in pollution and accidents caused by this practice.Featuring Festival Godwin Boateng, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Urban Development at The Earth Institute at Columbia University in the US, and Paul Bledsoe, Professional Lecturer at American University in the US.This episode was written and produced by Mend Mariwany, who is also the executive producer of The Conversation Weekly. Eloise Stevens does our sound design, and our theme music is by Neeta Sarl. Full credits for this episode are available here. A transcript will be available soon. Sign up here for a free daily newsletter from The Conversation.Further reading: Ghana wants fewer polluting old cars on the road. But it's going about it the wrong wayStandard responses to road accidents haven't worked in Ghana: here are some alternativesNairobi's new expressway may ease traffic woes – but mostly for the wealthy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you interested in how urban sprawl affects sustainable urban development? Summary of the article titled Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data from 2021 by Zhenfeng Shao, Neema S. Sumari, Aleksei Portnov, Fanan Ujoh, Walter Musakwa and Paulo J. Mandela, published in the Geo-Spatial information Science journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how urban sprawl affects urban services. This article presents the case of Morogoro in Africa, and the results that sensing and population data can be useful for interpreting urban sprawl and access to urban services. As the most important things, I would like to highlight 3 aspects: Urban sprawl generally refers to the unrestricted growth in many urban areas of housing, commercial development and roads over large expanses of land with little concern to urban planning. Urban expansion has had significant impacts on poverty, living conditions and environmental quality within the sprawl areas of the Morogoro urban municipality, and with that, ecosystem services supporting human and natural populations also declined. Planning and regulation need to lead to a planned and sustainable future that will be ecologically sensitive, support conservation and biodiversity and provide a safe habitation for urban dwellers. You can find the article through this link. Abstract: You can find the transcript through this link. What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

The Housing Reality for 1 Billion- Lessons from a Dhaka Slum Mark is an Australian architect and academic. He has extensively researched issues relating to climate change including emissions mitigation, urban climate response, bio-physical adaptation and social resilience. He has gained a depth of knowledge of the dynamics between economics, governance, energy supply, built form, urban metabolism and climate change. Mark enjoyed a successful architectural career of more than 30 years including 8 years as Director of a leading national practice. Several of his buildings were awarded prestigious awards. During his career, Mark completed part-time Masters degrees in Management and in Business. In 2015, he left architecture to undertake a Masters in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, completing that degree in 2017. Mark's PhD (University College London), completed in 2020, examined energy justice for informal settlements in the global South with a slum in Dhaka as his case study. Mark's current role as Associate Professor at the University of Queensland School of Architecture involves teaching in Design, Practice and Construction along with a continuation in research activity.

Episode Summary: Guest: NATALIA KARAYANEVA Episode Summary: Meet our guest in this episode, https://propy.com/browse/about/ (Natalia Karayaneva, CEO of Propy) and serial entrepreneur born and raised in Russia. In this episode, I sit with Natalia as she explains key concepts about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFTs, and smart contracts, paving future trends and developments in the real estate processes. Top Takeaways:  "I strongly believe in the experience of a real estate transaction to be as easy as buying a book online." - [Natalia Karayaneva] "Do not be afraid of novelty; embrace innovation." - [Natalia Karayaneva] Episode Highlights: [00:23] Intro [00:54] Meet today's guest, Natalia Karayaneva.  [03:12] About Natalia's background.  [08:30] Natalia's first exposure to Blockchain [14:30] Discussing Cryptocurrency and Blockchain in Real Estate.  [27:12] NFTs in Real Estate.  [36:13] About the "Learn and Earn" App. [38:15] Natalie's advice to new agents.  [39:04] Connect with Natalia. [40:18] Outro Episode Notes:  Growing up in Russia, Natalia struggled through the devastating communist collapse, with a shortage of resources and other hardships that pushed her into entrepreneurship. Even with this, she never expected to leave Russia. However, as a child, she knew she wanted to do something impactful and was fascinated by other cultures and technology.  At 19, Natalia moved to Bulgaria, got married, and started her first company creating applications for small businesses. She also worked on a significant social media project to improve real interaction between people and reduce the anonymity in social media platforms in the past. With a Computer Software degree in Russia, and a Master's degree in Sustainable Urban Development at Oxford, Natalia's passion lies in Blockchain, Real Estate, and Sustainability.  Describing how she picked interest in Blockchain, Natalia recommends "https://www.amazon.com/Sovereign-Individual-Mastering-Transition-Information/dp/0684832720 (The Sovereign Individual)" by James Dale Davidson. Following the crash in the value of the Russian Ruble after the collapse of communism, her family finances were severely affected, and she learned the need to have prodigals that are fair to a large number of people, independent of government activities. This initiated her motivation to start Propy even though, at the time, she knew nothing about Blockchain.  The name "Propy" came about as Natalia stumbled on the domain "Propy.com" while trying to find a suitable one for her business-related property. Natalia agrees that all the different aspects of Real Estate can be integrated into a compact digitized form as a smart contract in the future. So far, the Blockchain mechanism has never been hacked, so they are considered highly secure.  About Blockchain/ Cryptocurrency: Cryptocurrency is virtual money, independent of any government or corporation. Many people are getting more involved with it, especially in developing countries where they don't trust their government. Bitcoin is the first significant cryptocurrency launched 13 years ago; Listeners are encouraged to review the https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwifvsHGxKH0AhUPlRQKHYBTBPIQFnoECAQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw05-4mYD7EyyKjwcHh8i0Vw (Bitcoin white paper). Ethereum is also a cryptocurrency, but it also has the capability of smart contracts, which will be adopted in Real Estate. It is important to note that becoming a bitcoin miner as a single user on a computer is now virtually impossible. The tasks are more complicated by far due to the high level of competition among existing miners. However, other Blockchain networks give coin rewards to people who already own a...

Professor. Janis Birkeland is Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning in the University of Melbourne. Janis has dedicated her personal, professional and academic life to figuring out what is genuine sustainability - how to plan for a built environment that is not just 'less bad' than the alternatives, but actually returns more to the land and the people who live in and around it thn whatever went before.  Throughout her professional career, she has been drawn to figuring out how cities and buildings, despite their huge impacts, can transform society and save the planet. First, she became an architect and urban designer, transferring into city planning. Later, she became a lawyer to better understand the barriers to systems change. Now she is an academic, author of many dozens of papers and a number of books, of which the most recent is ‘Net- Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development'. She is a clear and consistent advocate for the design of human settlements that are socially and ecologically ‘net positive' and has just published "Net-Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development" (Routledge) which provides methods, models and metrics to enable practitioners and students to create eco-positive environments. It also includes a free computer app to facilitate net-positive designIn this wide-ranging conversation, we explore the myriad ways we could choose to design our buildings differently - and the many practical ways we could upgrade what exists as well as creating new models for what might arise.  Janis on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janis-birkeland-84135120/Net Positive Design WebsiteAlgae-Tecture: https://carloratti.com/project/algaetecture/Mycelial Bricks: https://wasterush.info/mycelium-construction/https://whitneyfungifun.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/sustainability-of-mycelium-bricks/https://happho.com/an-emerging-sustainable-construction-material-mycelium-bricks/https://www.certifiedenergy.com.au/emerging-materials/emerging-materials-mycelium-brick

Today's good news: Washington State becomes the first state to mandate all-electric heating for new buildings and Captain Fanplastic teaches young pirates in South Africa and the Netherlands about plastic pollution and the five "ARRRs": refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle. If you'd like to lend your voice to the Optimist Daily Update, send an email to: editorial@optimistdaily.com. Listen to the Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the News!

This podcast was originally recorded on Friday, February 11, 2022, for the CID Speaker Series featuring Jacqueline (Jackie) Klopp, Co-director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development and a Research Scholar at Columbia University. Jackie continued the conversation with CID Student Ambassador, Manasa Acharya, after an appearance at the virtual CID Speaker Series event. Many rapidly growing African cities are experiencing large-scale transportation investment in a time of climate change and deep inequalities. Current choices around this critical urban infrastructure will have enormous impacts into the future- on public health, land-use, carbon emissions, and overall urban livability with the danger of high carbon, low livability lock-in. Despite the importance of these decisions, they tend to be made in profoundly exclusive ways. Using Nairobi as a case study, this talk explores the politics of decision making in the urban transport sector and argues that one important approach to enhancing accountability and advocacy for more just, low carbon transport in African cities involves nurturing locally driven "Digital Data Commons". Such open, shared and publicly discussed data on transportation, equity and emissions, can enhance transparency on impacts of decisions and help provoke badly needed, more inclusive planning and investment conversations.

Summary of the article titled Enhancing sustainable urban development through smart city applications from 2017 by Margarita Angelidiou, Artemis Psaltoglou, Nicos Komninos, Christina Kakderi, Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos and Anastasia Panori, published in the Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see what smart city approaches and tools can contribute to the environmental sustainability domain. This article connects the smart and sustainable cities debate and identifies areas where the smart city applications could and should be enhanced for better sustainability. You can find the article through this link. Abstract: This paper investigates the potential contribution of smart city approaches and tools to sustainable urban development in the environment domain. Recent research has highlighted the need to explore the relation of smart and sustainable cities more systematically, focusing on practical applications that could enable a deeper understanding of the included domains, typologies and design concepts, and this paper aims to address this research gap. At the same time, it tries to identify whether these applications could contribute to the “zero vision” strategy, an extremely ambitious challenge within the field of smart cities. This objective is pursued through an in-depth investigation of available open source and proprietary smart city applications related to environmental sustainability in urban environments. A total of 32 applications were detected through the Intelligent/Smart Cities Open Source (ICOS) community, a meta-repository for smart cities solutions. The applications are analyzed comparatively regarding (i) the environmental issue addressed, (ii) the associated mitigation strategies, (iii) the included innovation mechanism, (iv) the role of information and communication technologies and (v) the overall outcome. The findings suggest that the smart and sustainable city landscape is extremely fragmented both on the policy and the technical levels. There is a host of unexplored opportunities toward smart sustainable development, many of which are still unknown. Similar findings are reached for all categories of environmental challenges in cities. Research limitations pertain to the analysis of a relatively small number of applications. The results can be used to inform policy making toward becoming more proactive and impactful both locally and globally. Given that smart city application market niches are also identified, they are also of special interest to developers, user communities and digital entrepreneurs. The value added by this paper is two-fold. At the theoretical level, it offers a neat conceptual bridge between smart and sustainable cities debate. At the practical level, it identifies under-researched and under-exploited fields of smart city applications that could be opportunities to attain the “zero vision” objective. The transcript is available through this link. What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on twitter @WTF4Cities! I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay

Episode 9 of The Grimshaw Podcast ‘The City Series' features Lance Jay Brown, distinguished architect, urban designer and President of The Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization in New York City.Lance was a key member of the innovative ‘New Housing New York Legacy Project' competi[1]tion which appointed Grimshaw to design the award-winning affordable housing project, Via Verde, in the South Bronx, for the ethical developer Jonathan Rose, who featured in the very first podcast of this Cities series. Lance is passionate about public realm and resilience and talks to Tim about his role in Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development. They discuss cities now and post COVID-19 and the trajectory at which cities are now moving as a result of the pandemic.Tim and Lance reflect on the amazing capacity that cities have to replenish themselves, hypothesizing about how cities will be redesigned to attract people back into CBDs through the use of vibrant streetscapes, integrated transport options and the possibility of repurposed commercial spaces into residential dwellings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode Summary: Meet our guest in this episode, Natalia Karayaneva, the CEO of Propy, a Silicon Valley startup automating real estate transactions. In this episode, I chat with Natalia, who grew up in Russia. She was able to emigrate to Bulgaria and started her first company, a website development firm, at the age of 19. She obtained her Master's in Sustainable Urban Development from Oxford.  Natalia covers the founding of Propy and how her real estate platform can bring the world of cryptocurrency, smart contracts, and the blockchain to all aspects of real estate transactions.  Top Takeaways:  "My passions lie in blockchain, real estate, and sustainability."  - [Natalia Karayaneva] "Do it for the knowledge. Buy $100 of Bitcoin or Etheeum at CoinBase or any wallet and see how it works" - [Natalia Karayaneva] Resources Mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/The-Sovereign-Individual-audiobook/dp/B07TWNP9NB/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sovereign+individual&qid=1637069075&qsid=134-5668460-5893830&sr=8-1&sres=0684832720%2CB07D81VLQH%2C1645020886%2C0767900464%2CB084SDW8GX%2C1546090789%2C1946697907%2C1737475731%2C2940631123%2C1736110527%2C1999257405%2C1544514212%2C0812979680%2CB08YQMC2WM%2C1492877670%2CB077BSK9LC (The Soverign Individual) Connect:  Find | THE REAL ESTATE SESSIONS Athttp://www.therealestatesessions.com ( TheRealEstateSessions.com)   Find | Bill Risser At bill.risser@ratemyagent.com On https://twitter.com/billrisser (Twitter) On https://www.facebook.com/billrisser (Facebook) On https://www.youtube.com/user/billrisseraz (YouTube)   Find | Natalia Karayaneva On Facebook -https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1135141936 ( )https://www.facebook.com/natalie.karaya (Natalia Karayaneve) On LinkedIn –https://www.linkedin.com/in/karayaneva/ ( Natalia Karayaneva) On Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/natalie_karayaneva/ ( Natalia Karayaneva) RATE & SUBSCRIBE  At http://www.ratethispodcast.com/REsessions ( Ratethispodcast.com/REsessions) On https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-real-estate-sessions/id1025257682?ls=1&mt=2 (Apple Podcasts) On https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL2JpbGxyaXNzZXIubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M= (Google Podcasts) On http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bill-risser/the-real-estate-sessions?refid=stpr (Stitcher )

It feels like our world has never faced so many crisis all at the same time, and trying to solve them at once seems impossible. But, in 2015, the United Nations came together to develop a list of 17 Sustainable Development Goals, a blueprint for addressing all of humanity's problems—from poverty to climate change to peace and justice. And, amazingly, every UN nation signed it. So, how is it going? On this episode, we talk with Chris Williams, the director of UN Habitat; and Prof. Luis Bettencourt, director of the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago, to get some insight on how they've been studying and working on these goals, as well as their perspective on the current state of our global crisis moving forward.

In this episode of Climate Talks, hosts Jackie Peel and Cathy Oke are joined by Margaret Young, Professor of Law, Brendan Wintle, Professor of Ecosystem and Forest Science, Alexei Trundle, Research Fellow in Sustainable Urban Development, all at the University of Melbourne, and Stephen Minas, Associate Professor of Law at Peking University. Topics discussed include climate adaptation, climate finance, carbon markets, the relationship developments in the international climate regime and those in other environmental areas, particularly focused on the biodiversity crisis and ocean pollution and management. The poem is by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner and available in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpNTe4zfBgs. Climate Talks is produced by Melbourne Climate Futures and Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne. Our theme music is by Music for a Warming World. Climate Talks acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which this podcast was produced, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation, and pays respect to Elders past and present.

In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World it is my honour and delight to be speaking with a giant in the world of design, Professor Janis Birkeland.  Janis has dedicated her personal, professional and academic life to figuring out what is genuine ecological and social sustainability and how we can work towards it.She was drawn to exploring and reimagining the design of our cities, the places where we live and work to explore this question. She first became an architect and urban designer, then transferred into city planning. Later she became a lawyer to better understand the barriers to systems change.Janis originated the theory of Net-Positive Development and Design and is the author of many books - Positive Development, Design for Sustainability and more recently Net Positive Design and Sustainable Urban Development which includes an app ...as well as 100s of papers. Janis has been a Professor of Architecture at QUT, Professor of Sustainable Architecture at the University of Auckland and is now an Honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne .Together we explore ways to rethink how to design human settlements for one-planet-living in ways that enhance not destroy the places they are in.________________________________LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORLD OF PERMACULTURE WITH MORAG GAMBLEExplore the permaculture films, articles, masterclasses and other resources on Our Permaculture Life Youtube channel & blog.Find out more about the Permaculture Education Institute and becoming a certified permaculture educator.If your main interest is getting a thriving food garden set up,  take a look at this online course: The Incredible Edible Garden.________________________________Download this list of 10 of Morag's favourite books.   Click here to watch my free 4 part introduction to permaculture video series. ________________________________I acknowledge the Gubbi Gubbi people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which I live, work & play, and pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. Audio: Rhiannon GambleMusic: Kim Kirkman

This week a Copenhagen based architecture practice, EFFEKT, co-founded in 2007 by Sinus Lynge and Tue Foge, will be represented in our podcast by the young Daniel Veenboer, expert in Sustainable Urban Development. Focused on bridging architecture, technology and ecology, EFFEKT has proposed extremely innovative and interesting works, that speak about social inclusion, community participation inside a preserved natural habitat. They have recently polarized the international attention with the beautiful, green captivating installation, ‘Ego to Eco', that is currently exhibited at the Architecture Venice Biennale.We will start our conversation talking about the wide spread respectful tendency in Denmark among the generation of young architects towards community and a social well-being, closely connected with nature and I will reserve a space to deepen how the second volume of a book series, titled ‘Co-creating Architecture', entirely dedicated to the firm, has introduced the team as a collective of ‘empathic designers' who practice ‘co-creation'. We will dwell on several alluring realizations, as the Forest Tower, conceived in enchanted natural contexts to promote educational experiences, bringing people, and in particular children, in close contact with a pristine nature and we will continue with the strategic environmental approaches adopted for the harbor front of ‘Middelfart' and the new green spaces of ‘Gellerup'. We conclude our chat on topics as prefabrication, mentioning ‘The Urban Village', a project for IKEA in synergic collaboration with SPACE10 ; circular architecture and economy, with regard to the recent intervention ‘Basarpladsen' and ‘ReGen', a new, exemplar self-sufficient model for a sustainable future.

Andy Karvonen (PhDs, Associaterofessor, Sustainable Urban Development, Associateirector, Digital Futures , KTHoyal Institute of Technologyt, Stockholm, Sweden) We are talking about: -the Center for the Future of Places, Stockholm-the definition of a Smart CityEnjoy your listening. Let's connect and talk further about this episodeMustafa Sherif LinkedinKeep Up the Good Work. Keep Loving Cities❤️️.Follow Urbanistica and let's get in touch:ClubhouseInstagramFacebookYoutube channelThanks to Urbanistica Podcast partner AFRY.AFRY is an international engineering and design company providing sustainable solutions in the fields of energy, industry, and infrastructure. Read more about AFRY https://afry.com/enVisit  Mustafasherif.com for collaborations and nominations.Note: the sound quality of #UrbanisticaPodcast s' episodes that are recorded during #COVID19 time might not be perfect. Due to the online recording and the use of different types of microphones by guests and #MustafaSherif. Thank you so much for understanding and listening. Stay safe! Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tune in on this episode with Mandi Kerr and Clara Norell as they talk about the industrial hemp for constructing buildings! Clara Norell is a creative innovator with a strong network that spans the world. Born and raised in Malmö, Clara is a construction engineer – educated at Malmö University, as well as a civil engineer educated in South Africa at Cape Technikon Peninsula University. Certified hemp lime builder by L'Ecole National du Chanvre She has a wide range of experiences and projects in her resume including the conceptualization and transformation of an old shopping mall to what is now MittMöllan; she was the Director of ISU (Institute of Sustainable Urban Development) and works with the Kivik Art Centre , SLU Holding and Nations Business Links as some of her current clients. Clara's interest in sustainability has led her to where she is today; co-founder and CEO of Nordiska Hampa Kompaniet (NOHAK), working with cultivating to processing and selling EU- certified hemp seeds to the food industry. She is also the founder of Swedish Hemp Industries (SHI), where she works as a global consultant with hemp fibers/stems as sustainable fossil-free innovative bio-based materials/applications for different industries

Tune in on this episode with Mandi Kerr and Clara Norell as they talk about the industrial hemp for constructing buildings! Clara Norell is a creative innovator with a strong network that spans the world. Born and raised in Malmö, Clara is a construction engineer – educated at Malmö University, as well as a civil engineer educated in South Africa at Cape Technikon Peninsula University. Certified hemp lime builder by L'Ecole National du Chanvre She has a wide range of experiences and projects in her resume including the conceptualization and transformation of an old shopping mall to what is now MittMöllan; she was the Director of ISU (Institute of Sustainable Urban Development) and works with the Kivik Art Centre , SLU Holding and Nations Business Links as some of her current clients. Clara's interest in sustainability has led her to where she is today; co-founder and CEO of Nordiska Hampa Kompaniet (NOHAK), working with cultivating to processing and selling EU- certified hemp seeds to the food industry. She is also the founder of Swedish Hemp Industries (SHI), where she works as a global consultant with hemp fibers/stems as sustainable fossil-free innovative bio-based materials/applications for different industries

This week's episode of the Boost up podcast, a journey to self-discovery, is about Cities. I enjoyed the interesting conversation with Dr. Daniela A. Ottmann (Associate Professor at Bond University, Australia ), who answered the following questions: •1- What is the main existing challenge in our cities? •2- What are the possible urban solutions? •3- What are the available resources? •4- What are the obstacles? Please leave a review and don't forget to share and subscribe where you usually listen to podcast (Spotify or google podcast). Enjoy listening

In today's episode, I speak with my special guest -Natalia Karayaneva - about entrepreneurship in the blockchain space, minority-owned PropTech ventures, dealing with the market challenges during 2018, and the benefits real estate can enjoy from utilizing blockchain. Natalia Karayaneva is a Bulgarian award-winning real estate developer, software engineer, and serial entrepreneur, who uses automation to solve problems. As a teenager, Natalia had learned how to code and at the age of 19, she launched her own company - MP Group Ltd - a real estate investment and development company. She holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Russia and a degree in Sustainable Urban Development from the University of Oxford. Natalia has extensive knowledge in international real estate and crypto-economics and as such is a frequent panelist and speaker at global blockchain and proptech. She is known for founding Propy, a Silicon Valley proptech company that developed an end-to-end real estate transaction management platform to facilitates safe, fast & simple real estate transactions entirely online. Propy is in fact the first world's innovator utilizing smart contracts in real estate.

Ministry of Space (Ministarstvo Prostora) is a collective from Belgrade, Serbia founded in 2011 with the aim of reflecting on the future of cities. They act in the field of urban and cultural policies, sustainable city development, fair use of common resources, and the involvement of citizens in the urban development of their environment. Co-founders Iva Čukić and Marko Aksentijević share how to shift ownership of the commons into the hands of citizens, tips on fostering citizen engagement, resistance they’ve received from the government, some of their DIY projects, and they offer advice on how we can revitalize cities to be people-centered post-pandemic. Ministry of Space Website ( https://ministarstvoprostora.org ) -------------------------------------------------------------- Ministry of Space Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/MinistarstvoProstora ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ministry of Space Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/ministarstvo_prostora/ ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Street Gallery Website ( http://www.ulicnagalerija.rs ) ------------------------------------------------------- Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own (Ne da(vi)mo Beograd) Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/nedavimobeograd ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ecopod joins ORION to discuss helping people adopt refill technology to eliminate single use plastic. Why buy the container, when all you need is what’s inside?Learn more about the Ecopod Team:Henry Pino has been in the chemicals industry since 1993, when he created a company to help hotels, hospitals and restaurants reduce their stockpile of chemical drums by refilling them with his fleet of tanker trucks. In 2003, Mr. Pino sold that company to dedicate more time to his high-rise development company, but always understood that his original concept could work at the consumer level. Environmental Solutions Group was founded to achieve a real and positive impact on the environment – reducing plastic waste on a massive scale by providing the same refilling capabilities to anyone with the Ecopod system, as well as other eco-conscious innovations.Matt Gawne is a senior-level executive with a very successful track record over more than 3 decades developing teams, business plans, launching new products and sales strategies to drive sales and build brand loyalty at both the national and global level. Prior to Ecopod, Matt held a variety of senior management positions with the Procter and Gamble Company, most recently as the Sales Leader for US Exports. His experience includes sales management, international sales and marketing, national account relationships, export sales, distributor selection and management, category sales development, project management, and new initiative development for packaged goods and prescription brands. An avid outdoorsman, Matt is passionate about the environment and the protection of our national world. Matt is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Gabriela Pino: Ever since learning about ocean pollution at a young age Gabriela has made it her personal mission to create greener solutions on a global scale. As an alumni of New York University, Gabriela focused her coursework on Sustainable Urban Development. She is committed to creating a better world through offsetting our environmental footprints and being an innovator in sustainable development. The Zero Waste concept resonated with Gabriela and she found ways of incorporating this lifestyle. One day, while participating in a beach cleanup along the shorelines of Miami, the debris along the coastline were seemingly endless. Gabriela witnessed the devastating effects of Microplastic pollution firsthand and realized that she needed to do more to help. Together Henry and Gabriela created the refill station idea for Ecopod.

In this special episode, pluri-disciplinary artist and architect Maxwell Mutanda and I get into conversation about Cape Town, and my current research focus around notions of Safe Space? Usually I speak to people about their contexts of interest, whereas in episode 10, the microphone flips with Maxwell spearheading the conversation and asking the questions. As African spatial practitioners concerned with Africa, we discuss the double conscious state of being in institutions outside of the continent and what the implications of our efforts in these Global Northern spaces might be. Maxwell, who is currently pursuing an MSc in Sustainable Urban Development at The University of Oxford shines light on mutual themes of social sustainability also present in my current Mphil in Architecture and Urban Design project at The University of Cambridge. We explore a plethora of themes including safety, representation and visual translation constantly cautioning against extractive contemporary research processes. We draw inspiration from each others' work, highlighting other places and people we constantly learn from, with special shoutouts to Dr Tomà Berlanda and Dr Nick Simcik Arese. A longer and detailed episode which we invite you to join! For more on the project, visit www.publicagender.cargo.site and instagram @khen_dek If you have any comments or are interested in getting involved in KONTEXT, visit: https://khensanideklerk.com/KONTEXT Graphic design by: Michael Tymbios Jingle by: Dustin van Wyk + Mike Dawson

Kari Aina Eik is the Secretary General of the OiER – Organization for International Economic Relations, based in Vienna, Austria. OiER is a global business platform facilitating cooperation between enterprises, investors, governments, international organizations and funding institutions, www.oier.pro. Focus of the work is also to initiate business partnerships for development within areas of urban development/smart cities, energy, mobility, health, education and environment. Kari Aina Eik has previously worked 15 years for the United Nations as Advisor for multi-national and multi-stakeholder program development, fund mobilization and strategic communication initiatives.Kate Kenny, Vice President, Head of Sector - Cities and Places, leads Jacobs’ Cities & Places business in Europe. Jacobs is tackling some of the toughest challenges in the built environment, embracing innovation to redefine a more connected, sustainable and inclusive future for communities. Whether it’s improving mobility and connectivity, or safeguarding the environment, Kate and her team are devising, designing and delivering solutions for cities and communities of the future. Kate’s team offers multi-scalar and integrated solutions across the built environment: including urban development, masterplanning, transport planning, architecture, structures and civils, building services and interior design.

Anthony Cook, Professor at Georgetown University, discusses how he uses the clinical experiential education program at Georgetown Law, to bridge the gaps between wealth, income and power. He also talks about his journey to discovering the value of the cooperative business model, and realization of how a cooperative ecosystem can be used to address the needs of under-served communities. Professor Anthony Cook is a law professor at Georgetown University. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University's program in Public and International Affairs, and is a doctoral candidate in Sustainable Urban Development at Oxford University. He teaches courses in Race and Democracy, Community Development, Cooperatives and a Practicum on Law, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation that provides legal and business planning support to startup and early stage social impact entrepreneurs. Professor Cook is a nationally recognized scholar in critical race theory and the work and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His book, The Least of These: Race, Law and Religion in American Culture, explores the relevance of the social gospel and King's conception of the Beloved Community for race, class and cultural divides in American Society. For his work as a scholar and community development practitioner - working at the intersection of critical theory and systemic racism and inequality - the American Bar Association honored Professor Cook as One of 21 Lawyers Leading America into the 21st Century, citing his "unique synergy of thought and action." He is a national officer of the nation's oldest community development organization, the Community Development Society, and is a member of the International Association of Community Development. He practices and lives in the Washington D.C. area where he is presently spearheading an innovative community development initiative to build cooperative ecosystems.

Sara Borgström (Assistant professor - researcher, teacher and change maker in Sustainable Urban Development) berättar om stadens och människors relation till naturen. Vi pratar om hur får vi in naturen i staden, vilka värden skapar naturen och hur kan staden tjäna pengar på att ha gröna ytor i staden. Sara reflekterar kring hur COVID19 har påverkat människors relationen till naturen och vilka lärdomar tar vi med oss från coronavirus tiden. Follow the stories behind the scenes on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/urbanistica.podcast/ och subsucribe Youtube kanalen https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8msNnlQae3RcIqvjCUjUVA?view_as=subscriber Tack för Landskapslaget (Stadsbyggnad & landskapsarkitektur) som har sponsrat detta avsnitt. Mer om #Landskapslaget https://landskapslaget.se/ Vill ni sponsra #UrbanisticaPodcast? mejla citylife.mustafa@gmail.com Facebook events https://www.facebook.com/urbanistica.podcast   Visit my homepage for other projects/collaborations https://mustafasherif.com/ #MustafaSherif Note !p The sound quality of #UrbanisticaPodcast s' episodes that are recorded during #COVID19 time might not be perfect. Due to the online recording and the use of different types of microphones by guests and #MustafaSherif. Thank you so much for understanding and listening. Stay safe ! Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why bad decisions? Cars, carbon, pollution, death. Pathways must change now. Jason Smerdon and Kyu Lee talk about travel, transportation and how the current coronavirus pandemic is affecting their lives. An interview with Professor Jacqueline Klopp (10:30), co-director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development, on how travel early in her life affected her career. Also she talks about "Digital Matatus" -- her work in Nairobi, Kenya to develop a map system for local transit. Last, Phebe Pierson helps answer one of our most commonly received You Asked questions: "Do individual actions on climate matter?" (49:45)

Associate Professor of Humanities Winston Chow from SMU’s School of Social Sciences has researched on the areas of urban vulnerability to climate change; sustainability in urban climatology; and perceptions of environmental and climate change in tourism. In recent years, he has published papers on the impact of weather extremes on urban resilience to hydro-climate hazards and trans-boundary variations of urban drought vulnerability and its impact on water resource management in Singapore and Johor, Malaysia. In this podcast, Associate Professor Chow will discuss the continued economic growth of a city by adopting sustainable urban development measures.

Cities are growing—and fast. By 2030, two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas. Guests discuss how development projects can boost economies and spur job creation while preserving the natural resources communities rely on. Hassan Aboelnga, PMP, is an urban water security researcher at Koln University of Applied Sciences, and a management committee member of specialist groups at the International Water Association, based in Cologne, Germany. He outlines how taking a systems approach can help project managers deliver more sustainable water infrastructure projects. Kaustubh Tamaskar is a senior urban planner and designer with Beca and an urban resilience consultant for the World Bank based in Auckland, New Zealand. Kaustubh discussed how teams can keep sustainability front and center on development projects—even when they need to move quickly. Suresh Kotla, PMP, director of sustainable manufacturing for the Institute for Sustainable Communities in Mumbai, India, shares how his organization helps drive investment in sustainable development projects by fostering public-private partnerships. Key Themes: [00:29] Effects of rapid urban population growth [02:33] Bringing sustainability within reach [04:46] Future-proofing sustainability projects [08:01] Managing water scarcity [10:50] A systems approach to sustainability [13:11] Roadblocks to sustainable development [14:54] Balancing economic and environmental needs [18:52] How to scale up adoption of new models

watch the lecture here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQYdksc8W44&list=PL6DDzoHu1cx1ozmghXXCgzwHF8Ln8Tlv8&index=4&t=0s This talk will present a PhD research project, which is looking at how communities employ data-driven approaches to address urban sustainability issues in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Over the past year, Roza Vasileva, PhD Candidate at the University of Nottingham, has conducted expert interviews with 25 representatives from various stakeholder groups of the Tanzanian data ecosystem: government, donor institutions, local community organisations, start-ups, international experts and academia. This project aims to understand what processes take place on the ground when people try to take advantage of data and technology to transform Dar es Salaam into a ‘smarter city’, and what the challenges are. This PhD research is funded by Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training in My Life in Data and supported by the Open Data Institute. The Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) is based at The University of Nottingham and is supported by a £9.3 million investment from Research Councils UK, The University of Nottingham and over 30 industry partners. About the speaker Roza Vasileva is a PhD candidate in Digital Economy with a focus on using data for citizen-centric smart cities at the Horizon Center for Doctoral Training, University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Roza has been an Open Data and Urban Innovations Consultant to the World Bank since 2012 and supported Open Government Data and Digital Government projects in over a dozen countries including Tanzania, Mauritius, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. As part of this work, she conducted and co-authored Open Data Readiness Assessments (ODRA) following the World Bank standard diagnostic methodology. Her research area includes using data especially open government data and citizen-generated urban data for designing citizen-centric smart sustainable cities. Currently she is conducting field work in Tanzania and Kenya looking at the data-driven community initiatives and how they are contributing towards smart urban transformation. She earned her undergraduate degree in Public Relations from Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia in St. Petersburg and a dual master’s degree in Public Administration and International Affairs at Maxwell School of Syracuse University as a Fulbright Scholar.

Chris Choa is an urban architect and cities expert who thinks a big scale.Chris is Director of Cities at AECOM. He speaks frequently about urban performance and works with city and national governments to develop regional-scale strategies. A graduate of both Harvard and Yale, Chris also serves as Chairman of the UK Urban Land Institute and is on the external advisory board for the Sustainable Urban Development program at Oxford. He is an appointed advisor to the Mayor of London’s Infrastructure Delivery Board.In the interview, Chris and I discuss what it means to be a cities expert and the importance of planning at city-level. Chris gives his views on the shape of the future and how technology will change not just where and why we build things but what we build, as human condition drives us to living closer together and living in a more collaborative manner.We discuss Chris's role in the ULI and the scope for as many people as possible to get involved. Finally, we discover how Chris moved from a background in Fine Art to advising on cities across the globe.Follow-ups to some of the topics discussed:The link to the UK ULI is here. Do try out one of the many events.The research undertaken on the impact of the Bohemian-Gay Index and property values can be found here.Further information on the government's policies & initiatives regarding AVs (autonomous vehicles) can be found here.For the research referenced which highlights the positive affects of densification in cities (using Atlanta, GA as an argument against urban sprawl), see here. Latest Instagram Posts for #Urbanlandinstitute

Culture can be a tool for change across boundaries. In this Medea Vox episode, we're discussing culture in regard to sustainable urban development. What role can culture play? Can we look at culture as a dimension to—or a pillar of—sustainability that is equal to environmental responsibility, social equity, and economic viability?

Culture can be a tool for change across boundaries. In this Medea Vox episode, we're discussing culture in regard to sustainable urban development. What role can culture play? Can we look at culture as a dimension to—or a pillar of—sustainability that is equal to environmental responsibility, social equity, and economic viability?

Panel Discussion in collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Paris Agreement, SDGs, and the New Urban Agenda: Opportunities for Sustainable Urban Development Michele Zuin, Technical Energy and Climate Expert - ICLEI European Secretariat Faraj El-Awar, (Ph.D.) Head of the Global Water Operators Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) Secretariat at UN-Habitat Office in Barcelona, Spain Tony Sfeir, Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) for the City of Byblos

Jacob Eugene Horn grew up not ON a farm, but surrounded by farms in small town Wisconsin. His helping his neighbors over the years before he struck off for Chicago the day he graduated from college inspired a passion that evades his life. Between a Master's program in Sustainable Urban Development, jobs with the Chicago Park District and Windy City Harvest, and a general interest in and passion for knowledge of zoning laws and urban farming, Jacob's making Chicago a greener place. What a nobel pursuit! So much more interesting info and nobel notes herein. Thanks to Cards Against Humanity for sponsoring and the Chicago Podcast Cooperative for creating community and coordinating sponsorships.

[MM_Access_Decision access=’false’] [/MM_Access_Decision] [MM_Access_Decision access=’false’] In the first episode of The Green Exchange we are focusing on Sustainable Development within Urban City Planning from within the “Transition Arena”- how to engage stakeholders on a common vision and drive results. The Urban Transition movement is rapidly...

The presentations focus on the impact of the concept of future in changing debate, and how, in specific instances, concerns about the future affect behaviours in the present. We were delighted to hear from Jill Hind (currently a DPhil student in Archaeology) and David Howard (UL in Sustainable Urban Development and Director of the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development programme) who lead a cross-disciplinary discussion of the concept of 'Future', focussing on how the themes of future are involved in or direct their research.

The presentations focus on the impact of the concept of future in changing debate, and how, in specific instances, concerns about the future affect behaviours in the present. We were delighted to hear from Jill Hind (currently a DPhil student in Archaeology) and David Howard (UL in Sustainable Urban Development and Director of the MSc in Sustainable Urban Development programme) who lead a cross-disciplinary discussion of the concept of 'Future', focussing on how the themes of future are involved in or direct their research.

David Howard (Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford) looks at larger concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice. Abstract: Recent urban policy initiatives in the Caribbean have shifted from producing material infrastructural change to a greater emphasis on confronting 'civil disorder' via new forms of policing and surveillance. Just as development policy witnessed a 'cultural turn' during the 1990s, so too have sustainable development initiatives at local and international scales recognised and revised attention on forms of social sustainability. Increasing levels of violent crime over the last decade across the Caribbean, one of the most urbanised regions in the world, has placed particular focus on the economic and social vulnerabilities of urban populations. Recent UN and World Bank reports indicate that urban violence is the singular greatest hindrance to economic development in the region. The paper will draw on recent fieldwork in the Dominican Republic, most notably concerning the government's Plan de Seguridad Democrática. A key component is the Barrio Seguro ('Safe Neighbourhood') project, which relies on 'zero tolerance' policing and prolonged militarised intervention in demarcated neighbourhoods to 'secure' the city and its citizens. Such policies raise concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice.

David Howard (Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford) looks at larger concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice. Abstract: Recent urban policy initiatives in the Caribbean have shifted from producing material infrastructural change to a greater emphasis on confronting 'civil disorder' via new forms of policing and surveillance. Just as development policy witnessed a 'cultural turn' during the 1990s, so too have sustainable development initiatives at local and international scales recognised and revised attention on forms of social sustainability. Increasing levels of violent crime over the last decade across the Caribbean, one of the most urbanised regions in the world, has placed particular focus on the economic and social vulnerabilities of urban populations. Recent UN and World Bank reports indicate that urban violence is the singular greatest hindrance to economic development in the region. The paper will draw on recent fieldwork in the Dominican Republic, most notably concerning the government's Plan de Seguridad Democrática. A key component is the Barrio Seguro ('Safe Neighbourhood') project, which relies on 'zero tolerance' policing and prolonged militarised intervention in demarcated neighbourhoods to 'secure' the city and its citizens. Such policies raise concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice.

David Howard (Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford) looks at larger concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice. Abstract: Recent urban policy initiatives in the Caribbean have shifted from producing material infrastructural change to a greater emphasis on confronting 'civil disorder' via new forms of policing and surveillance. Just as development policy witnessed a 'cultural turn' during the 1990s, so too have sustainable development initiatives at local and international scales recognised and revised attention on forms of social sustainability. Increasing levels of violent crime over the last decade across the Caribbean, one of the most urbanised regions in the world, has placed particular focus on the economic and social vulnerabilities of urban populations. Recent UN and World Bank reports indicate that urban violence is the singular greatest hindrance to economic development in the region. The paper will draw on recent fieldwork in the Dominican Republic, most notably concerning the government's Plan de Seguridad Democrática. A key component is the Barrio Seguro ('Safe Neighbourhood') project, which relies on 'zero tolerance' policing and prolonged militarised intervention in demarcated neighbourhoods to 'secure' the city and its citizens. Such policies raise concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice.

David Howard (Lecturer in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford) looks at larger concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice. Abstract: Recent urban policy initiatives in the Caribbean have shifted from producing material infrastructural change to a greater emphasis on confronting 'civil disorder' via new forms of policing and surveillance. Just as development policy witnessed a 'cultural turn' during the 1990s, so too have sustainable development initiatives at local and international scales recognised and revised attention on forms of social sustainability. Increasing levels of violent crime over the last decade across the Caribbean, one of the most urbanised regions in the world, has placed particular focus on the economic and social vulnerabilities of urban populations. Recent UN and World Bank reports indicate that urban violence is the singular greatest hindrance to economic development in the region. The paper will draw on recent fieldwork in the Dominican Republic, most notably concerning the government's Plan de Seguridad Democrática. A key component is the Barrio Seguro ('Safe Neighbourhood') project, which relies on 'zero tolerance' policing and prolonged militarised intervention in demarcated neighbourhoods to 'secure' the city and its citizens. Such policies raise concerns over social and spatial equity, conceptual approaches to sovereignty and the practical interpretation of sustainable forms of justice.

Tim Dixon (Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University) looks at 'critical success factors' that need to be in place for cities to be more sustainable by 2050. Abstract: The majority of the world's population now live in cities. This poses great challenges, but also great opportunities in terms of tackling climate change, resource depletion and environmental degradation. Policy agendas have increasingly focused on how to develop and maintain 'integrated sustainable urban development', and a number of theoretical conceptualisations of urban transition have been formulated to help our thinking and understanding in both developed and developing countries. Drawing on examples around the world the paper aims to examine the key 'critical success factors' that need to be in place for cities to traverse a pathway to a more sustainable future in urban development terms by 2050. The paper explores how important the issues of 'scale' is in the context of complexity and fragmentation in the city's built environment, identifies the lessons that can be learned for future sustainable urban development, and the further research which is needed to address future urban transitions to 2050.

Tim Dixon (Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development, Oxford Brookes University) looks at 'critical success factors' that need to be in place for cities to be more sustainable by 2050. Abstract: The majority of the world's population now live in cities. This poses great challenges, but also great opportunities in terms of tackling climate change, resource depletion and environmental degradation. Policy agendas have increasingly focused on how to develop and maintain 'integrated sustainable urban development', and a number of theoretical conceptualisations of urban transition have been formulated to help our thinking and understanding in both developed and developing countries. Drawing on examples around the world the paper aims to examine the key 'critical success factors' that need to be in place for cities to traverse a pathway to a more sustainable future in urban development terms by 2050. The paper explores how important the issues of 'scale' is in the context of complexity and fragmentation in the city's built environment, identifies the lessons that can be learned for future sustainable urban development, and the further research which is needed to address future urban transitions to 2050.