What is The Future for Cities?
Episodes
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...