What is The Future for Cities?

Are you interested in beauty as a sustainability element? What do you think about people being pragmatic for change and transformation? How can we create successful cities?  Interview with Corey Gray, engineer and director of the Smart Cities Council by Everyone. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, successful cities in the past and future, human pragmatism in regards to climate...

Are you interested in aesthetics for sustainable progress?  Summary of the article titled Aesthetics of Sustainability: a transdisciplinary sensibility for transformative practices from 2011 by Sacha Kagan, published in the Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how transdisciplina...

Are you interested in whether smart city is a utopia or a neoliberal ideology?  Our summary today works with the article titled Smart cities: Utopia or neoliberal ideology from 2017 by Giuseppe Grossi and Daniela Pianezzi, published in the Cities journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see an investigation into the smart city concep...

Are you interested in sustainable urban transport and development? What do you think about urban sustainability in Australia versus the world? How can we lead by example? Interview with Alex Louey, the managing director and co-founder of AppsCore Digital. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban sprawl, urban mobility, responsibilities, and many more. As one of Appscore’s founding...

Are you interested in how urban sprawl affects sustainable urban development?  Summary of the article titled Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data from 2021 by Zhenfeng Shao, Neema S. Sumari, Aleksei Portnov, Fanan Ujoh, Walter Musakwa and Paulo J. Mandela, published in the Geo-Spatial information Science journal.&n...

Are you interested in smart cities as a functional instrument to influence public debate and policy?  Our summary today works with the article titled Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making from 2019 by Jonathan Desdemoustier, Nathalie Crutzen, Mario Cools, and Jacques Teller, published in the Cities journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities,...

Are you interested in sustainable and renewable technologies? What do you think about urban sustainability and its implementation? How can we create even better future for the next generations than we have? Stay tuned for the answers from Matt Ferrell! Interview with Matt Ferrell, YouTube creator specialising in sustainable and renewable technologies. We talk about his vision for the future of cit...

Are you interested in why we have pessimistic and optimistic views on climate change?  Summary of the article titled Pessimism and optimism in the debate on climate change: A critical analysis from 2021 by Anders Nordgren, published in Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how our attit...

Are you interested in ICT solutions to reduce urban energy use?  Our summary today works with the article titled Smart sustainable cities – Exploring ICT solutions for reduced energy use in cities from 2014 by Anna Kramers, Mattias Höjer, Nina Lövenhagen and Josefin Wangel, published in the Environmental Modelling and Software journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I...

Are you interested in small footprint living? What do you think about the effects of good neighbour relationships? How can we create more compassionate designs? Stay tuned for the answers from Colin Chee! Interview with Colin Chee, the creative director of the Never Too Small Youtube channel. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, compassionate design, needed urban conversations, peopl...

Are you interested in small footprint living?  Our summary today works with the article titled Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints, socio-demographic trends and small households in Denmark from 2021 by Tullia Jack and Diana Ivanova, published in the Energy Research & Social Science journal.  This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Colin Chee in epis...

Are you interested in post-anthropocentric cities after smart ones?  Our summary today works with the article titled Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities: Reconceptualising smart cities to evade urban ecocide from 2019 by Tan Yigitcanlar, Marcus Foth, and Md Kamruzzaman, published in the Journal of Urban Technology.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be i...

Are you interested in pedagogy as the agency of teaching and learning? What do you think about radical relearning about how we interact with our environment? How can we learn from children? Stay tuned for the answers from Kelly Boucher! Interview with Kelly Boucher, a scholar, education consultant and breakthrough coach. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, pedagogy, radical relearni...

Are you interested in radical collaboration as an education form?  Our summary today works with the chapter titled Radical collaboration: flipping the paradigm on learning from 2021 by Kelly Boucher, from the book titled Collaboration, visionaries share a new way of living.  This episode is a great preparation for our next interviewee, Kelly Boucher in episode 114.  Since we are inv...

Are you interested in how to embed Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education regarding space?  Our summary today works with the chapter titled Engaging with place – Foregrounding Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education from 2017 by Catherine Hamm and Kelly Boucher, from the book titled Found in Translation: Connecting reconceptualist thinking with early childhood educa...

Are you interested in sustainable living? What do you think about creating settlements from the ground up? How can a city be overwhelming and impressive? Interview Dave Hakkens, an industrial designer, inventor and an overall pioneer. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, decentralisation, sustainable living options and research, and many more.  Dave Hakkens is a Dutch industrial...

Are you interested in plastic recycling and reuse?  Our summary today works with the report titled Global survey of Precious Plastic Projects: A summary of findings from 2020 by Dr Wouter Spekkink, Dr Malte Rödl, and Professor Martin Charter, supported by the Precious Plastic Team and the Sustainable Consumption Institute of University of Manchester.  Precious Plastic was a previous ende...

Are you interested in how much sustainability substance is in urban visions?  Our summary today works with the article titled How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning from 2015 by Beatrice John, Lauren Withycombe Keller, Armin Wiek, and Daniel J. Lang, published the Cities journal.  Since we are investigating the future of...

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...