by Patrick Condon, James Taylor Chair in Landscape and Liveable Environments, University of British Columbia | Mar 16, 2021 | Economy, Society
The year 2020 gave us all time to evaluate how the design of cities can influence who gets sick, who dies, and who doesn’t. Sadly, it seems that economic inequality is the real vector for the disease, as reflected in where people live, and with how many others, and in...
by Walker Wells, Principal at Raimi + Associates and Lecturer at UCLA, and Kimberley Vermeer, President and Founder Urban Habitat Initiatives. | Apr 13, 2021 | Economy, Infrastructure
Green + Affordable = Sustainable. A seemingly simple equation, but one that is challenging to consistently and holistically solve for in practice. Sustainability is typically described as having three dimensions: environment, economy, and equity. Green building...
by Ron Harris, Chief Resilience Officer, Minneapolis, and Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Managing Director, North America / Global Strategic Partnerships Lead, Global Resilient Cities Network | Apr 19, 2021 | Governance, Society
No Equity, No Resilience: Minneapolis is All of Us Cities who are not equitable will always be in recovery mode ; By Ron Harris, Chief Resilience Officer, Minneapolis, and Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Managing Director, North America / Global Strategic Partnerships Lead,...
by Pieter Fourie, Chief Technology Officer at GeoTwin | Apr 27, 2021 | Mobility, Technology
Shared public space in the urban built environment is a scarce commodity. Increasing the capacity of motorway infrastructure is actually increasing vehicle traffic congestion. As it goes in the Fordist city allegory, more highways means more private car ownership,...
by Jessie Feller Hahn, Executive Director, Meeting of the Minds | May 3, 2021 | Infrastructure, Resources, Technology, Thought Leader Interview
Bleutech Park: Vegas’ New Eco Entertainment Park By Jessie Feller Hahn, Executive Director, Meeting of the MindsJessie Feller Hahn is the Executive Director of Meeting of the Minds where she is responsible for identifying global urban sustainability, innovation,...
by Susanne Moser, Director, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting | May 6, 2021 | Environment, Governance
Taking a Look into Our Adaptation Blind Spots A note from the author: In my business, we’d rather not be right. What gets a climate change expert out of bed in the morning is the desire to provide decision-makers with the best available science, and at the end of the...
by Ed Sutton, Program Manager and Systems Architect, Black & Veatch | May 24, 2021 | Resources, Technology
No one can see the future, but we can certainly try. Armed with new predictive capabilities such as digital twins and geospatial artificial intelligence (AI) – advancements that seem more at home in a sci-fi novel than in the hands of utilities – these new tools and...
by Robert H. Brown, Vice President and Keahn Gary, Senior Manager, Cognizant Center for the Future of Work | Jun 1, 2021 | Society, Technology
Why one city decays and another thrives can sometimes seem random. So trying to foresee downrange why the future will happen in City A and not City B is hard. Moreover, to imagine that there is one formula that all 7.8 billion of us should adhere to, wherever it is...
by Jessie Feller Hahn, Executive Director, Meeting of the Minds | Jun 15, 2021 | Society, Technology, Thought Leader Interview
How Cities Are Preparing for the Future of Work By Jessie Feller Hahn, Executive Director, Meeting of the MindsJessie Feller Hahn is the Executive Director of Meeting of the Minds where she is responsible for identifying global urban sustainability, innovation,...
by Ilana Preuss, Founder & CEO, Recast City | Jun 28, 2021 | Economy, Governance
Small-scale manufacturing should be part of every city’s plan for economic recovery By Ilana Preuss, Founder & CEO, Recast CityPreuss is the author of a new book, Recast Your City: How to Save Your Downtown with Small-Scale Manufacturing, published by Island...
Recent Comments