What is The Future for Cities?

Interview with Richard Manasseh, mechanical engineer and Professor at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk about his visions for the future of cities, his journey towards being involved in cities, urban brains, and many more. Professor Richard Manasseh is a mechanical engineer with specialist knowledge of fluid dynamics. At a fundamental level, Richard’s research focuses on wave modes...

Summary of the article titled Smart cities – a road map for development from 2018 by Sam Musa, published in IEEE Potentials journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to understand how a practical approach defines smart city as the future of cities. This article introduces a city-wide smart, secure and resilient transformation needed in light...

Summary of the the article titled Smart cities of tomorrow from 2013 by Paul Budde, published in the Cities for smart environment and energy futures book.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how technological advancements enhance smart, citizen-centric applications, which with the right building blocks, lead to smart cities. You can find...

Trailer to episode 027I for the interview with Richard Manasseh, mechanical engineer and Professor at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk about his visions for the future of cities, his journey towards being involved in cities, urban brains, and many more.

Today would be an interview, but since it is 2021 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 when we will have many interesting topics to discover and further discuss. I am already preparing those episodes and I am very excited about what will come! So I hope you are well and...

Summary of the article titled Smart cities and disaster resilience from 2017 by Neha Bansal, Mahua Mukherjee and Ajay Gairola in the book titled From poverty, inequality to smart city, published by Springer.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, and cities are said to bare more and more natural disasters, I thought it would interesting to see how disaster resilience can be enhance...

Summary of the article titled Crypto cities from 2021 by Vitalik Buterin on his own blog.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I though it would be interesting to see how the ever trending crypto world and cities can work together. This article explores how and to what extent the blockchain technology and the city can collaborate and what enhancements are possible. You can find t...

Interview with Bridgette Engeler, a foresight specialist. We will talk about her visions for the future of cities, what futurists and foresight specialists do, her understanding of sustainability, and many more.  Bridgette is a Senior Lecturer teaching across strategic foresight, design and innovation in Swinburne University’s Business School. She has 30 years' industry experience in brand, d...

Summary of the book titled Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder from 2014 by Nassim Nicholas Taleb . This summary is based on Larry Prusak’s summary which Taleb has praised, another summary found on Farnam Steet Blog , and my own reading experience. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I though it would be interesting to see how systems can work beyond sustainability and robustn...

Summary of the article titled How the car transformed society in the 20th century from 2020 by James Arbib and Tony Seba, in Rethinking Humanity – Five foundational sector disruption, the lifecycle of civilizations and the coming age of freedom, from the RethinkXTeam.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I though it would interesting be to see how the car has changed and been cha...

Interview with María Yanez, an assistant development manager at Nightingale Housing. We will talk about her and their visions for the future of cities, how Nightingale changes the development industry, what sustainability means to them, and many more.  Maria Yanez forms part of the development management team at Nightingale Housing, a not-for-profit organisation that provides economically, so...

Summary of the response article titled On the difficulty of agreeing upon a universal logic for city standards from 2019 by James Merricks White, published in the City – analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action journal.  This article is the response to the last research episode’s debate article, by Schindler and Marvin which was about three standards for the future of cities,...

Summary of the the debate article titled Constructing a universal logic of urban control? International standards for city data, management and interoperability from 2018 by Seth Schindler and Simon Marvin, published in the City – analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I though it would be interesting to include how...

Interview with Luke Husengo, system architect and data magician. We will talk about his two visions for the future of cities, the connection among data, information and knowledge, smart cities, awareness of opportunities, and many more. Luke Housengo is an Enterprise Architect with a focus on Data, Information, Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence. Luke develops data and technology strategies and...

Summary of the research article titled Smart city policies: A spatial approach from 2014 by Margarita Angelidou, published in the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I though it would be interesting to include smart cities spatial understanding. The article investigates the strategic choices around smart city policy making through examples from all over the world, with...

Summary of the position paper titled Managing climate change in Australia - A global, long-term view from 2019 by the United Nations Associations of Australia, abbreviated to UNAA.  Since here we are investigating the future of cities, I though it would be interesting to include the position of the UNAA on the climate change which is one of the greatest challenges humanity and cities facing....

Interview with Kieran Leong, an architect and principal at the Melbourne office of DesignInc company. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, their special approach to the design projects, biophilic design, and many more.  Kieran Leong is a design architect with over 15 years’ experience on a broad range of project typologies. Passionate and curious about learning and innovati...

Summary of the book chapter titled Smart and digital city: A systematic literature review from 2014 by Annalisa Cocchia. The chapter is part of the book titled Smart city – How to create public and economic value with high technology in urban space, published by Springer. This chapter gives us an insight into the smart cities’ history since its infancy, and its conneting urban future concepts, thr...

Summary of the book chapter titled Is smart city resilient? Evidence from China from 2019 by Shiyao Zhu, Dezhi Li, and Haibo Feng. Smart city is often identified with many different aspects as well, such as sustainability, and I though it to be interesting to examine whether smart city should be resilient as well This article gives an insight into the smart cities’ resiliency through case studies...

Interview with Andrew Lizzio, a business and solution architect and inventor. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, swarm intelligence and communities, and many more. Andrew wrote his first computer program at the age of 5, graduated from university as a computer scientist, and spent the last 25+ years designing computer systems for small and large organisations. Andrew has two s...

Summary of the article titled What are the differences between sustainable and smart cities from 2017 by Hannele Ahvenniemi, Aapo Huovila, Isabel Pinto-Seppä and Miimu Airaksinen. Since this podcast investigates different futures for the cities, I thought it would be beneficial to look at the potential differences between two popular urban futures. This article gives an insight into city assessmen...

Summary of the article titled World scientists' warning of climate emergency from 2020 by William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Thomas M Newsome, Phoebe Barnard, and William R Moomaw. Since this podcast investigates different futures for the cities, I thought it would be beneficial to look at why we need to talk about a change in our environmental management. This article gives an insight into the s...

Interview with Daniel Prohasky with a diverse background in architecture, civil and aerospace engineering. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, his role as an advisor for sustainable resource management, his approach to technology as a tool, and many more. Daniel Prohasky is an architectural engineer and roboticist passionate about translating research towards industry adoption...

Summary of the article titled Smart cities, big data and urban policy: Towards urban analytics for the long run from 2021 by Jens Kandt and Michael Batty. Since smart cities are often associated with technology and big data, I thought it would be beneficial to look at one of the freshest articles in this area. The authors highlight the importance and setbacks of using big data technologies while s...

Summary of the article titled Will the real smart city please stand up? Intelligent, progressive or entrepreneurial? from 2008 by Robert G. Hollands. This article is one of the most mentioned in the literature giving a critical opinion about smart cities. Since smart city is accepted as a special future for our cities, it is worth examining the pros and cons of it. This article highlights the smar...