What is The Future for Cities?

Are you interested in how logistics influences urban planning? What do you think about pilots of collaborative logistics? How can we rethink logistics in regards to resilience? Trailer for episode 452 - interview with Ron van Duin, applied research professor of Port & City Logistics at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and assistant professor at Delft University of Technology, Faculty T...

Are you interested in how urban logistics and urban design are connected? Debate of the article titled Defining the interface between city logistics and urban design: a systematic literature review from 2026, by Jiayu Joslyn Sun, Lóránt Tavasszy, and Ron van Duin, published in the Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with...

Are you interested in how logistics influences urban planning? What do you think about pilots of collaborative logistics? How can we rethink logistics in regards to resilience? Trailer for episode 452 - interview with Ron van Duin, applied research professor of Port & City Logistics at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and assistant professor at Delft University of Technology, Faculty T...

Are you interested in how logistics influences urban planning? What do you think about pilots of collaborative logistics? How can we rethink logistics in regards to resilience? Trailer for episode 452 - interview with Ron van Duin, applied research professor of Port & City Logistics at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and assistant professor at Delft University of Technology, Faculty T...

Are you interested in the future of urban governance? What do you think is the role of AI in urban governance? How can we utilise the localised feedback loops for the better future of cities? This episode is a panel discussion about the future of urban governance. The panellists, Micah Gaudet, Ana Maria Bustamante Duarte, and Balamurugan Soundararaj talk about their vision for the future of cities...

Are you interested in the future of urban governance? What do you think is the role of AI in urban governance? How can we utilise the localised feedback loops for the better future of cities? Trailer with Balamurugan Soundararaj for episode 450 - panel discussion about the future of urban governance. The panellists, Micah Gaudet, Ana Maria Bustamante Duarte, and Balamurugan Soundararaj talk about...

Are you interested in how to utilise digital twins in human-centred urban planning? Debate of the article titled Cities aren’t rocket engines: The maturity of digital twins in human-centred urban planning from 2025, by Lucas van der Meer, Lukas Esterle, Mario Cools, and Martin Loidl, published in the International Journal of Digital Earth. This is a great preparation to our next panel conversation...

Are you interested in the future of urban governance? What do you think is the role of AI in urban governance? How can we utilise the localised feedback loops for the better future of cities? Trailer with Micah Gaudet for episode 450 - panel discussion about the future of urban governance. The panellists, Micah Gaudet, Ana Maria Bustamante Duarte, and Balamurugan Soundararaj talk about their visio...

Are you interested in the future of urban governance? What do you think is the role of AI in urban governance? How can we utilise the localised feedback loops for the better future of cities? Trailer with Micah Gaudet for episode 450 - panel discussion about the future of urban governance. The panellists, Micah Gaudet, Ana Maria Bustamante Duarte, and Balamurugan Soundararaj talk about their visio...

"We're anticipating these massive climate change impacts and incorporating resiliency into our built environment to stand against that." Are you interested in urban forestry? What do you think about the tension between the need for development and green spaces? How can we bring out the best from climate change through climate ruggedisation and green jobs? Interview with Jasen Johns,...

Are you interested in urban forestry? What do you think about the tension between the need for development and green spaces? How can we bring out the best from climate change through climate ruggedisation and green jobs? Trailer for episode 448 - interview with Jasen Johns, urban forester and municipal arborist. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban forestry, ecodistrics, 3...

Are you interested in how to adapt our natural systems to climate change? Debate of the article titled Facilitating adaptive forest management under climate change: A spatially specific synthesis of 125 species for habitat changes and assisted migration over the eastern United States from 2019, by Louis R. Iverson, Anantha M. Prasad, Matthew P. Peters, and Stephen N. Matthews, published in the MDP...

Are you interested in urban forestry? What do you think about the tension between the need for development and green spaces? How can we bring out the best from climate change through climate ruggedisation and green jobs? Trailer for episode 448 - interview with Jasen Johns, urban forester and municipal arborist. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban forestry, ecodistrics, 3...

Are you interested in urban forestry? What do you think about the tension between the need for development and green spaces? How can we bring out the best from climate change through climate ruggedisation and green jobs? Trailer for episode 448 - interview with Jasen Johns, urban forester and municipal arborist. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban forestry, ecodistrics, 3...

"What if every time we built something, the world got better?" Are you interested in regenerative urban design principles? What do you think about the process of creating a vision for a place? How can we improve our implementation of regenerative principles? Interview with Andy Roberts, the Urban Design Director of Planit. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, regenerat...

Are you interested in regenerative urban design principles? What do you think about the process of creating a vision for a place? How can we improve our implementation of regenerative principles? Trailer for episode 446 - interview with Andy Roberts, the Urban Design Director of Planit. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, regenerative urban design principles, vision creation, t...

Are you interested in how regeneration can help old urban areas? Debate of the article titled Driving mechanisms of green regeneration in old industrial areas under ecological security constraints: Evolutionary game theory oriented toward public satisfaction from 2024, by Yang Zhang, Chang Liu, and Caixia Hou, published in the Journal of Urban Planning and Development. This is a great preparation...

Are you interested in regenerative urban design principles? What do you think about the process of creating a vision for a place? How can we improve our implementation of regenerative principles? Trailer for episode 446 - interview with Andy Roberts, the Urban Design Director of Planit. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, regenerative urban design principles, vision creation, t...

Are you interested in regenerative urban design principles? What do you think about the process of creating a vision for a place? How can we improve our implementation of regenerative principles? Trailer for episode 446 - interview with Andy Roberts, the Urban Design Director of Planit. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, regenerative urban design principles, vision creation, t...

"These are problems on the one hand. On the other hand, you can also turn it around and say: 'Okay, if that is a given, how would we have to organise it that it actually works better?'" Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Interview w...

Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Trailer for episode 444 - interview with Markus Appenzeller, Founder and Director of MLA+. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, sequence for finding the real problems, urban evolution, rethinking...

Are you interested in how robustness contributes to the resilience of urban systems? Debate of the article titled Enhancing resilient sustainable cities: Public perspective of urban resilient design from 2025, by Shuain Yuan, Nor Zarifah, and Ran Li, published in the International Development Planning review. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Markus Appenzeller in episode 444...

Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Trailer for episode 444 - interview with Markus Appenzeller, Founder and Director of MLA+. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, sequence for finding the real problems, urban evolution, rethinking...

Are you interested in finding the real problem of the urban fabric? What do you think about robustness vs antifragility? How can we improve our feedback loops in the building industry? Trailer for episode 444 - interview with Markus Appenzeller, Founder and Director of MLA+. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, sequence for finding the real problems, urban evolution, rethinking...

"Ultimately, if you put more stuff under ground, you have more land and areas for people to inhabit above the ground." Are you interested in the underground infrastructure of cities? What do you think about the green and blue urban infrastructure? How can we utilise strategic infrastructure planning for the better future of our cities? Interview with Darren Flynn, entrepreneur and engine...