Tag: sustainability
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419R_Green growth or degrowth? Possible outcomes for climate and society
Check out the episode: You can find the transcripts through this link. Are you interested in the possibility of green growth instead of degrowth for better urban futures? Debate of the article titled Green growth or degrowth? Possible outcomes for climate and society from 2025, by Phoenix Eskridge-Aldama, Aden Stern, Anna Vaughn, and Diana Stuart,…
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419R_transcript_Green growth or degrowth? Possible outcomes for climate and society
Check out the episode: You can find the shownotes through this link. Are you interested in the possibility of green growth instead of degrowth for better urban futures? Our debate today works with the article titled Green growth or degrowth? Possible outcomes for climate and society from 2025, by Phoenix Eskridge-Aldama, Aden Stern, Anna Vaughn,…
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Beyond the hype: 5 important lessons on how autonomous vehicles could reshape urban life
This week on What is The Future for Cities? podcast we explored one of the most exciting – and contentious – topics in urban planning: connected and autonomous vehicles. Tuesday’s research debate (Episode 413R) dissected a 2023 comprehensive review by Md. Mokhlesur Rahman and Jean-Claude Thill, weighing efficiency gains against real-world risks. Thursday’s interview with…
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Green vs grey and regeneration vs sustainability – five takeaways for future-proof cities
This week on the What is The Future for Cities? podcast we examined one of the most practical and urgent questions for coastal urban areas: when the water is rising, should we keep building ever-higher concrete walls (grey infrastructure) or pivot to living, growing systems like dunes and mangroves (green infrastructure)? Episode 411R debated Haoluan…
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408I_Jasper Steinhausen, founder of Business with Impact
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “If you want big impact, you’ve gotta solve big meaningful problems.” Are you interested in the profitability of sustainability? What do you think about sustainability as a platform for innovation? How can we, the people, move ourselves and the system towards better urban futures? Interview with Jasper…
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407R_transcript_Making Sustainability Profitable
Check out the episode: You can find the shownotes through this link. Are you interested how sustainability can be profitable? Our debate today works with the book titled Making Sustainability Profitable from 2023, by Jasper Steinhausen. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Jasper Steinhausen in episode 408 talking about sustainability as…
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407R_Making Sustainability Profitable
Check out the episode: You can find the transcripts through this link. Are you interested how sustainability can be profitable? Debate of the book titled Making Sustainability Profitable from 2023, by Jasper Steinhausen. This is a great preparation to our next interview with Jasper Steinhausen in episode 408 talking about sustainability as a platform for…
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Regeneration, evidence, and change: lessons about cooling cities
This week the What is The Future for Cities? podcast delivered a compelling examination of one of the most pressing challenges confronting urban populations worldwide: the rapid intensification of heat in cities. Episode 391R provided a concise summary of five recent research papers co-authored by Professor Sebastian Pfautsch, while episode 392I featured an in-depth interview…
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368I_Josh Rands, Co-Founder and CEO at TerraCity
Check out the episode: Check out the trailer: “Transportation is the movement of people and goods … allowing people to do what they want.” Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and goods? How can we consider the first, second…
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367R_transcript_The fundamental issues and development trends of AI-driven transformations in urban transit and urban space
Check out the episode: You can find the shownotes through this link. Are you interested in AI-driven urban transformations? Our debate today works with the article titled The fundamental issues and development trends of AI-driven transformations in urban transit and urban space from 2025, by Haishan Xia, Renwei Liu, Lu Li, and Yilan Zhang, published…
