What is The Future for Cities?

Are you interested in economic geography? What do you think about the political influence on cities? How can we put on environmental lenses on cities? Interview Dr Anthony Kent, economic geographer, researcher and educator. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, community empowerment, dependencies on political systems, dysfunctional dystopias, wealth generation machines, and many...

Are you interested in how much the political system influences cities?  Our summary today works with the article titled Planning the post-political city: exploring public participation in the contemporary Australian city from 2018 by Crystal Legacy, Nicole Cook, Dallas Rogers, and Kristian Ruming, published the Geographical Research journal.  This is a great preparation for the discussio...

Are you interested in smart city as a platform for technological and social innovation?  Our summary today works with the book chapter titled Smart cities as a platform for technological and social innovation in productivitiy, sustainability, and livability: A conceptual framework from 2021 by Hyung Min Kim, Soheil Sabri, and Anthony Kent, from the book titled Smart Cities for technological a...

Interview with Richard Morrison, Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC at AECOM. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transport links as veins, urban renewal, and many more.  With over 23 years industry experience, Richard Morrison leads AECOM’s Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC. A highly experienced Smart Cities advisor, Richard has led projects such as the...

Are you interested in city of NEOM and its history and future?  Our summary today works with the book chapter titled The story of NEOM city: opportunities and challenges from 2019 by Alshimaa Aboelmakarem Farag, from the book titled New cities and community extensions in Egypt and the Middle East, published by Springer.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would...

Are you interested in human stigmergy and how it works?  Our summary today works with the article titled A survey of environments and mechanisms for human-human stigmergy from 2005 by H. Van Dyke Parunak, presented at the Second International Workshop of E4MAS in Utrecht.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see the schema to analyse stig...

Today would be an interview, but since it is 2022 Christmas time, I want to just wish you all relaxing holidays with or without celebrating Christmas, Merry Christmas if you do celebrate it, and a very Happy New Year!  We will have many interesting topics to discover and further discuss in 2023. I am already preparing those episodes and I am very excited about what will come!  In the mea...

Are you interested in what we owe the future?  Summary of the book titled What we owe the future from 2022 by William MacAskill , based on my reading experience and other summaries.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see what future prospects are there for the really long run and how we can influence them. This book describes the unprec...

Are you interested in the different meanings and implementations for smart cities from different viewpoints? What do you think about the solutions smart cities could provide? How can we bridge the gap between the different approaches?  This episode is the first panel discussion where I invited back previous interviewees to answer some questions together and let them discuss the different view...

Are you interested in the citizen engagement in urban areas and its effects? What do you think about the need for updating our educational systems? How can professionals check their egos? Interview with Noel Tighe, architect and associate director at Denton Corker Marshall. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, the citizen’s role, educational reforms, giving back to the environme...

Are you interested in how to create social capital for the 21st century?  Our summary today works with the article titled Building social capital: A learning agenda for the twenty-first century from 1997 by Patricia A. Wilson, published in the Urban Studies journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to create the so many times...

Are you interested in smart cities to enhance quality of life for urban inhabitants?  Summary of the article titled A multilevel method to assess and design the renovation and integration of smart cities from 2015 by B. Mattoni, F. Gugliermetti, and F. Bisegna, published in the Sustainable Cities and Societies journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would...

Are you interested in creating proper urban connections? What do you think is the architect’s job in the urban fabric? What kind of approach is needed for the future of cities? Interview with Chris Maher, an architect and city planner and the director and national portfolio leader for urban development at Hames Sharley. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban vital energy, di...

Are you interested in social housing quality and its effects on the tenants’ life?  Our summary today works with the article titled Housing as a social determinant of health and wellbeing: developing an empirically-informed realist theoretical framework from 2020 by Steve Rolfe, Lisa Garnham, Jon Godwin, Isobel Anderson, Pete Seaman, and Cam Donaldson, published in the BMC Public Health, whic...

Are you interested in the three main domains involved in smart cities?  Our summary today works with the article titled Defining smart city: A conceptual framework based on keyword analysis from 2014 by Farnaz Mosannenzadeh and Daniele Vettorato, published in the Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interes...

Are you interested in interaction design? Do you think we have the knowledge to save the world? What is the purpose of academic research? Interview with Jeni Paay, professor of human-computer interaction design and the leader of Centre for Design Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, interaction design, the digital city and twins,...

Are you interested in the connection between interaction design and the city? Our summary today works with the book chapter titled The city as an urban interaction design platform from 2014 by Martin Brynskov, and the book’s title is Urban Interaction Design: Towards City Making.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how interaction design...

Are you interested in contemporary urban concepts, like sustainable and resilient city, and their political premises?  Summary of the article titled The political premises of contemporary urban concepts: the global city, the sustainable city, the resilient city, the creative city, and the smart city from 2018 by Tali Hatuka, Issachar Rosen-Zvi, Michael Birnhack, Eran Toch, and Hadas Zur, publ...

Interview with Matthew McCartney, professor of development economics and researcher at the Charter Cities Institute. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, the pace of urbanisation, economic concepts in urban areas, intratrade in Africa, and many more. Professor Matthew McCartney spent twenty years as an academic at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London...

Are you interested in Africa and its opportunities with railway? Summary of two blog posts titled: African Railways could go bankrupt but this is not necessarily a bad thing and It will be the best of times, it will be the worst of times: thinking about the contemporary African railway mania from 2022 by Matthew McCartney published on the Charter Cities Institute website.  Matthew will be the...

Are you interested in sustainable solutions but unsure about their economic benefits?  Summary of the article titled The costs ad benefits of environmental sustainability from 2021 by Paul Ekins and Dimitri Zenghelis, published in the Sustainability Science journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the sustainable solutions co...

Are you interested in landscape architecture, its potential to tackle climate change, and how to connect regional and urban areas more?  Interview with Paul Brookbanks, a principal landscape architect at spiire. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, landscape architecture, population increase and the resulting innovation, holistic views, and many more.  Paul Brookbanks is an...

Are you interested in landscape sustainability science and its application?  Summary of the editorial article titled Advancing landscape sustainability science: theoretical foundation and synergies with innovation in methodology, design and application from 2020 by Chuan Liao, Jiangxiao Qiu, Bin Chen, Deliang Chen, Bojie Fu, Matei Georgescu, Bhunyang He, G. Darrel Jenerette, Xia Li, Xiaoyan L...

Are you interested in how the concept of stigmergy applies to human cooperation?  Summary of the article titled Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work from 2012 by Lars Rune Christensen published in the Cognitive Systems Research journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the concept of stigmergy, the co...

Interview with Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org, architecture discovery platform that focuses on helping clients find the right designer through the contents of their work. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the urban representation of Maslow’s pyramid, democratised decision-making, and many more.  Jacek Urbanowicz is a Melbourne...