Podcasts about Urbanity

On today's episode of Closed!, we're diving into the future of cities with one of the leading voices in urban design. Lee sits down with Vishaan Chakrabarti, architect, urban planner, and founder of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) to discuss his his vision for sustainable, equitable, and vibrant cities.Listen in to get a glimpse into Vishaan's career in both the public and private sectors—from advising Mayor Bloomberg on post-9/11 urban planning to leading transformative projects like the redevelopment of the Domino Sugar Refinery (one of the coolest developments in the city, from former Closed! guest David Lombino. We also discuss his latest book, The Architecture of Urbanity, which argues that great design is key to solving today's biggest challenges—social division, climate change, and the affordability crisis.Join us as we rethink density in urban America, discuss the future of Penn Station, and learn why Vishaan says design matters more than ever in shaping communities. Whether you're a real estate professional, an urbanist, or just someone who loves cities, this episode is packed with insights you won't want to miss.For more on Vishaan and PAU, visit pau.studio and check out The Architecture of Urbanity on Amazon or Princeton University Press.And as always, to learn more about real estate and the law, go to bflawoffice.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Nic is Joined by Patrick of Oh The Urbanity! To discuss the latest developments of the bike lane banning fiasco in Ontario as banning lawsuits related to the removal was introduced.Oh The Urbanity! https://www.youtube.com/@OhTheUrbanity Send us a question: radiofreeurbanism@gmail.comPatreon: patreon.com/RadioFreeUrbanism Instagram: https://rb.gy/ezn9rzX(Twitter): https://x.com/RFUrbanism?s=20Alex: https://www.youtube.com/@humanecitiesEthan: https://www.youtube.com/@climateandtransitNic: https://www.youtube.com/@nicthedoorLinks:Lawsuit Ban: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/21/ndp-bike-lane-bill-bans-lawsuits-against-government/ Biking in Toronto Game: https://bsky.app/profile/omarieclaire.bsky.social/post/3lbhxpml3ms2z

How do our physical spaces shape the way we live, connect, and thrive? In this episode of This Anthro Life, we delve into how design and the built environment impact today's biggest challenges—climate change and social division. Featuring Vishaan Chakrabarti, architect and author of The Architecture of Urbanity, we explore how rethinking our spaces can foster joy, connection, and inclusivity.Discover why our housing and public spaces matter more than ever in rebuilding our social fabric. From suburbs to cities, and rural America to bustling urban centers, this is a conversation about the role design plays in creating a better, more sustainable future.Follow Vishaan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishaan-chakrabarti-faia-a004b9113/

From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challenges. The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to political division and technological dislocation, to declining mental health and fraying cultural fabric. With most of the planet's population now living in urban environments, cities are the spaces where we have the greatest potential to confront and address these problems. In this visionary book, Vishaan Chakrabarti argues for an "architecture of urbanity," showing how the design of our communities can create a more equitable, sustainable, and joyous future for us all. Taking readers from the great cities of antiquity to the worldwide exurban sprawl of our postindustrial age, Chakrabarti examines architecture's relationship to history's greatest social, technological, and environmental dilemmas. He then presents a rich selection of work by a global array of practicing architects, demonstrating how innovative design can dramatically improve life in big cities and small settlements around the world, from campuses and refugee camps to mega-cities like São Paulo, Lima, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Lavishly illustrated with a wealth of original graphics, data visualizations, photographs, and drawings, The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy (Princeton UP, 2024) eloquently explains why cities are the last, best hope for humanity, and why designers must, alongside political, business, community, and cultural leaders, steward the healing of our planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challenges. The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to political division and technological dislocation, to declining mental health and fraying cultural fabric. With most of the planet's population now living in urban environments, cities are the spaces where we have the greatest potential to confront and address these problems. In this visionary book, Vishaan Chakrabarti argues for an "architecture of urbanity," showing how the design of our communities can create a more equitable, sustainable, and joyous future for us all. Taking readers from the great cities of antiquity to the worldwide exurban sprawl of our postindustrial age, Chakrabarti examines architecture's relationship to history's greatest social, technological, and environmental dilemmas. He then presents a rich selection of work by a global array of practicing architects, demonstrating how innovative design can dramatically improve life in big cities and small settlements around the world, from campuses and refugee camps to mega-cities like São Paulo, Lima, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Lavishly illustrated with a wealth of original graphics, data visualizations, photographs, and drawings, The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy (Princeton UP, 2024) eloquently explains why cities are the last, best hope for humanity, and why designers must, alongside political, business, community, and cultural leaders, steward the healing of our planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/architecture

From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challenges. The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to political division and technological dislocation, to declining mental health and fraying cultural fabric. With most of the planet's population now living in urban environments, cities are the spaces where we have the greatest potential to confront and address these problems. In this visionary book, Vishaan Chakrabarti argues for an "architecture of urbanity," showing how the design of our communities can create a more equitable, sustainable, and joyous future for us all. Taking readers from the great cities of antiquity to the worldwide exurban sprawl of our postindustrial age, Chakrabarti examines architecture's relationship to history's greatest social, technological, and environmental dilemmas. He then presents a rich selection of work by a global array of practicing architects, demonstrating how innovative design can dramatically improve life in big cities and small settlements around the world, from campuses and refugee camps to mega-cities like São Paulo, Lima, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Lavishly illustrated with a wealth of original graphics, data visualizations, photographs, and drawings, The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy (Princeton UP, 2024) eloquently explains why cities are the last, best hope for humanity, and why designers must, alongside political, business, community, and cultural leaders, steward the healing of our planet.

From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challenges. The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to political division and technological dislocation, to declining mental health and fraying cultural fabric. With most of the planet's population now living in urban environments, cities are the spaces where we have the greatest potential to confront and address these problems. In this visionary book, Vishaan Chakrabarti argues for an "architecture of urbanity," showing how the design of our communities can create a more equitable, sustainable, and joyous future for us all. Taking readers from the great cities of antiquity to the worldwide exurban sprawl of our postindustrial age, Chakrabarti examines architecture's relationship to history's greatest social, technological, and environmental dilemmas. He then presents a rich selection of work by a global array of practicing architects, demonstrating how innovative design can dramatically improve life in big cities and small settlements around the world, from campuses and refugee camps to mega-cities like São Paulo, Lima, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Lavishly illustrated with a wealth of original graphics, data visualizations, photographs, and drawings, The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy (Princeton UP, 2024) eloquently explains why cities are the last, best hope for humanity, and why designers must, alongside political, business, community, and cultural leaders, steward the healing of our planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

From one of today's most inspired architects and urban advocates, a manifesto for architecture as a force for addressing our biggest social challenges. The world is facing unprecedented challenges, from climate change and population growth, to political division and technological dislocation, to declining mental health and fraying cultural fabric. With most of the planet's population now living in urban environments, cities are the spaces where we have the greatest potential to confront and address these problems. In this visionary book, Vishaan Chakrabarti argues for an "architecture of urbanity," showing how the design of our communities can create a more equitable, sustainable, and joyous future for us all. Taking readers from the great cities of antiquity to the worldwide exurban sprawl of our postindustrial age, Chakrabarti examines architecture's relationship to history's greatest social, technological, and environmental dilemmas. He then presents a rich selection of work by a global array of practicing architects, demonstrating how innovative design can dramatically improve life in big cities and small settlements around the world, from campuses and refugee camps to mega-cities like São Paulo, Lima, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Lavishly illustrated with a wealth of original graphics, data visualizations, photographs, and drawings, The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy (Princeton UP, 2024) eloquently explains why cities are the last, best hope for humanity, and why designers must, alongside political, business, community, and cultural leaders, steward the healing of our planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Talking Headways, we're joined by architect Vishaan Chakrabarti to talk about his book The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy. We discuss the goldilocks density, defining urbanity, and the ennui of young architects. How to Make Room for 1M New Yorkers - NYT +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com  

Vishaan Chakrabarti is the founder and creative director of the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), and the author of "The Architecture of Urbanity." He has worn many hats - in development, architecture, government and academia, and brings this experience to bear in his public advocacy work. -- Intro: "Rebel Rebel" by David Bowie Show Notes: - The "Joy" Thing with Tim Walz - Obama > Biden Infrastructure Bill - Is it really Rural vs Urban, or Suburban vs Everyone Else? Is it Rurbanity? - UC Berkeley analysis of carbon footprints of cities vs rural vs suburban - The mortgage interest tax deduction - The Federal gas tax - Out-migration from expensive to affordable cities - not the suburbs - Railroad suburbs: Montclair and Maplewood NJ - Carbon pricing - Jane Jacobs' idea that cities formed around trade - James C. Scott - The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber & David Wengrow - Alternate civilizational origin stories at the Venice Biennale - The places we go on vacation all have lousy parking - The energy source powering cars is not really the issue - it's the degree to which we design our cities around cars - or not - Copenhagen - the urban planning Mecca - but where are the immigrants? - InterOculus, PAU, Columbus, Indiana - "Because they've been told their definition of excellence is to design spaceships to be built by slaves in the sand, that's what architects are off doing. And so of course they're not at the adult table influencing policy. We can't relegate ourselves to the kiddie table by talking about irrelevant things and then complain about the chicken nuggets." - "We don't help everyday people visualize the power of policy change as well as we could." - "I think we are at a moment where it is really, important for people who understand the physical world to sit down and be able to speak the language of government." - "Designing policy is a form of design." - New York Times collaboration with PAU = NYC = Not Your Car - Gov. Kathy Hochul's cancellation of congestion pricing - Robert Caro, The Power Broker - "The city's permanent government" - the "deep state" might actually be OK - "New York, New York, New York," by Tom Dyja - Accepting imperfection as a necessary democratic outcome - instead of going Roark on imperfection and blowing it up - Uber's hiring of Bradley Tusk, Bloomberg's third mayoral campaign manager - Alejandro Aravena - an architect literally being the architect of the new Chilean constitution - Norman Foster - adviser to the United Nations on rebuilding Ukraine - Book design by Michael Beirut and Britt Cobb at Pentagram Outro: "Don't Worry About the Government," by Talking Heads

In this episode of the Top of Mind podcast, Mike Simonsen sits down with Salim Furth from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University to explore America's housing affordability and supply crisis and the optimistic changes that are under way. About Salim Furth Salim Furth is a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Urbanity project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His research focuses on housing production and land use regulation. He frequently advises local governments and testifies before state and federal legislatures. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester. Furth previously worked at the Heritage Foundation, at Amherst College, and as a contractor to HUD. His research has been published in Housing Policy Debate, Critical Housing Analysis, and the IZA Journal of Labor Policy. He serves as an advisor to the board of Texans for Reasonable Solutions and a Better Cities Project Fellow.served as lead independent trustee and eventually board chairman overseeing a multibillion-dollar ETF trust until its sale in early 2024. Here's a glimpse of what you'll learn:  Why an esoteric domain like housing policy and zoning is suddenly in the spotlight in the US What the “Housing Theory of Everything” is and why it's important Why the housing shortage isn't confined to the United States and which countries are tackling it Why NIMBYism is a universal human (or at least Anglophile) value The shocking extent of our under-construction Which simple zoning and regulation changes are making impact around the country Which cities and states are doing the best work in housing Whether increased immigration helps or hurts housing affordability Which tax law changes are most effective What will happen if the population declines The optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for residential real estate, affordability and supply in the longer term future Conclusions and insights from his recent “Laying Foundations” paper about the 50 most recent legislative efforts around the country Resources mentioned in this episode: Salim Furth | LinkedIn Salim Furth | X Mercatus Center Salim Furth | Mercatus Center Mike Simonsen | LinkedIn Altos Research Featuring Mike Simonsen, President of Altos Research A true data geek, Mike founded Altos Research in 2006 to bring data and insight on the U.S. housing market to those who need it most. The company now serves the largest Wall Street investment firms, banks, and tens of thousands of real estate professionals around the country. Mike's insights on the market have been featured in Forbes, New York Times, Bloomberg, Dallas Morning News, Seattle PI, and many other national media outlets. Follow us on Twitter for more data analysis and insights: Altos on Twitter Mike on Twitter About Altos Research The Top of Mind Podcast is produced by Altos Research. Each week, Altos tracks every home for sale in the country - all the pricing, and all the changes in pricing - and synthesizes those analytics to make them available before becoming visible through traditional channels. Schedule a demo to see Altos in action. You can also get a copy of our free eBook: How To Use Market Data to Build Your Real Estate Business.

In this continuation of the business meeting between Norm and Urbanity Dance, Norm gives some excellent advice to a fellow CEO.Want to comment or ask Norm a question that might get answered on the podcast? Drop us a line at beyondthenormpodcast@gmail.com! You can find Norm and all his upcoming endeavors, trainings, podcasts, books, and other links at his website normlaviolette.com

In this episode, Norm sits down with the people behind Boston's Urbanity Dance to chat about collaboration, big ideas, and the intersection between dance and comedy.Want to comment or ask Norm a question that might get answered on the podcast? Drop us a line at beyondthenormpodcast@gmail.com! You can find Norm and all his upcoming endeavors, trainings, podcasts, books, and other links at his website normlaviolette.com

In this episode, Chuck Kasky, Maryland REALTORS® CEO, dives deep into housing policy with Dr. Salim Furth, Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Urbanity project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and Lisa May, Maryland REALTORS® Director of Advocacy and Public Policy.Listen as Chuck, Salim, and Lisa examine the issues of zoning, housing costs, and the effects on Maryland first-time homebuyers. Salim breaks down the intricacies of gentrification and the impact it has on regional affordability and local affordability. Additionally, Lisa discusses the ambitious policy proposed by the Moore administration that may begin to address the lack of housing in Maryland.Salim Furth is a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Urbanity project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His research focuses on housing production and land use regulation and has been published in Housing Policy Debate, Critical Housing Analysis, and the IZA Journal of Labor Policy. He has testified before several state legislatures as well as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He frequently advises local government officials on zoning reform and housing affordability.Furth's writing has appeared in National Affairs, American Affairs, The City, Public Discourse, and numerous newspapers. He previously worked at the Heritage Foundation, at Amherst College, and as a contractor to HUD. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester.Featured Research"Single-Family Zoning and Race: Evidence From the Twin Cities." Published in Housing Policy Debate."California Zoning: Housing Construction and a New Ranking of Local Land Use Regulation." (Salim Furth & Olivia Gonzalez)

Urbanity Dance, a community dance center in the South End, reopened its doors on Jan. 14 after being forced to close due to last summer's flooding.

This is a live recording of an event that took place at Open Book Festival in September 2023. In this conversation, Farai Mudzingwa, Wisani Mushwana and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah speak to Mapule Mohulatsi about African cities as spaces of reinvention and desire. Brought to you by the African Literary Cities Project as part of the African Cities as Text series. This event was made possible by the support of the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the City of Cape Town and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Salim Furth (Senior Research Fellow and and Director of the Urbanity project, Mercatus Center) joins the podcast to discuss his background as a macroeconomist turned urban economist and a variety of topics in long-term housing market trends and urban policy, including zoning, LIHTC, rent control, and institutional investor single family rentals, some of which we argue are shaping macro trends in home prices.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

Salim Furth (Senior Research Fellow and and Director of the Urbanity project, Mercatus Center) joins the podcast to discuss his background as a macroeconomist turned urban economist and a variety of topics in long-term housing market trends and urban policy, including zoning, LIHTC, rent control, and institutional investor single family rentals, some of which we argue are shaping macro trends in home prices.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Copenhagen has long been a paragon in urban planning circles. Karsten Palsson, CEO of Palsson Urbanism, says it's under threat from commercial development interests and weakened government, and now is the time to rearticulate and potentially export the principles that made it a paragon in the first place. Unfrozen sits with the author of "How to Design Humane Cities - Public Spaces and Urbanity," and the new "Urban Block Cities - 10 principles for Contemporary Planning." Intro/Outro: "Old Wine, New Bottles," by Silver Convention

Jasmine and Patrick are the Montreal-based creators of Oh the Urbanity, a YouTube channel about cities and urbanism. They traverse cities by foot, bike, and public transit and aim to make informative and entertaining videos combining streetscapes and demographic data.

Today on show: Haiti in flames, destabilized by years of US subversion, faces a deadly and uncertain future: Also over 200 organizations plan to participate in the March 18 national antiwar protest! We'll speak with Dick Becker, co- founder of Answer Coalition, and one of the key organizers for the San Francisco based action. And Roots Action Founder, Norman Solomon, comments on The Urbanity of Evil: 20 Years After the US Invasion of Iraq The post An Update on Haiti and It's Uncertain Future appeared first on KPFA.

Episode 28 features a conversation with CARLA L. PETERSON, author of the 2011 book “Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City.” Professor Peterson's book served as a resource for the creation of the characters, story, and the Black community in HBO's THE GILDED AGE. Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, "Black Gotham" is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, she illuminates the greater history of African-American elites in New York City. (Source: Yale University Press) Carla L. Peterson is professor emerita in the Department of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a specialist in nineteenth-century African American literary and cultural studies. In addition to "Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City" (published in 2011) she has published numerous essays and a second book "Doers of the Word: African-American Women Speakers and Writers in the North, 1830-1880" (1995). Carla Peterson is currently at work on a new project, "Urbanity and Taste: The Making of African American Modernity in Antebellum New York and Philadelphia." Recorded 1/13/23 Download the transcript for Ep. 28 from this link. TIMESTAMPS 0:08 Podcast Generic Open 1:21 Introduction to Black Gotham and The Gilded Age Conversation 3:55 Carla Peterson Introduction 5:07 Black Family History 12:42 Historical Resources and Detective Work 22:00 New York's Black Cosmopolitans 29:42 Southern Slave Economy and Northern White Wealth 38:26 Break 29:03 The Scott Family in HBO's "The Gilded Age" 44:11 Peggy and Arthur Scott: Class, Gender, and Generational Conflict 47:41 Who Has Taste? Black Education, Peggy Scott and Agnes van Rhijn 54:41 Lightning Round: Conversation with Ancestors, Thomas Downing, Interracial Stories, and Stories of the Black Elite 1:06:07 Stay Connected with Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters 1:07 Boilerplate Closing STAY ENGAGED with HISTORICAL DRAMA WITH THE BOSTON SISTERS LISTEN to past past podcasts including bonus episodes, "Women & Power in THE GILDED AGE" part 1 and part 2. SIGN UP for our mailing list SUBSCRIBE to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform You can SUPPORT this podcast on Anchor or SHOP THE PODCAST on our affiliate bookstore. Thank you for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicaldramasisters/support

This fortnight, we're going east (and back in history) with fabulous historian Tuğçe Kayaal (Furman University). Tuğçe explains how she queers history and the archives, how she researches homoerotic intimacies in poetry and advice books, and what religion has to do with morals, relationships and friendships. She talks about the most frequently misunderstood aspects of the Ottoman empire and what it's like teaching homoeroticism in texts from the Middle East.If you want to learn more, why not follow @tkayaal and @queerlitpodcast on Twitter? The podcast also produces mediocre Instagram content for your perusal. CW: We discuss paedophilia versus intergenerational relationships, sexual violence, homophobia, and religion. References:Miss MelinaFreddie MercuryBeylikGeorge-Louis BuffonBabayan, Kathryn. The City as Anthology: Eroticism and Urbanity in Early Modern Isfahan. Stanford University Press, 2021.Semerdjian, Elyse. “Naked Anxiety: Bathhouses, Nudity, and Dhimmi Woman in 18th-Century-Aleppo.” International Journal of Middle East Studies 45, no. 4 (2013): 651-676.Kayaal, Tuğçe. “ ‘ Twisted Desires,' Boy Lovers, and Male-Male Cross-Generational Sex in the Late Ottoman Empire (1912-1918).” Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques 46, no.1 (2020): 31-46.Najmabadi, Afsaneh. Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieities of Iranian Modernity. University of California Press, 2005.Andrews, Walter G. & Mehmet Kalpakli. Age of Beloveds: Love and the Beloved in Early-Modern Ottoman and European Culture and Society. Durham: Duke University Press, 2005.Kobabe, Mai. Gender Queer: A Memoir. Oni Press, 2019. Sufism Sunni Mustafa Galib, Fahişeler Hayatı ve Redaet-i Ahlakiyye, 1922 Enderunlu Fazıl, Zenanname, 1695 Gelibolulu Mustafa Ali, Mevaidün Nefais Fi Kavaidil Mecalis, 16th Century.Konya The Queery Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:1. What is the Ottoman Empire?2. Which factors play into the increasing emphasis on procreational heteronormative sex in the late Ottoman Empire?3. Does Tuğçe see Sufism or Sunni Islam as more open to same-sex desire?4. How is female sexuality viewed in the examples Tuğçe mentions?5. What does the term cross-generational mean in the contexts we discuss? What are your thoughts on childhood in a historical context?

Salim Furth (Senior Research Fellow and and Director of the Urbanity project, Mercatus Center) joins the podcast to discuss his background as a macroeconomist turned urban economist and a variety of topics in long-term housing market trends and urban policy, including zoning, LIHTC, rent control, and institutional investor single family rentals, some of which we argue are shaping macro trends in home prices.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lexman and his guest Kevin Scott discuss the Italian city of Milan and its many unique and interesting customs.

Video version of the episodeThe "dynamic duo" behind the amazing Oh The Urbanity! Channel is none other than Jasmine Steffler and Patrick Murphy and I am delighted and honored to feature them as guests on this episode, number 135, for those keeping track. We talk about how they came to start the channel, how their many moves have shaped their narratives, and what drives them to do this work, which by the way is outside of their "normal" day jobs. Topics covered include protected bike lanes, separated cycle paths and multi-use paths, winter cycling, as well as housing availability, and affordability. The main cities covered include Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):- Oh The Urbanity! Channel- Oh the Urbanity! on Twitter- Oh The Urbanity! on Patreon- RM Transit - Paige Saunders - My interview with Pekka Tahkola- Pekka's Channel- My Episode w/ Don Shoup- Donald Shoup books:    - The High Cost of Free Parking book   - Parking and The City- My Riding from the Airport vidFour Easy Steps to Support My Efforts:1. Become an Active Towns Ambassador by pledging as little as $1 per month on Patreon(As a thank you will have early and commercial-free access as well as bonus content and special discounts in the Active Towns Store)2. If you enjoyed this episode please give it a "thumbs up", leave a comment, and share it with a friend.3. Subscribe to the podcast on your preferred platform and on the Active Towns YouTube Channel4. Pick up some Active Towns #StreetsAreForPeople Merch at my store(note: See no. 1 for access to special discounts in the store)Credits:All video and audio production by John SimmermanMusic:- Intro and Outro mixed by John Simmerman- Video Clip background music licensed through https://www.musicbed.com/Resources used during the production of this episode:- My awesome recording platform is Ecamm- Adobe Creative Cloud SuiteStudio Equipment:- Main MIcrophone Sennheiser Pro Audio MKH416-P48U3- Rode RODECaster Pro Podcast Production Studio- Additional Microphone - Shure MV7- Camera - Sony ZV-E10 (currently sold out)- Lens - Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens- Elgato Cam Link 4k- Elgato Streamdeck XL*- Elgato Streamdeck (*you may not need the XL)Editing Computer System:- Apple MacBook Pro 16" 2021 M1 Pro- LG 34WP88C-B 34-inch Curved 21:9 UltraWide QHD (3440x1440) IPS Display with Ergo StandAll video, audio, and music production by me, John SimmermanFor more information about my Active Towns effort or to follow along please visit my links below:- Website- Twitter- Newsletter- Podcast landing pages- Facebook- InstagramBackground:Hi Everyone, my name is John Simmerman.I'm a health promotion professional with over 30 years of experience and my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization of how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.In 2012 I launched the non-profit Advocates for Healthy Communities as an effort to help promote and create healthy, active places.Since that time I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be, in order to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities".My Active Towns suite of channels feature my original video and audio content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them.Thanks for tuning in, I hope you find this content helpful.Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2022Advocates for Healthy Communities, Inc. is a nonprofit 501c3 organization (EIN 45-3802508) dedicated to helping communities create a Culture of Activity. Any donations collected are used specifically to support the organization's mission.To make a donation to Advocates for Healthy Communities go here★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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WME3tv’s Nexus with Zyro Roze hosted a conversation with Emily Hamilton, Senior Research Fellow of the George Mason University Urbanity Project. This interview was aired as a five part series of Feature Reports as part of an ongoing collaboration between WFHB Local News and the Eco Media Center of Monroe County. Roze and Hamilton discuss a range of issues …

We talk Monorails again this week! Enjoy! Oh the Urbanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlkylGqQf1g Intro music: Tar Sequence by Lalo Schifrin Outro music: Intro by Str8jacket / 2Dirte / Ynd Cover art by: @JD_Benefield on Twitter Contact us: @thosemuckrakers on Twitter or thosemuckrakers@gmail.com Captain Bobbers Plays: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwmlGIhVwZ_yQjKlhdMO9cw Buy Duskbelt books: https://www.amazon.com/Super-Lad-Duskbelt-WP-Thrift/dp/B084DFY2FY/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1619275870&sr=8-1

This special series on Infill is in partnership with Up For Growth, who is hosting a conference featuring amazing pro-housing voices from all over the country. We had the great opportunity to sit down with several of the speakers and give you a preview of what will be discussed in more detail during the conference. The conference starts on September 21 and is all online. Tickets are free, grab yours here! https://go.upforgrowth.org/UFG2021YIMBYIn this episode, Laura Foote sits down with Salim Furth, a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Urbanity project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His research focuses on housing production and land use regulation and has been published in Critical Housing Analysis and the IZA Journal of Labor Policy. He has testified before several state legislatures as well as the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He frequently advises local government officials on zoning reform and housing affordability. Learn more about Salim: https://www.mercatus.org/scholars/salim-furthLearn more about Up For Growth: https://www.upforgrowth.org/Learn more about YIMBY Action (become a member in September and get a free Legalize Housing shirt!): https://yimbyaction.org/join

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Irgen Salijanji është arkitekt me bazë në Rotterdam ku ka bashkëthemeluar studion Architects for Urbanity.

Irgen Salianji from Architects for Urbanity shares his views on how cities are changing, some urban typologies worth exploring, and showcasing a city's identity in this interview with The Design Story.

In this episode: Gerald Babel-Sutter, Co-Founder and CEO of URBAN FUTURE Global Conference, talks about his country Austria, his passion for sustainable cities and why changing habits is crucial in order to stop climate change. Feedback regarding this episode? Please do it to info@tiagocosta.media. Support the work that I'm doing by sending some love through PayPal.me/tiagorodriguesdcosta. Follow the podcast's page on Instagram @analyzepodcast.

In Episode 8 of Step Out Of Line! Sharon interviews Besti Graves, Founder and Director of Urbanity Dance. Betsi is constantly stepping out of line in the pursuit of her dream to inspire, engage, and empower people and communities through dance and movement. Betsi and Sharon discuss how her background guided her to founding Urbanity, Urbanity’s guiding pillars of company, school and community, and the ways that dance is changing during 2020. Betsi is a self proclaimed “eternal optimist”, you have to hear her story.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of economic uncertainty at the state and local levels. Whether or not the virus is contained in the near future, local governments must provide flexibility in housing, zoning, and transit policies to help their communities recover. Karen Czarnecki, Vice President of Outreach at the Mercatus Center is joined by Emily Hamilton, Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Urbanity Project at the Mercatus Center, Salim Furth, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director of the Urbanity Project at the Mercatus Center, and Jenny Schuetz, Research Fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution to discuss how urban communities can strengthen their economies in uncertain times, how housing restrictions make the United States less resilient during a pandemic, handling traffic congestion and embracing non-vehicular congestion in the long term, and what should be done about missed rent payments. If you would like to speak with one of the scholars or learn more about future webinars, please reach out to mercatusoutreach@mercatus.gmu.edu  

Welcome to this new episode where I had the honor and pleasure to chat about architecture with the incredibly talented Albanian / Greek Architect Irgen Salianji. He is the founder together with his partner Karolina, of the architectural office based in Rotterdam, Architects for Urbanity. The won in 2015 the big competition for the Varna Library. You can find more about him and the office here:   architects for urbanity ig: @irgensalianji or : @architects_for_urbanity LinkedIn: Irgen Salianji  You can also support the podcast subscribing, sharing it with friends, and following the dedicated social media accounts with extra content which are:   Ig:@tcipodcast Facebook: The Creative Insider LinkedIn: The Creative Insider   Thank you!

Kenya Barris jokes he only started writing screenplays because he was a “kid with asthma.” But in reality, storytelling found Barris because of his love for reading. One of Barris’ first jobs was writing for The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show, followed by writing gigs on Soul Food, Girlfriends, Are We There Yet?, and America’s Next Top Model. But, he’s most known for creating Black-ish, Grown-ish, Mixed-ish, and #BlackAF. On the road to selling Black-ish, Barris wrote and pitched about 19 different pilot episodes, with no success, but it taught him how to build worlds and how to create characters to inhabit those worlds. In this interview, Barris discusses his undiscovered pilot Urbanity, how writers can mine from the lanes they know, why he prefers just talking over breaking story in the writer’s room, how narration can haunt you, and how to defend statements as a writer. If you enjoyed this interview, look for the print version on Creative Screenwriting’s website, and join millions of viewers for the new YouTube video essay series, Creative Principles, which dissects new films, series, and more: bit.ly/2FARJz5

In this episode we speak with Emily Hamilton, Director of the Urbanity Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, on inclusionary zoning, affordable housing development, and policy and program initiatives to support and grow a thriving, obtainable housing market at all levels of income. Our Homes was produced In partnership with Faith Action for Community Equity. Faith Action for Community Equity is a grassroots, interfaith 501(c)3 non-profit organization driven by a deep spiritual commitment to improving the quality of life for our members and all the people of Hawaii. Through our common values and collective power, we address the root causes of social justice challenges facing our community. More information can be found at www.faithactionhawaii.org

Nicholas Bloom is a professor of economics at Stanford University and a leading scholar on management, productivity, innovation and economic uncertainty. Nick is a previous guest of Macro Musings and returns to share his thoughts on COVID-19 and what it means for the US economy, both in the short-run and in the long-run. David and Nick also discuss the impact of the virus on the future of urban living, on the economics profession as a whole, and who will bear the biggest brunt of these impacts.   Transcript for the episode can be found here: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/tags/macro-musings   Nick’s NBER archive: https://www.nber.org/people/nick_bloom Nick’s Stanford profile: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/nicholas-bloom   Related Links:   Bonus segment with Nick: https://youtu.be/q2M0TLwV_Xw   *COVID-Induced Economic Uncertainty* by Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, and Stephen J. Terry. https://www.nber.org/papers/w26983   *U.S. Economic Activity During the Early Weeks of the SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak* by Daniel J. Lewis, Karel Mertens, and Jim Stock. https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr920   *Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk-Taking?* by Ulrike Malmendier and Stefan Nagel. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1369049   *Managing with Style* by Marianne Bertrand and Antoinette Schoar. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=376880   *Are Ideas Getting Harder to Find?* by Nicholas Bloom, Charles I. Jones, John Van Reenen, and Michael Webb. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3039019   *Does Working from Home Work? Evidence from a Chinese Experiment* by Nicholas A. Bloom, James Liang, John Roberts, Zhichun Jenny Ying https://nbloom.people.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj4746/f/wfh.pdf   *How Many Jobs Can be Done at Home?* by Jonathan I. Dingel and Brent Neiman. https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_White-Paper_Dingel_Neiman_3.2020.pdf   David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

Smooth Jazz Weekend is a weekly syndicated radio show that focuses on  modern contemporary jazz featuring INDEPENDENT ARTISTS ONLY.Jazz fans and Jazz lovers will discover and experience ONLY THE BEST of indie jazz music.Get ready to be entertained, informed and inspired by show host, former CBS radio & music producer Tina E.Featured Artists: Brenden Rothwell, Ace Livingston, Steve  Cole, Kenny Nightingale, Cindy Bradley, Rodney Taylor, Rodney Keyy Jr.,  Madoca, Ben Tankard, Roco Ventrella, Damien Escobar, Urbanity  and King  James. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Smooth Jazz Weekend is a weekly syndicated radio show that focuses on modern contemporary jazz featuring INDEPENDENT ARTISTS ONLY. Jazz fans and Jazz lovers will discover and experience ONLY THE BEST of indie jazz music. Get ready to be entertained, informed and inspired by show host, former CBS radio & music producer Tina E. **Featured Artists: Brenden Rothwell, Ace Livingston, Steve Cole, Kenny Nightingale, Cindy Bradley, Rodney Taylor, Rodney Kelly Jr., Madoca, Ben Tankard, Roco Ventrella, Damien Escobar, Urbanity and King James.**

Smooth Jazz Weekend is a weekly syndicated radio show that focuses on modern contemporary jazz featuring INDEPENDENT ARTISTS ONLY. Jazz fans and Jazz lovers will discover and experience ONLY THE BEST of indie jazz music. Get ready to be entertained, informed and inspired by show host, former CBS radio & music producer Tina E. **Featured Artists: Brenden Rothwell, Ace Livingston, Steve Cole, Kenny Nightingale, Cindy Bradley, Rodney Taylor, Rodney Kelly Jr., Madoca, Ben Tankard, Roco Ventrella, Damien Escobar, Urbanity and King James.**

Smooth Jazz Weekend is a weekly syndicated radio show that focuses on modern contemporary jazz featuring INDEPENDENT ARTISTS ONLY. Jazz fans and Jazz lovers will discover and experience ONLY THE BEST of indie jazz music. Get ready to be entertained, informed and inspired by show host, former CBS radio & music producer Tina E. **Featured Artists: Brenden Rothwell, Ace Livingston, Steve Cole, Kenny Nightingale, Cindy Bradley, Rodney Taylor, Rodney Kelly Jr., Madoca, Ben Tankard, Roco Ventrella, Damien Escobar, Urbanity and King James.**

Smooth Jazz Weekend is a weekly syndicated radio show that focuses on modern contemporary jazz featuring INDEPENDENT ARTISTS ONLY. Jazz fans and Jazz lovers will discover and experience ONLY THE BEST of indie jazz music. Get ready to be entertained, informed and inspired by show host, former CBS radio & music producer Tina E. Featured Artists: Brenden Rothwell, Ace Livingston, Steve Cole, Kenny Nightingale, Cindy Bradley, Rodney Taylor, Rodney Keyy Jr., Madoca, Ben Tankard, Roco Ventrella, Damien Escobar, Urbanity and King James.

My name is Aiysha Annah Yaa Ansah. I am a Child of the Most High God, Daughter, and Sister. I created this platform to Educate my generation about the law and their rights as human beings so we can overcome the psychological and spiritual hurdles of mental slavery. Welcoming to the real meaning of a spiritual HOMECOMING

Buongiorno Dedicato al Festival più Bello di Sempre Quello della Cultura Cubana Organizzato da Alessia Rea e Daniele Indios e alla Casa della Musica Cubana Il Fico Ricco di Massimo Roger!!!

Markets, Alain Bertaud likes to say, are like gravity: they exist everywhere. But while urban planners are quite good at taking gravity into account, they tend to ignore market forces entirely in their designs, resulting in city development that too often fails to address the needs of their residents. Following the release of his recent book, Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities, Alain joined Tyler in New York City for a discussion of the politics affecting urban centers, his advice to Robert Moses, whether the YIMBY movement can win, why he loves messy cities, what he got wrong about Shenzhen, why the Moscow subway is so wonderful, whether cities can move, favorite movies about cities, the region of the world most likely to start a charter city, how to reform the World Bank, his top three NYC planning reforms, why Central Park is the perfect size, and more. Transcript and links Follow Tyler on Twitter More CWT goodness: Facebook Twitter Instagram Email

Thursday, 1/17/2018, on American Indian Airwaves, 7pm to 8pm (PCT) Listen at: http://www.kpfk.org “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Urbanity & Part 2: 25 Years Later: The National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN) Colonial Refusal and Resistance in Chiapas” Part 1:____________________________ Annita Lucchesi (Southern Cheyenne Nation), researcher for the Urban Indian Health Institute's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A snapshot of data from 71 urban cities in the United States Report (http://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf) and doctoral student at the University of Lethbridge, joins us for the first segment of today's program to discuss in detail the Report's findings, colonial state barriers in gathering information, massive underreporting of MMIWG, how systemic the problems are, American mass media culpability in censoring/distorting the issue, updated information since the November 2018 Report publication, plus more. With approximately 71% of Native American population living in urban environments, and over the half the urban populations comprised of Indigenous women and girls, the Report's findings demonstrate the massive underreporting of urban Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is paramount epidemic. Report Highlights: there were only 506 cases of identifiable missing or murdered indigenous women and girls since 1943; in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls, though the US Department of Justice's federal, missing persons database, NamUs, only logged 116 cases. Turn in for more information. Part 2:____________________________ Jordan Marie Daneil (Lakota Nation), Native Hearts Rising Coalition, organized, along with Cheyenne Phoenix, the January 12th, 2019 “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Panel Discussion: The Epidemic, The Stories, The Solutions” held at the Eastside Café in Los Angeles, CA. Jordan Marie Daneil spoke at the event on a wide array of solutions for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. This segment of today's program is sound from the 1/12/2019 event. Part 3:____________________________ Dr. Faviana Hirsch, Coyote Radio Correspondent, joins us for the third segment of today's program as part of our mini-series on “25 Years Later: The National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN) Colonial Refusal and Resistance in Chiapas”. The 25th Anniversary of the National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN) Chiapas Uprising occurred on January 1st, 1994 (“Mexico”), the same day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect. Critical issues of reflection, change, and progress on the EZLN's decolonial struggles and practices will be discussed along with Mexico's newly elected “leftist” president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), and its implications for Indigenous peoples and their respective First Nations and responses by the National Indigenous Congress. American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Mondays 3pm-4pm); WCRS FM 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH, and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org. Missed shows for the past 60 days can be accessed at: http://archive.kpfk.org/ or https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/american-indian-airwaves/

Today's episode is ALL things fitness with the incredible Jessie Alegria. Costa Rican born, Jessie is currently an instructor at Flywheel Sports, Barrys Bootcamp and Urbanity. If you step foot in one of Jessie’s classes, you will notice her infectious smile, bomb playlist, insane energy and you may be even in for some twerking. Wherever you have seen, talked to or heard of Jessie, today we are digging deep into what Made Jessie one of Bostons best group fitness instructors (as named by Class Pass this year for the 2nd year in a row) You will find out what keeps Jessie motivated, how she deals with self care, showing up as her true self and how she has quickly created a die hard tribe here in Boston. In all of Jessie’s classes, she ties in her past career as a professional hip-hop and modern dancer and choreographer, as she sprinkles some hip hop swag into both her rides in the Flywheel studio, Urbanity, and Barry’s. If you are a trainer, group fitness instructor or just love fitness, you will not want to miss this interview!! Learn how Jessie has turned her passion into her full-time career and is living the life she always imagined! SOCIAL: https://www.flywheelsports.com/studio/back-bay http://www.urbanitydance.org https://www.barrysbootcamp.com/studio/boston-downtown/ @JESSIE_ALEGRIA @1FITFOODIEPOD "NAOMIROT20" For 20% off your first order @carbon38 "1FITFOODIE15" For 15% off @pedestalfootwear "1FITFOODIE10" For 10% off @FXFoods ALL EPISODES EDITED BY: https://www.podcastpress.io See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we start a special miniseries on the idea of economic resiliency. Over the course of several weeks, we’ll be diving into three distinct policy areas to talk about ways policymakers can help make consumers, specific markets, and the entire economy better able to withstand shocks and crises. To help guide us through the series, we'll be joined by a special co-host, Brian Knight. Brian is a scholar here at Mercatus, directing our work on financial regulation, and is the perfect person to both contribute policy expertise and ask some probing questions of our additional guests as we work our way through the series. For today’s episode, we’re starting at the only place it makes sense to start a series about financial resiliency: the housing market. Often considered a primary source of the 2008 financial crisis, housing has gone from being considered the safest and most reliable markets in the US economy to one viewed with suspicion. Luckily for us, we have two extremely well-qualified folks in the studio today to help walk us through the past, present, and, hopefully, future of housing in the United States, and over the next 30 minutes or so, we’ll hopefully land on some ideas for making housing more resilient for everyone. First, we welcome back to the show Emily Hamilton. Emily is an economist here at Mercatus specializing in state and local policy. Emily’s research often focuses on land use regulations, looking at the local, state, and federal laws that play a significant role in shaping where and how people live. And to round-out the group I’m very happy to welcome Kevin Erdmann. Kevin is a visiting fellow with the Mercatus Center, and just released a new book entitled Shut Out that offers a bit of a contrarian take on the housing boom and bust. Follow Chad on Twitter @ChadMReese. Today's What's on Tap beer is the Partly Cloudy New England Style IPA from Solace Brewing in Sterling, VA.

This episode of the David Krut Projects podcast is an audio guide to artist Lorenzo Nassimbeni solo showcase, POLYGRAPH. The exhibition is a portrait of the artist, composed of varying qualities and languages of line work which are reflective of his response to various physical environments and contexts. The work in the exhibition is made up of four distinct chapters which are structured as a linear narrative – a journey from one form of urbanity or place to another as experienced by the artist. These chapters can be heard in the podcast. They are progressing, so the line quality, and its message, changes. The line is a barometer of the personal condition of the artist, in response to place. Be sure to go have a look at the exhibition, at David Krut Projects, 142A Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg. Exhibition Opens on Thursday, 18 October, 18h00-20h00 Walkabout with the artist on Saturday, 20 October, 11h00-12h00 For more information contact info-jhb@davidkrut.com or 011 880 6368

  Mud brick fortification walls from the 10th century at Merv, Turkmenistan SOURCE: Manu Sobti Dr. Manu P. Sobti, Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Director of the Higher Degree Research Program at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, discusses his co-authored GAHTC module, Peripheries of Contact, which explores the architecture and urbanism created by migrant populations who traversed Central Asia and engaged with 'settled' peoples at the edges of their world. We discuss migration, loss and memory; graphic design, photography and cultural landscapes; the Mongols, Timurs, Uzbeks, Russians, Delhi Sultanates and Islamic identity in the medieval times.   Biography MANU P. SOBTI is an Islamic architecture and urban historian, specifically focused on examining changing borderlands in the Asia-Pacific. Prior to his recent arrival at the University of Queensland’s School of Architecture as Senior Lecturer and Director of the Higher Degree Research Program, he served as Associate Professor at the School of Architecture & Urban Planning (SARUP), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee USA, Coordinator of SARUP-UWM’s India Winterim and Uzbekistan Summer Program (2008-15), and directed the Building-Landscapes-Cultures (BLC) Concentration of SARUP-UWM’s Doctoral Program (2011-13) in partnership with the Art History Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sobti also chaired SARUP's PhD Committee between 2014-16, leading an area of BLC's research consortium titled Urban Histories and Contested Geographies. Mapping urbanity and its scalar geographies feature prominently in his ongoing projects, a vantage determining how future urbanists view the multiplicity of emergent stakeholders within the contentious realms of the historical city and its changing meanings. His recent explorations have focused on the urban histories of early-medieval, Islamic cities along the Silk Road and the Indian Subcontinent, with specific reference to the complex, ‘borderland geographies’ created by riverine landscapes. Within a trans-disciplinary examination of medieval Eurasian landscapes straddling the region’s Amu Darya River, he is completing a project entitled The Sliver of the Oxus Borderland: Medieval Cultural Encounters between the Arabs and Persians – an unprecedented work on the historical, geo-politics of the Amu Darya, collating his extensive fieldwork and employing multiple Arabic, Persian, Russian and Uzbek sources. The Oxus borderland is also the subject of his ongoing filmic project entitled Medieval Riverlogues (intended for Public Television) which captures archival research within a re-drawn map series, state of the art computer-generated renderings and live footage on this cultural crucible, while suggesting provocative connections to enduring questions on cultural ‘indigeneities’ and identities, sustainability and resources. Mapping and the spatial humanities remain central to his work on the fast-changing urbanscapes of Delhi, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad & Bhopal, documented in the completion of two forthcoming book manuscripts - the first titled Space and Collective Identity in South Asia: Migration, Architecture and Urban Development (under contract with I. B. Tauris Press, expected April 2018); the second titled Riverine Landscapes, Urbanity and Conflict: Narratives from East and West (under contract with Routledge Press, expected Dec. 2017). His continuing work on contemporary architecture and urbanism in Asia has resulted in a third publication entitled Chandigarh Rethink (ORO Publishers, published June 2017).

Time Codes: 00:00:29 - Introduction 00:02:49 - Listener mail 00:07:37 - The Last Halloween 00:38:46 - Urbanity Planet 00:57:39 - Checking in with Jim McClain and Paul Schultz 01:11:46 - Odysseus the Rebel 01:40:27 - Wrap up 01:41:31 - Contact us For the October webcomics episode, Sean and Derek check out three very different webcomics, the first of which highlights the Halloween season. Abby Howard's The Last Halloween is a combination of creepy illustrations and offbeat humor including a monster apocalypse, an ebullient vampire boy, a social media-addicted ghoul, and a grieving father who crossdresses in his dead wife's clothes. The guys enjoy the fun and meandering story, although Derek wonders if the storytelling could be a little more focused in places. Next, they look at Theora Kvitka's first webcomic, Urbanity Planet. This is a relatively new story, beginning in February of this year, so readers can experience the artist's online voice as it develops. It's a series of vignettes centered on recent college grads who can't find work on earth and, as a result, move to the planet N!#ult0n to earn a living. Filled with quirky observations, the webcomic is an alternate reality glimpse into the dilemma of millennials. Before they look at the month's final webcomic, the guys check in with Jim McClain and Paul Schultz to get an update on their in-the-works webcomic, Poe and the Mysteriads. Things are moving right along, although Jim expresses a mea culpa. Click HERE for new sample art! Finally, Sean and Derek discuss the completed webcomic, Odysseus the Rebel. This is Steven Grant and Scott Bieser's adaptation of the Homeric classic, but one that doesn't feel the need to be comprehensive or "true" to the original. That's what the guys appreciate about this adaptation, Grant and Bieser's ability to take the essence of The Odyssey and translate it into a contemporary voice. And with its emphasis on storytelling, Odysseus the Rebel demonstrates a particular metafictional bent.

Tara Brabazon introduces third tier cities.  These small urban environments confront particular challenges and opportunities.  Tara reveals the international literature in this field to enable these small places to summon big ideas.

Lisa Nisenson is on the show this week because she wants to save you and me from horrible places. Or maybe save us professional planners from ourselves. Or maybe both. She and some other do-gooders are raising money to change the world. What happens if they don’t raise the money? Neighborhoods everywhere will decline into […] The post Cards Against Urbanity, with Lisa Nisenson appeared first on Urbanism Speakeasy.

Conversation recorded with Demilit (Bryan Finoki, Nick Sowers, and Javier Arbona) in Oakland, on May 2, 2014 http://the-archipelago.net/2014/05/14/demilit-a-weaponized-urbanity-morning-drift-in-militarized-downtown-oakland/

Palau Association President, Kevin Palau, interviews Imago Dei Community Pastor, Rick McKinley.

In the second installment of this series, evangelist Andrew Palau gives his insights on global ministry.

Palau Association President, Kevin Palau, interviews Imago Dei pastor, Rick McKinley, about the Gospel Movement in Portland.

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ABSTRACT: There are certain universal conditions of a city and of housing that, if codified, can help architects and planners achieve a successful outcome. 'Urbanity', by contrast, as Richard Sennett argues is the making use of differences in a city to help people achieve a balanced sense of identification as well as a view on risk taking. In mæ's work we consider how codes, patterns and computational methodologies or parametric modeling assist or hinder design opportunity and what are the implications for the people that we design for? BIOGRAPHY: Alex Ely is an Architect and founding partner at mæ LLP Architects. He is a CABE Enabler, Building for Life Assessor and former Senior Policy adviser at CABE. Alex leads the mæ's work on sustainable urbanism and housing, working with a wide range of local authorities, public agencies and Housing Associations on housing regeneration, masterplanning, and new build housing design. He has written a number of best practice publications including The London Mayor's Housing Design Guide, CABE's Building for Life Standard and accompanying publication 'Delivering Great Places to Live' and 'The Home Buyer"s Guide'. Alex lectures internationally on design and policy.

Transcript -- The Romantic philosophy created an intriguing relationship between writer and text, encouraging co-authorship and unfinished works. This discussion explores this intriguingly reflexive and critical approach.

The Romantic philosophy created an intriguing relationship between writer and text, encouraging co-authorship and unfinished works. This discussion explores this intriguingly reflexive and critical approach.

Hi All, This is a podcasted brainstorm session around the creation of Moctezuma's Chair. The project is an initiative of Hecor Esrawe, Emiliano Godoy and Allard van Hoorn. You can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast reader (e.g. itunes) by clicking the orange subscribe chicklet.Enjoy!

Hi All, This is the third part of the Second Mesa of PUI Mexico Podcast. This Second Mesa was organized as a brainstorm session to define the handled subjects in the Mexico edition of the Platform. You can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast reader (e.g. itunes) by clicking the orange subscribe chicklet.

Hi All, This is the second part of the Second Mesa of PUI Mexico Podcast. This Second Mesa was organized as a brainstorm session to define the handled subjects in the Mexico edition of the Platform. You can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast reader (e.g. itunes) by clicking the orange subscribe chicklet.

Hi All, This is the first part of the Second Mesa of PUI Mexico Podcast. This Second Mesa was organized as a brainstorm session to define the handled subjects in the Mexico edition of the Platform. You can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast reader (e.g. itunes) by clicking the orange subscribe chicklet.

Hi All, This is the fourth part of the PUI Mexico Podcast. This Mesa was organized as a brainstorm session to define the handled subjects in the Mexico edition of the Platform. You can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast reader (e.g. itunes) by clicking the orange subscribe chicklet.

Hi All, This is the third part of the PUI Mexico Podcast. This Mesa was organized as a brainstorm session to define the handled subjects in the Mexico edition of the Platform. You can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast reader (e.g. itunes) by clicking the orange subscribe chicklet.

Hi All, This is the second part of the PUI Mexico Podcast. This Mesa was organized as a brainstorm session to define the handled subjects in the Mexico edition of the Platform. You can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast reader (e.g. itunes) by clicking the orange subscribe chicklet.

Hi All, This is the first part of the PUI Mexico Podcast. This Mesa was organized as a brainstorm session to define the handled subjects in the Mexico edition of the Platform. You can subscribe to this podcast in your podcast reader (e.g. itunes) by clicking the orange subscribe chicklet.

A report on the outstanding urban architecture of the city of Jaisalmer in the desert of Rajasthan in India, made in collaboration with the International Union of Architects.