Contemporary Concepts of a City in the Context of Sustainable Development
The article’s purpose is to present, in the first place, mutual dependences between theoretical and practical speculations concerning urban space, shaped on the base of the sustainable development principle, difficult … Continue reading
Can We Build Cities That Think Like A Planet?
Developing measures of network resilience is one job of network theory. It’s a particularly pressing issue for understanding cities and their role in the Anthropocene. As the multiply overlapping networks … Continue reading
Boost resilience of small and mid-sized cities
Smaller settlements are growing faster than megacities — and they need more protection from extreme events. In our view, the central focus of Habitat III should be on small and … Continue reading
The Rise of Progressive Cities in Asia
Michael Douglass – With Asia expected to add more than a billion people to its urban population by mid-century, attention is turning toward cities as spheres of governance for meeting … Continue reading
Capturing Urban Change: Contrasts, Lapses, and Contradictions
Is it possible to capture and analyze urban change by observing the urban landscape? If so, how does that look? We argue that there are “material clues” that pinpoint theprocess … Continue reading
Rethinking sustainable cities: Accessible, green and fair
Sustainable urbanisation has moved to the forefront of global debate, research and policy agendas over recent years. Rapid urbanisation throughout China, India and many other low and middle income countries … Continue reading
Urban Age “Shaping Cities” Conference Videos
On July 14-15, the Urban Age “Shaping Cities” conference brought over 40 speakers from 25 cities to Venice. During the conference, mayors, planners, architects, academics and commentators grappled with one … Continue reading
What is the Urban? – Videos
Videos from the conference “What is the Urban?” held April 2016 at Iowa State University. The urban, long a popular topic of inquiry, has become an unavoidable condition for contemporary … Continue reading
The Future of The ‘Smart City’
Six segments from The Takeaway, a co-production of WNYC Radio and Public Radio International, in collaboration with The New York Times and WGBH Boston. Hudson Yards: The Dawn of New York … Continue reading
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