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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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00:10:46

092R_The city as an urban interaction design platform...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/11/14

Are you interested in the connection between interaction design and the city? Our summary today works with the book chapter titled The city as an urban interaction design platform from 2014 by Martin Brynskov, and the book’s title is Urban Interaction Design: Towards City Making. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how interaction design can be part of cities because we will talk about it in detail with the next interviewee, Professor Jeni Paay,

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00:13:52

091R_The political premises of contemporary urban...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/11/07

Are you interested in contemporary urban concepts, like sustainable and resilient city, and their political premises? Summary of the article titled The political premises of contemporary urban concepts: the global city, the sustainable city, the resilient city, the creative city, and the smart city from 2018 by Tali Hatuka, Issachar Rosen-Zvi, Michael Birnhack, Eran Toch, and Hadas Zur, published in the Planning Theory and Practice journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought

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01:02:52

090I_Matthew McCartney, professor of development...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/11/02

Interview with Matthew McCartney, professor of development economics and researcher at the Charter Cities Institute. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, the pace of urbanisation, economic concepts in urban areas, intratrade in Africa, and many more. Professor Matthew McCartney spent twenty years as an academic at the School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London (2000-2011), and at the University of Oxford (2011-21). He has been a visiting Professor at Universities

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00:09:31

089R_African Railways could go bankrupt but this is...

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2022/10/31

Are you interested in Africa and its opportunities with railway? Summary of two blog posts titled: African Railways could go bankrupt but this is not necessarily a bad thing and It will be the best of times, it will be the worst of times: thinking about the contemporary African railway mania from 2022 by Matthew McCartney published on the Charter Cities Institute website. Matthew will be the next interviewee and this episode provides some background information on some topics we will

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00:13:25

088R_The costs ad benefits of environmental...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/10/24

Are you interested in sustainable solutions but unsure about their economic benefits? Summary of the article titled The costs ad benefits of environmental sustainability from 2021 by Paul Ekins and Dimitri Zenghelis, published in the Sustainability Science journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the sustainable solutions compare to their financial investments. This article presents that no conventional cost-benefit analysis is

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00:39:34

087I_Paul Brookbanks, principal landscape architect...

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2022/10/19

Are you interested in landscape architecture, its potential to tackle climate change, and how to connect regional and urban areas more? Interview with Paul Brookbanks, a principal landscape architect at spiire. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, landscape architecture, population increase and the resulting innovation, holistic views, and many more. Paul Brookbanks is an Australian design leader with extensive public and private sector experience in landscape architecture and urban

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00:10:53

086R_Advancing landscape sustainability science:...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/10/17

Are you interested in landscape sustainability science and its application? Summary of the editorial article titled Advancing landscape sustainability science: theoretical foundation and synergies with innovation in methodology, design and application from 2020 by Chuan Liao, Jiangxiao Qiu, Bin Chen, Deliang Chen, Bojie Fu, Matei Georgescu, Bhunyang He, G. Darrel Jenerette, Xia Li, Xiaoyan Li, Xin Li, Bading Qiuying, Peijun Shi, and Janguo Wu, published in the Landscape Ecology journal. Since we are

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00:09:33

085R_Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/10/10

Are you interested in how the concept of stigmergy applies to human cooperation? Summary of the article titled Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work from 2012 by Lars Rune Christensen published in the Cognitive Systems Research journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the concept of stigmergy, the concept of coordination coming from the study of bugs translates to the study of humans. This article compares bug and

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00:44:00

084I_Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/10/06

Interview with Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org, architecture discovery platform that focuses on helping clients find the right designer through the contents of their work. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the urban representation of Maslow’s pyramid, democratised decision-making, and many more. Jacek Urbanowicz is a Melbourne-based, design technology specialist, registered architect with a decade of professional experience and an

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00:12:49

083R_Operationalising a concept: The systematic...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/10/03

Summary of the article titled Operationalizing a concept: The systematic review of composite indicator building for measuring community disaster resilience from 2017 by A. Asadzadeh, T. Kötter, P. Salehi, and J. Birkmann, published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to build indicators for an overarching community disaster resilience assessment. This article introduces an assessment

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00:02:56

084I_Trailer_084I_Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/09/28

Trailer to episode 084I for the interview with Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org, architecture discovery platform that focuses on helping clients find the right designer through the contents of their work. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the urban representation of Maslow’s pyramid, democratised decision-making, and many more.

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00:12:17

082R_Beyond defining the smart city – Meeting...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/09/26

Summary of the article titled Beyond defining the smart city – Meeting top-down and bottom-up approaches in the middle from 2014 by Jonas Breuer, Nils Walravens, and Pieter Ballon, presented at the Eight International Conference INPUT 2014 titled Smart City – Planning for Energy, Transportation and Sustainability, and published in the Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see an investigation into the

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00:29:47

081I_Nataly Arevalo, environmental designer, urban...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/09/21

Interview with Nataly Arevalo, an environmental designer, urban researcher, and lecturer. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, environmental behaviour research, human sensing and its effects of psychology, and many more. Nataly is a PhD in environmental designer, urban researcher, and lecturer. She applies evidence from environmental behaviour research into architecture and urban design. Her inspiration to pursue the field of environmental behaviour was inspired through her parents who

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00:11:48

080R_Functionality between the size and indicators of...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/09/19

Summary of the article titled Functionality between the size and indicators of smart cities: A research challenge with policy implications from 2018 by Kamila Borsekova, Samuel Koróny, Anna Vaňová, and Katarína Vitálišová, 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 connection between smart cities and city sizes. This article identifies the most significant indicators of smart cities that can

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00:07:50

079B_#1 Birthday Special - summary of the WTF's first...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/09/11

The celebration of the first year of the podcast! I would like to thank you all for joining me on this adventure. I am really grateful for your support. And I am especially thankful for my interviewees who took the time to appear on the podcast and share their ideas and insights. Stay tuned for a special announcement at the end of the episode! You can find the shownotes through this link and the transcript through this link. Head over to the wtf4cities.com website for more information, or get in

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00:47:02

078I_Ammon Beyerle, participatory architect, urban...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/09/07

Interview with Ammon Beyerle, architect, urban designer, and lecturer. We talk about their vision for the future of cities, participatory design, the 3 ecologies, affordability, and many more. Ammon Beyerle is a practicing architect, urban designer, and academic with a speciality in participatory design. They recently completed a PhD in participation in architecture and urban design (2018); and have 18 years teaching experience across a broad range of design, theory and technical subjects at 4

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00:11:54

077R_Steering into the Skid – Arbitraging human and...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/09/05

Summary of the article titled Steering into the Skid – Arbitraging human and artificial intelligences to augment the design process from 2020 by Geoff Kimm and Mark Burry, presented at the 40th Annual Conference of The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture and published in their proceedings Volume 1: Technical papers, keynote conversations. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how artificial intelligence can be noted as an ally

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00:10:56

076R_Smart innovative cities: The impact of smart...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/08/29

Summary of the article titled Smart innovative cities: The impact of smart city policies on urban innovation from 2018 by Andrea Caragliu and Chiara F. Del Bo, published in the Technological Forecasting & Social Change journal. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see whether smart city initiatives increase the likelihood of innovation in high-tech, ICT and technology with patent application. This article investigates European metropolitan areas

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00:33:30

075I_Gavin Cotterill, consulting director of the...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/08/24

Interview with Gavin Cotterill, consulting director of the Cohesive Group's Asia Pacific Digital Practice and co-chair of the Smart Cities Council Digital Twin Task group. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, the smart cities and digital twins, innovation, and many more. As a Consulting Director within the Asia Pacific Digital practice, Gavin Cotterill helps large private infrastructure and government organisations in transforming them from an analogue organisation to a data driven

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00:09:05

074R_Resilient urban planning: major principles and...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/08/22

Summary of the article titled Resilient urban planning: major principles and criteria from 2014 by Ayyoob Sharifi and Yoshiki Yamagata presented at the 6thInternational Conference on Applied Energy, and then published in Energy Procedia. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see the implications of the resilience concept for the sustainability of urban areas. This article proposes a conceptual framework to assess resilience and urban sustainability

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