What is The Future for Cities?

Are you interested in floating cities? What do you think about startup societies as an innovative form of governance? How can we create heterarchy for better urban futures? Trailer for episode 432 - interview with Dr Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, digital and water-based jurisdiction architect. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, floating cities, legal and environmental aspects, startu...

Are you interested in the opportunities with floating cities? Our debate today works with the book chapter titled Self-organized collective action in the floating island project from 2019, by Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, part of the book titled Nonviolent Political Economy. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Nathalie Mezza-Garcia in episode 432 talking about the opportunities within...

Are you interested in floating cities? What do you think about startup societies as an innovative form of governance? How can we create heterarchy for better urban futures? Trailer for episode 432 - interview with Dr Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, digital and water-based jurisdiction architect. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, floating cities, legal and environmental aspects, startu...

Are you interested in floating cities? What do you think about startup societies as an innovative form of governance? How can we create heterarchy for better urban futures? Trailer for episode 432 - interview with Dr Nathalie Mezza-Garcia, digital and water-based jurisdiction architect. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, floating cities, legal and environmental aspects, startu...

"Nothing really succeeds as planned, but it succeeds on the side of the plan." Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about cities as friends? How can we create projections without making them regulations? Interview with Alain Bertaud, urbanist and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. We will talk about his v...

Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about cities as friends? How can we create projections without making them regulations? Trailer for episode 430 - interview with Alain Bertaud, urbanist and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban economics and labour mark...

Are you interested in the dynamics of urban productivity? Our debate today works with the book chapter titled Cities as labor markets – The efficiency of large labor markets is the main cause of ever-growing cities from 2018, by Alain Bertaud, part of the book titled Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Alain Bertaud in episode 430...

Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about cities as friends? How can we create projections without making them regulations? Trailer for episode 430 - interview with Alain Bertaud, urbanist and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban economics and labour mark...

Are you interested in market-oriented urban development? What do you think about cities as friends? How can we create projections without making them regulations? Trailer for episode 430 - interview with Alain Bertaud, urbanist and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban economics and labour mark...

"We can find ways to live with water instead of against it." Are you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding of water? How can we live with water instead fighting it? Interview with Elizabeth English, founder and director of the Buoyant Foundation Project and Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. We will talk a...

re you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding of water? How can we live with water instead fighting it? Trailer for episode 428 - interview with Elizabeth English, founder and director of the Buoyant Foundation Project and Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, cult...

Are you interested in amphibious architecture as a potential solutions for floods? Our debate today works with the article titled Thriving with water: Developments in amphibious architecture in North America from 2016, by Elizabeth English, Natasha Klink, and Scott Turner, presented at FLOODrisk 2016 – 3rd European Conference on Flood Risk Management. This is a great preparation to our next interv...

Are you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding of water? How can we live with water instead fighting it? Trailer for episode 428 - interview with Elizabeth English, founder and director of the Buoyant Foundation Project and Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, cul...

Are you interested in amphibious architecture? What do you think about the aboriginal understanding of water? How can we live with water instead fighting it? Trailer for episode 428 - interview with Elizabeth English, founder and director of the Buoyant Foundation Project and Professor at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, cul...

"Energy is not one of those silos. Energy is the foundation. You cannot fix any of those challenges at scale if you haven't fixed the energy beneath them." Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of our challenges and opportunities? What do you think about thinking in 7 generations? How can we honour the past and innovate for the future? Interview with AJ Perkins, founder,...

Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of our challenges and opportunities? What do you think about thinking in 7 generations? How can we honour the past and innovate for the future? Trailer for episode 426 - interview with AJ Perkins, founder, clean energy strategist and award winning author. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, islands as signals of the future, sus...

Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of all opportunities and challenges? Our debate today works with the book titled The Energy Foundation – Why Affordable, Reliable Energy Is the Key to Jobs, Cost of Living, and Resilience from 2026, by AJ Perkins with yours truly, Fanni Melles. This is a great preparation to our next interview with AJ Perkins in episode 426 talking about why energ...

Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of our challenges and opportunities? What do you think about thinking in 7 generations? How can we honour the past and innovate for the future? Trailer for episode 426 - interview with AJ Perkins, founder, clean energy strategist and award winning author. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, islands as signals of the future, sus...

Are you interested in why energy is the foundation of our challenges and opportunities? What do you think about thinking in 7 generations? How can we honour the past and innovate for the future? Trailer for episode 426 - interview with AJ Perkins, founder, clean energy strategist and award winning author. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, islands as signals of the future, sus...

"[Urban transportation] is not just a quality of life issue - it's a life and death issue." Are you interested micromobility? What do you think about induced demand? How can we effectively reduce traffic and reclaim streets for public use? Interview with Ben Wolf, producer and director of Changing Lanes. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, people-centred cities, r...

Are you interested micromobility? What do you think about induced demand? How can we effectively reduce traffic and reclaim streets for public use? Trailer for episode 424 - interview with Ben Wolf, producer and director of Changing Lanes. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, people-centred cities, reclaiming public space for the public, micromobility, electric bikes, and many m...

Are you interested in how removing traffic affects urban areas? Our debate today works with the article titled Scaling the superblock model to city level in Barcelona? Learning from recent policy impact evaluations from 2022, by Jaime Benavides, Sabah Usmani, and Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou, published in the Contesti journal. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Ben Wolf in ep...

Are you interested micromobility? What do you think about induced demand? How can we effectively reduce traffic and reclaim streets for public use? Trailer for episode 424 - interview with Ben Wolf, producer and director of Changing Lanes. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, people-centred cities, reclaiming public space for the public, micromobility, electric bikes, and many m...

Are you interested micromobility? What do you think about induced demand? How can we effectively reduce traffic and reclaim streets for public use? Trailer for episode 424 - interview with Ben Wolf, producer and director of Changing Lanes. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, people-centred cities, reclaiming public space for the public, micromobility, electric bikes, and many m...

"We need to do a better job at building places we love, otherwise we will just discard them." Are you interested adaptation and reuse? What do you think about the cities as the safest zones for climate? How can we maximise serendipity in cities? Interview with Greg Lindsay, urbanist, futurist and author. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, people leaving cities, maint...