What is The Future for Cities?

Summary of the article titled Actually existing smart citizens – Expertise and (non)participation in the making of the smart city from 2019 by Taylor Shelton and Thomas Lodato published in the City – analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how smart citizens are or aren’t invo...

Interview with Anthony Mazzei, the co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Erin Living. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, sustainable apartment buildings, effortless living, and many more. So, let’s start with a proper introduction. Anthony Mazzei is the Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Erin Living. He has spent over 15 years in product and technology, building and des...

Summary of the article titled Smart city implementation and discourses: An integrated conceptual model, the case of Vienna from 2018 by Victoria Fernandez-Anez, José Miguel Fernández-Güell, and Rudolf Giffinger published in the Cities journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how citizens can be involved in smart city initiatives and their c...

Summary of the article titled City attachment and use of urban services: Benefits for smart cities from 2016 by Daniel Belanche, Luis V. Casaló, and Carlos Orús, published in the Cities journal.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the increasing uses of urban services enhance urban management efficiency and also favour social, environ...

Interview with Ville Sirviö, the CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, interoperability on national and city level, challenges of change management, and many more.  Ville Sirviö is the CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS), a non-profit developing digital government infrastructure, best known for t...

Summary of the book chapter titled Smart cities in a smart world from 2015 by Beniamino Murgante and Giuseppe Burroso, from the book Future City architecture for optimal living, edited by Stamatina Rassia and Panos Pardalos, published by Springer.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see what clever approaches they talk about to guarantee a be...

Summary of the article titled Enhancing sustainable urban development through smart city applications from 2017 by Margarita Angelidiou, Artemis Psaltoglou, Nicos Komninos, Christina Kakderi, Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos and Anastasia Panori, published in the Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management.  Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to...

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...