What is The Future for Cities?

141I_Soheil Sabri, Digital Delivery Lead for Urban Digital Twin at the Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration at the University of Melbourne

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the difference between prediction and forecasting? What tools do you think can improve urbanisation? How can we use digital twin...

140R_Creating digital twins to save our cities

26 Jun 2023

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Are you interested in the benefits and challenges of digital twins? Summary of the article titled Creating digital twins to save our cities from 2023...

139R_The landscape and evolution of urban planning science (research summary)

19 Jun 2023

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Are you interested in the boundaries and directions of urban planning science? Summary of the article titled The landscape and evolution of urban pla...

138I_Luis Natera, software developer and geospatial network scientist

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested cities as beautiful monsters? What do you think about consciously choosing your city to live? How can be our procrastination regard...

137R_Quantifying life quality as walkability on urban networks: The case of Budapest (research summary)

12 Jun 2023

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Are you interested in how walkability and quality of life are connected? Summary of the article titled Quantifying life quality as walkability on urb...

136R_An analysis of the legal framework influencing walking in Australia (research summary)

05 Jun 2023

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Are you interested in how the legal framework in Australia influences walking? Summary of the article titled An analysis of the legal framework influ...

135I_Paul Satur, research fellow and lecturer at Monash Water Sensitive Cities and co-founder and CEO of Our Future Cities

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in prosperous cities? What do you think about urban pessimism? How can we be more punk music tragic for the better future of cities...

134R_Social inequality and water use in Australian cities: the social gradient in domestic water use (research episode)

29 May 2023

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Are you interested in how social inequality influences domestic water and thus broader water sustainability issues? Summary of the article titled Soc...

133R_Multifunctional Urban Spaces – a solution to increase the quality of urban life in dense cities (research summary)

22 May 2023

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Are you interested in how multifunctional urban spaces can contribute to increasing the quality of urban life in dense cities? Summary of the article...

132I_Michael Batty, Bartlett professor of planning - What are cities and and their futures?

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in inventing the future of cities? What do you think about urban evolution? How can we predict the future of the city? Interview wi...

131R_Inventing Future Cities (book summary)

15 May 2023

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Are you interested in how can we create better, more sustainable cities for the future? Summary of the book titled Inventing Future Cities from 2018 ...

130R_A new framework for very large-scale urban modelling (research summary)

08 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in how large-scale urban modelling going beyond the usual land use and transport interactions? Summary of the article titled A new...

129I_Alan Donegan, founder at Rebel Business, Entrepreneur and Finance School

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in creating your own future? What do you think about urban stability and entrepreneurship? How can we charge into the future? ...

128R_Entrepreneurship in cities (research summary)

01 May 2023

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Are you interested in how cities and entrepreneurship are connected? Summary of the article titled Entrepreneurship in cities from 2021 by Sam Tavass...

127R_Urban futures – Idealization, capitalization, securitization (research summary)

24 Apr 2023

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Are you interested in how urban futures have changed over time?  Summary of the article titled Urban futures – Idealization, capitalization, se...

126I_Corey Gray, engineer and Global CEO of the Smart Cities Council

19 Apr 2023

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Are you interested in beauty as a sustainability element? What do you think about people being pragmatic for change and transformation? How can we cre...

125R_Aesthetics of Sustainability: a transdisciplinary sensibility for transformative practices (research summary)

17 Apr 2023

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Are you interested in aesthetics for sustainable progress?  Summary of the article titled Aesthetics of Sustainability: a transdisciplinary sensi...

124R_Smart cities: Utopia or neoliberal ideology (research summary)

10 Apr 2023

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Are you interested in whether smart city is a utopia or a neoliberal ideology?  Our summary today works with the article titled Smart cities: Uto...

123I_Alex Louey, managing director and co-founder of AppsCore Digital

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in sustainable urban transport and development? What do you think about urban sustainability in Australia versus the world? How can...

122R_Urban sprawl and its impact on sustainable urban development: a combination of remote sensing and social media data (research summary)

03 Apr 2023

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Are you interested in how urban sprawl affects sustainable urban development?  Summary of the article titled Urban sprawl and its impact on susta...

121R_Smart City appropriation by local actors: An instrument in the making (research summary)

27 Mar 2023

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Are you interested in smart cities as a functional instrument to influence public debate and policy?  Our summary today works with the article ti...

120I_Matt Ferrell, Youtube creator specialising in sustainable and renewable technologies

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in sustainable and renewable technologies? What do you think about urban sustainability and its implementation? How can we create e...

119R_Pessimism and optimism in the debate on climate change: A critical analysis (research summary)

20 Mar 2023

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Are you interested in why we have pessimistic and optimistic views on climate change?  Summary of the article titled Pessimism and optimism in th...

118R_Smart sustainable cities – Exploring ICT solutions for reduced energy use in cities (research summary)

13 Mar 2023

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Are you interested in ICT solutions to reduce urban energy use?  Our summary today works with the article titled Smart sustainable cities – Exp...

117I_Colin Chee, the creative director of the Never Too Small YouTube channel

08 Mar 2023

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Are you interested in small footprint living? What do you think about the effects of good neighbour relationships? How can we create more compassionat...

116R_Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints, socio-demographic trends and small households in Denmark (research summary)

06 Mar 2023

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Are you interested in small footprint living?  Our summary today works with the article titled Small is beautiful? Stories of carbon footprints, ...

115R_Towards Post-Anthropocentric Cities: Reconceptualising smart cities to evade urban ecocide (research summary)

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in post-anthropocentric cities after smart ones?  Our summary today works with the article titled Towards Post-Anthropocentric...

114I_Kelly Boucher, a scholar, education consultant and breakthrough coach

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in pedagogy as the agency of teaching and learning? What do you think about radical relearning about how we interact with our envir...

113R_Radical collaboration: flipping the paradigm on learning (research summary)

20 Feb 2023

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Are you interested in radical collaboration as an education form?  Our summary today works with the chapter titled Radical collaboration: flippin...

112R_Engaging with place – Foregrounding Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education (research summary)

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in how to embed Aboriginal perspectives in early childhood education regarding space?  Our summary today works with the chapte...

111I_Dave Hakkens, an industrial designer, inventor and an overall pioneer

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in sustainable living? What do you think about creating settlements from the ground up? How can a city be overwhelming and impressi...

110R_Global survey of Precious Plastic Projects: A summary of findings (research summary)

06 Feb 2023

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Are you interested in plastic recycling and reuse?  Our summary today works with the report titled Global survey of Precious Plastic Projects: A ...

109R_How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning (research summary)

30 Jan 2023

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Are you interested in how much sustainability substance is in urban visions?  Our summary today works with the article titled How much sustainabi...

108I_Dr Anthony Kent, economic geographer, researcher and educator

25 Jan 2023

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Are you interested in economic geography? What do you think about the political influence on cities? How can we put on environmental lenses on cities?...

107R_Planning the post-political city: exploring public participation in the contemporary Australian city (research summary)

23 Jan 2023

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Are you interested in how much the political system influences cities?  Our summary today works with the article titled Planning the post-politic...

106R_Smart cities as a platform for technological and social innovation in productivitiy, sustainability, and livability: A conceptual framework (research summary)

16 Jan 2023

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Are you interested in smart city as a platform for technological and social innovation?  Our summary today works with the book chapter titled Sma...

105I_Richard Morrison, Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC at AECOM

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Richard Morrison, Industry Director, Technology Advisory APAC at AECOM. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transpo...

104R_The story of NEOM city: opportunities and challenges (research summary)

09 Jan 2023

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Are you interested in city of NEOM and its history and future?  Our summary today works with the book chapter titled The story of NEOM city: oppo...

103R_A survey of environments and mechanisms for human-human stigmergy (research summary)

02 Jan 2023

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Are you interested in human stigmergy and how it works?  Our summary today works with the article titled A survey of environments and mechanisms ...

102_Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today would be an interview, but since it is 2022 Christmas time, I want to just wish you all relaxing holidays with or without celebrating Christmas,...

101R_What we owe the future (book summary)

26 Dec 2022

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Are you interested in what we owe the future?  Summary of the book titled What we owe the future from 2022 by William MacAskill, based on my read...

100P_So much research but where is the smart city? Panel discussion with previous interviewees

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the different meanings and implementations for smart cities from different viewpoints? What do you think about the solutions sma...

099I_Noel Tighe, architect and associate director at Denton Corker Marshall

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in the citizen engagement in urban areas and its effects? What do you think about the need for updating our educational systems? Ho...

098R_Building social capital: A learning agenda for the twenty-first century (research summary)

12 Dec 2022

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Are you interested in how to create social capital for the 21st century?  Our summary today works with the article titled Building social capital...

097R_A multilevel method to assess and design the renovation and integration of smart cities (research summary)

05 Dec 2022

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Are you interested in smart cities to enhance quality of life for urban inhabitants?  Summary of the article titled A multilevel method to assess...

096I_Chris Maher, an architect and city planner and the director and national portfolio leader for urban development at Hames Sharley

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you interested in creating proper urban connections? What do you think is the architect’s job in the urban fabric? What kind of approach is need...

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

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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

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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

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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...