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What is The Future for Cities?

WTF for Cities? is a platform to introduce and connect people who are actively and consciously working on the future of cities and to introduce research about the future of cities.

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00:02:15

Labour market as the ability to change jobs - Alain...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/19

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 markets, planned cities, changing demographics, urban attraction, and many more.Find out more in

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00:14:14

429R_Cities as labor markets – The efficiency of...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/18

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 talking about the need to allow markets to drive urban development. Since we are investigating the

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00:02:03

We shouldn't transform projections into regulations -...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/17

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 markets, planned cities, changing demographics, urban attraction, and many more.Find out more in

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00:02:13

Why surveying what public and private is crucial for...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/16

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 markets, planned cities, changing demographics, urban attraction, and many more.Find out more in

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00:46:31

428I_Elizabeth English, founder and director of the...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/13

"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 about her vision for the future of cities, culture and values, amphibious architecture, indigenous water

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00:02:40

Disasters are the results of natural hazards and...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/12

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, culture and values, amphibious architecture, indigenous water understanding, and many more.Find out more in

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00:13:19

427R_Thriving with water: Developments in amphibious...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/11

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 interview with Elizabeth English in episode 428 talking about amphibious architecture solutions from all over

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00:02:12

What is amphibious architecture and construction?...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/10

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, culture and values, amphibious architecture, indigenous water understanding, and many more.Find out more in

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00:02:11

Living and working with water, instead of against it...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/10

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, culture and values, amphibious architecture, indigenous water understanding, and many more.Find out more in

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00:50:09

426I_AJ Perkins, founder, clean energy strategist and...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/06

"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, clean energy strategist and award winning author. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities,

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00:02:23

Distributed energy systems and Hawaii as a living lab...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/05

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, sustainability – resilience – antifragility connections, the empty chairs, and many more. Find out more in

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00:16:15

425R_The Energy Foundation – Why Affordable, Reliable...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/04

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 energy is the foundation of every challenge and opportunity. The book is currently still in development so

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00:01:50

How to move discussions into decisions? The CLEAR...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/03

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, sustainability – resilience – antifragility connections, the empty chairs, and many more. Find out more in

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00:02:18

7 generations and the empty chair for decision-making...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/05/02

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, sustainability – resilience – antifragility connections, the empty chairs, and many more. Find out more in

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00:44:03

424I_Ben Wolf, producer and director of Changing Lanes

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/04/29

"[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, reclaiming public space for the public, micromobility, electric bikes, and many more. Ben Wolf is a

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00:01:50

Let's think about streets as public spaces! Ben Wolf...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/04/28

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 more.Find out more in

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00:15:57

423R_Scaling the superblock model to city level in...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/04/27

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 episode 424 talking about one street in New York that reduced its car traffic and its effects on its

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00:02:10

Why do big change require leadership? Ben Wolf (424I...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/04/26

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 more.Find out more in

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00:02:13

Why public spaces are crucial for cities? Ben Wolf...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/04/25

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 more.Find out more in

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00:40:27

422I_Greg Lindsay, urbanist, futurist and author

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2026/04/22

"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, maintenance, urban programming, spatial mismatch, and many more. Greg Lindsay is a globally renowned urbanist,

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