What is The Future for Cities?
Episodes
095R_Housing as a social determinant of health and wellbeing: developing an empirically-informed realist theoretical framework (research summary)
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in social housing quality and its effects on the tenants’ life? Our summary today works with the article titled Housing as ...
094R_Defining smart city: A conceptual framework based on keyword analysis (research summary)
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in the three main domains involved in smart cities? Our summary today works with the article titled Defining smart city: A co...
093I_Jeni Paay, professor of human-computer interaction design and the leader of Centre for Design Innovation at Swinburne University of Technology
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in interaction design? Do you think we have the knowledge to save the world? What is the purpose of academic research? Interview wi...
092R_The city as an urban interaction design platform (book chapter summary)
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 urba...
091R_The political premises of contemporary urban concepts: the global city, the sustainable city, the resilient city, the creative city, and the smart city (research summary)
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in contemporary urban concepts, like sustainable and resilient city, and their political premises? Summary of the article tit...
090I_Matthew McCartney, professor of development economics and researcher at the Charter Cities Institute
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Matthew McCartney, professor of development economics and researcher at the Charter Cities Institute. We will talk about his vision for...
089R_African Railways could go bankrupt but this is not necessarily a bad thing & It will be the best of times, it will be worst of times: thinking about contemporary African railway mania (summary)
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
088R_The costs ad benefits of environmental sustainability (research summary)
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in sustainable solutions but unsure about their economic benefits? Summary of the article titled The costs ad benefits of env...
087I_Paul Brookbanks, principal landscape architect at Spiire
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in landscape architecture, its potential to tackle climate change, and how to connect regional and urban areas more? Intervie...
086R_Advancing landscape sustainability science: theoretical foundation and synergies with innovation in methodology, design and application (research summary)
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in landscape sustainability science and its application? Summary of the editorial article titled Advancing landscape sustaina...
085R_Stigmergy in human practice: Coordination in construction work (research summary)
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you interested in how the concept of stigmergy applies to human cooperation? Summary of the article titled Stigmergy in human practice: Coor...
084I_Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org, architecture discovery platform that focuses on helpi...
083R_Operationalising a concept: The systematic review of composite indicator building for measuring community disaster resilience (research summary)
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Operationalizing a concept: The systematic review of composite indicator building for measuring community disaster resil...
084I_Trailer_084I_Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trailer to episode 084I for the interview with Jacek Urbanowicz, an architect at COX Architecture and co-founder of Tunarch.org, architecture discover...
082R_Beyond defining the smart city – Meeting top-down and bottom-up approaches in the middle (research summary)
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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, Ni...
081I_Nataly Arevalo, environmental designer, urban researcher, and lecturer
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Nataly Arevalo, an environmental designer, urban researcher, and lecturer. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, environme...
080R_Functionality between the size and indicators of smart cities: A research challenge with policy implications (research summary)
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Functionality between the size and indicators of smart cities: A research challenge with policy implications from 2018 b...
079B_#1 Birthday Special - summary of the WTF's first year
11 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 suppor...
078I_Ammon Beyerle, participatory architect, urban design theorist, and teacher
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Ammon Beyerle, architect, urban designer, and lecturer. We talk about their vision for the future of cities, participatory design, the ...
077R_Steering into the Skid – Arbitraging human and artificial intelligences to augment the design process (research summary)
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Steering into the Skid – Arbitraging human and artificial intelligences to augment the design process from 2020 by Geo...
076R_Smart innovative cities: The impact of smart city policies on urban innovation (research summary)
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
075I_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
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Gavin Cotterill, consulting director of the Cohesive Group's Asia Pacific Digital Practice and co-chair of the Smart Cities Council Dig...
074R_Resilient urban planning: major principles and criteria (research summary)
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Resilient urban planning: major principles and criteria from 2014 by Ayyoob Sharifi and Yoshiki Yamagata presented at th...
073R_Smart communities initiatives (research summary)
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Smart communities initiatives from 2004 by Helena Lindskog presented at the 3rd ISOneWorld Conference, 2004. Since...
072I_Dr Tamás Mezős, architect, engineer, architectural historian
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr Tamás Mezős, architect, engineer, architectural historian, among others. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, b...
071R_Towards intelligently sustainable cities? – From intelligent and knowledge city programmes to the achievement of urban sustainability (research summary)
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Towards intelligently sustainable cities? – From intelligent and knowledge city programmes to the achievement of urban...
070R_Citizen-centred big data analysis-driven governance intelligence framework for smart cities (research summary)
01 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Citizen-centred big data analysis-driven governance intelligence framework for smart cities from 2018 by Jingrui Ju, Lun...
069I_Dr Éva Kereszty, doctor, teacher and forensic medical expert
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr Eva Kereszty, doctor, teacher and forensic medical expert, among others. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, urban se...
068R_Measuring urban sustainability: the potential and pitfalls of city rankings (research summary)
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Measuring urban sustainability: the potential and pitfalls of city rankings from 2012 by Phil McManus, published in the ...
067R_Theoretical underpinnings of regenerative sustainability (research summary)
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Theoretical underpinnings of regenerative sustainability from 2015 by John Robinson and Raymond Cole, published in the B...
066I_Johan Tijssen, director of HempBlock Australia
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Johan Tijssen, the director of HempBlock Australia. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, the city itself, urban reev...
065R_Smart cities concept and Challenges – Bases for the assessment of smart city projects (research summary)
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Smart cities concept and Challenges – Bases for the assessment of smart city projects from 2016 by Andres Monzon, publ...
064R_The network state (article summary)
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled The network state from 2021 by Balaji Srinivasan, usually known as Balaji, published on the 1729 website. Since we...
063I_Lilly Ryan, lead security specialist at Thoughtworks
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Lilly Ryan, lead security specialist at Thoughtworks. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, safety and security, public an...
062R_Urban Eutopia vs smart city (research summary)
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Urban Eutopia vs smart city from 2015 by Marina Montuori, published in the Festival Architettura Magazine. Since w...
061R_Conceptualising smart city with dimensions of technology, people and institutions (research summary)
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Conceptualising smart city with dimensions of technology, people and institutions from 2011 by Taewoo Nam and Theresa Pr...
060I_Gala Camacho Ferrari, data scientist and director at Diagonal Works
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Gala Camacho Ferrari, data scientist and director at Diagonal Works. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, steward ownersh...
059R_Smart city and horizon ... beyond (every) "hypocrisy" (research summary)
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Smart city and horizon – beyond every hypocrisy from 2015 by Paola Scala, published in the Festival Architettura Magaz...
058R_An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities (research summary)
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities from 2005 by M...
057I_Amélie Uhrig, a climate change and sustainability advisor and manager
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Amélie Uhrig, a climate change and sustainability advisor and manager. We talk about her vision for the future of cities, sustainabili...
056R_A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters (research summary)
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters from 2008 by Susan Cutter, Lindsey Barne...
055R_Smartness that matters: Towards a comprehensive and human-centred characterisation of smart cities (research summary)
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Smartness that matters: Towards a comprehensive and human-centred characterisation of smart cities from 2016 by Alexande...
054I_Dr Rolland Vida, the Head of High Speed Networks Laboratory
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr Rolland Vida, the Head of High Speed Networks Laboratory. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, second and third rate e...
053R_Smart Telki – Answering Citizen Demand in the Outskirts of Budapest (research summary)
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Smart Telki – Answering citizen demand in the outskirts of Budapest from 2020 by Bence Majoros, Marcell Molnár, Tamá...
052R_Introduction: Innovation and identity in next-generation smart cities (research summary)
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Introduction: Innovation and identity in next-generation smart cities from 2018 by Hoon Han and Scott Hawken, published ...
051I_Laura Summers, design engineer
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Laura Summers, design engineer. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, urban revitalisation, the fear-FOMO pendulum, a...
050R_Towards sustainable urban communities (research summary)
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Towards sustainable urban communities from 2012 by Appu Haapio published in the Environmental Impact Assessment Review j...
049R_A multiple-attribute decision making-based approach for smart city rankings design (research summary)
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled A multiple-attribute decision making-based approach for smart city rankings design from 2018 by Soledad Escolar, Félix ...
048I_Professor Hussein Dia, the Chair of Civil Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Professor Hussein Dia, the Chair of Civil Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk about his vision for the futu...
047R_Coronavirus recovery: public transport is key to avoid repeating old and unsustainable mistakes (article summary)
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Coronavirus recovery: public transport is key to avoid repeating old and unsustainable mistakes from 2020 by Hussein Dia...
046R_Analysis and comparison of Smart City initiatives (research summary)
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the book chapter titled Analysis and comparison of Smart City initiatives from 2016 by Aranzazu Fernández-Vázquez and Ignacio López-Forn...
045I_Milan Janosov, Ph.D., the Chief Data Scientist at Datapolis and network and data science researcher at the Central European University
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Milan Janosov, Ph.D., the Chief Data Scientist at Datapolis and network and data science researcher at the Central European University....
044R_Measuring community disaster resilience in the Latvian context: an apply case using a composite indicator approach (research summary)
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Measuring community disaster resilience in the Latvian context: an apply case using a composite indicator approach from ...
043R_Shifting from sustainability to regeneration (research summary)
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Shifting from sustainability to regeneration from 2007 by Bill Reed published in the Building Research & Information...
042I_Professor Mark Burry, the founding director of the Smart Cities Research Institute and Professor of Urban Futures at Swinburne University of Technology
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Professor Mark Burry, the founding director or the Smart Cities Research Institute and Professor of Urban Futures at Swinburne Universi...
041R_A 100 smart cities, a 100 utopias (research summary)
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled A 100 smart cities, a 100 utopias from 2015 by Ayona Datta published in the Dialogues in Human Geography journal. ...
040R_Urban sustainability in the information age (research summary)
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Urban sustainability in the information age from 2010 by Manuel Castells published in the City, analysis of urban trends...
039I_Dr Kirsten Day, architect and lecturer at the University of Melbourne
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Dr Kirsten Day, an architect and lecturer at the University of Melbourne. We will talk about her vision for the future of cities, neuro...
038R_But how bad this "smart city"! (research summary)
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled But how bad this smart city from 2015 by Umberto Cao published in the Festival Architettura magazine. Since we are...
037R_Big data, smart cities and city planning (research summary)
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the commentary article titled Big data, smart cities and city planning from 2013 by Michael Batty published in the Dialogues in Human Geogr...
036I_Magnus Moglia, associate professor and Urban Regeneration Theme leader at Swinburne University of Technology's Centre for Urban Transitions
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Magnus Moglia, associate professor at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban...
035R_Review of sustainability indices and indicators: Towards a new City Sustainability Index (research summary)
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Review of sustainability indices and indicators: Towards a new City Sustainability Index from 2012 by Koichiro Mori and ...
034R_Actually existing smart citizens – Expertise and (non)participation in the making of the smart city (research summary)
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Actually existing smart citizens – Expertise and (non)participation in the making of the smart city from 2019 by Taylo...
033I_Anthony Mazzei, co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Erin Living
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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, sustai...
032R_Smart City implementation and discourses: An integrated conceptual model. The case of Vienna (research summary)
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Smart city implementation and discourses: An integrated conceptual model, the case of Vienna from 2018 by Victoria Ferna...
031R_City attachment and use of urban services: Benefits for smart cities (research summary)
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
030I_Ville Sirviö, CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability (NIIS)
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Ville Sirviö, the CEO of the Nordic Institute for Interoperability. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, interopera...
029R_Smart cities in a smart world (research summary)
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 archi...
028R_Enhancing sustainable urban development through smart city applications (research article)
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Enhancing sustainable urban development through smart city applications from 2017 by Margarita Angelidiou, Artemis Psalt...
027I_Richard Manasseh, mechanical engineer and Professor at Swinburne University of Technology - Fluid flows and urban brains
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Richard Manasseh, mechanical engineer and Professor at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk about his visions for the futur...
026R_Smart cities - A roadmap for development (research summary)
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Smart cities – a road map for development from 2018 by Sam Musa, published in IEEE Potentials journal. Since we ...
025R_Smart cities of tomorrow (research article)
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 b...
027I_Trailer_Richard Manasseh, mechanical engineer and Professor at Swinburne University of Technology - Fluid flows and urban brains
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trailer to episode 027I for the interview with Richard Manasseh, mechanical engineer and Professor at Swinburne University of Technology. We will talk...
024_Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
023R_Smart cities and disaster resilience (research summary)
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
022R_Crypto cities (article summary)
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 tho...
021I_Bridgette Engeler, foresight specialist
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Bridgette Engeler, a foresight specialist. We will talk about her visions for the future of cities, what futurists and foresight specia...
020R_Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder (Incerto) (book summary)
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
019R_How the car transformed society in the 20th century? (research summary)
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 – F...
018I_María Jose Yanez, assistant development manager at Nightingale Housing
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with María Yanez, an assistant development manager at Nightingale Housing. We will talk about her and their visions for the future of citie...
017R_On the difficulty of agreeing upon a universal logic for city standards - A response to Schindler and Marvin (research summary)
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the response article titled On the difficulty of agreeing upon a universal logic for city standards from 2019 by James Merricks White, publ...
016R_Constructing a universal logic of urban control? International standards for data, management and interoperability (research summary)
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the the debate article titled Constructing a universal logic of urban control? International standards for city data, management and intero...
015I_Luke Husengo, system architect and data magician
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Luke Husengo, system architect and data magician. We will talk about his two visions for the future of cities, the connection among dat...
014R_Smart city policies: A spatial approach (research summary)
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the research article titled Smart city policies: A spatial approach from 2014 by Margarita Angelidou, published in the Cities journal. Sinc...
013R_Managing climate change in Australia - A global, long-term view (research summary)
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the position paper titled Managing climate change in Australia - A global, long-term view from 2019 by the United Nations Associations of A...
012I_Kieran Leong, architect and principal at the Melbourne office of DesignInc company
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Kieran Leong, an architect and principal at the Melbourne office of DesignInc company. We will talk about his vision for the future of ...
011R_Smart and digital city: A systematic literature review (research summary)
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the book chapter titled Smart and digital city: A systematic literature review from 2014 by Annalisa Cocchia. The chapter is part of the bo...
010R_Is smart city resilient? Evidence from China (research summary)
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the book chapter titled Is smart city resilient? Evidence from China from 2019 by Shiyao Zhu, Dezhi Li, and Haibo Feng. Smart city is often...
009I_Andrew Lizzio, a business and solution architect and inventor
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Andrew Lizzio, a business and solution architect and inventor. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, swarm intelligen...
008R_What are the differences between sustainable and smart cities? (research summary)
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled What are the differences between sustainable and smart cities from 2017 by Hannele Ahvenniemi, Aapo Huovila, Isabel Pint...
007R_World scientists' warning of climate emergency (research summary)
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled World scientists' warning of climate emergency from 2020 by William J Ripple, Christopher Wolf, Thomas M Newsome, Phoebe...
006I_Daniel Prohasky, Swinburne architectural engineering lecturer and CEO of Curvecrete, among others
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Daniel Prohasky with a diverse background in architecture, civil and aerospace engineering. We will talk about his vision for the futur...
005R_Smart cities, big data and urban policy: Towards urban analytics for the long run (research summary)
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Smart cities, big data and urban policy: Towards urban analytics for the long run from 2021 by Jens Kandt and Michael Ba...
004R_Will the real smart city please stand up? Intelligent, progressive or entrepreneurial? (research summary)
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article titled Will the real smart city please stand up? Intelligent, progressive or entrepreneurial? from 2008 by Robert G. Hollands. ...
003I_Frans-Anton Vermast, the Strategy Advisor and International Smart City Ambassador at Amsterdam Smart City.
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Interview with Frans-Anton Vermast, the strategy advisor and international smart city ambassador at Amsterdam Smart City. We will talk about his and t...
002R_Intelligent cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence (research summary)
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the article title Intelligent cities: Variable geometries of spatial intelligence from 2011 by Nicos Komninos. This article is often refere...
001R_Smart cities - Ranking of European medium-sized cities (research summary)
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Summary of the report titled Smart cities - Ranking of European medium-sized cities from 2007 by Rudolf Giffinger, Christian Fertner, Hans Kramar, Rob...
000_Introduction to What is The Future for Cities? podcast
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing the WTF podcast, the format and the purpose, and myself being the host. Just a short summary of what is coming. The transcript is av...
Trailer for What is The Future for Cities? podcast
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What is the future for cities? Do you want to know more about them? Do you want to know how others think about them? Do you want to be part of convers...