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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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033I_Anthony Mazzei, co-founder and Chief Product...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/02/09

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 designing software for some of the biggest (and smallest) companies and brands in the world. Anthony

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00:11:21

032R_Smart City implementation and discourses: An...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/02/07

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 capacity to face urban challenges. This article creates a conceptual model for the involvement of

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00:10:41

031R_City attachment and use of urban services:...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/01/31

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, environmental and economic sustainability. This article analyses how users’ city attachment levels and other personal

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00:44:56

030I_Ville Sirviö, CEO of the Nordic Institute for...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/01/26

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 the X-Road® open-source software. Having international experience in leading businesses ranging from startups

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00:11:30

029R_Smart cities in a smart world (research summary)

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/01/24

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 better management of resources and their sustainable access to present and future generations This chapter tries

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00:13:25

028R_Enhancing sustainable urban development through...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/01/17

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 see what smart city approaches and tools can contribute to the environmental sustainability domain. This

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00:58:13

027I_Richard Manasseh, mechanical engineer and...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/01/12

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 and oscillators in fluids and their interactions. He is best known for his work on the vibrations of

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00:08:54

026R_Smart cities - A roadmap for development...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/01/10

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 of urban challenges. You can find the article through this link. Abstract: Cities and counties face many

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00:12:39

025R_Smart cities of tomorrow (research article)

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/01/03

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 the article through this link. The book is available through this link. Abstract: Tomorrow’s digital cities

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00:03:26

027I_Trailer_Richard Manasseh, mechanical engineer...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2022/01/01

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.

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00:00:52

024_Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/12/29

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 also full with plans for the new year, see you then and thanks for tuning in.

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00:11:29

023R_Smart cities and disaster resilience (research...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/12/27

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 enhanced by the smart city concept. This article investigates how efficient urban planning can have a major impact on

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00:10:48

022R_Crypto cities (article summary)

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/12/20

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 the article through this link. Additional information about city token engineering can be found through this

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01:02:14

021I_Bridgette Engeler, foresight specialist

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/12/15

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, design and innovation strategy, and holds master degrees in Strategic Foresight and Women’s Studies

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00:09:57

020R_Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/12/13

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 robustness, antifragile, as Nassim Nicholas Taleb defines it. The book is about how systems can become

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00:08:25

019R_How the car transformed society in the 20th...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/12/06

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 changing cities, as it is said to be one of the biggest problems for current urban environments. This article

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00:35:52

018I_María Jose Yanez, assistant development manager...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/12/01

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, socially, and environmentally sustainable homes across Australia. Maria holds a Master of Architecture degree at

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00:12:37

017R_On the difficulty of agreeing upon a universal...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/11/29

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, and I highly encourage everyone to check that as well. But I thought it would be interesting to hear the

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00:12:55

016R_Constructing a universal logic of urban control?...

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/11/22

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 standards approach data and urban management from a generalisation point of view. The article investigates 3

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00:46:22

015I_Luke Husengo, system architect and data magician

What is The Future for Cities? ·

2021/11/17

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 manages data governance for Australian Enterprises and the Victorian Government. He also provides

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