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Giving Łódź’s Abandoned Industrial Land New Life: Urban Future Podcast #3 – Fuzja

How did Łódź, Poland, turns eight hectares of abandoned factory land into a green, multifunctional, and inclusive neighbourhood? In this episode of the What’s...

The Scale of Endeavour: Where Do CityChangers Make an Impact?

Karl Dickinson -
Urbanism is not uniform. Understanding how CityChangers work at various scales is fundamental to forming communities that pull together to advance change that benefits...

Graphic Rewilding: Plugging Urban Nature Deficits with Large-scale Art

Karl Dickinson -
Humans crave connection with nature that cities disconnect us from. Graphic Rewilding proves that art is a viable alternative, or even enhancer of, ecological...

Bins of Congleton: Finding the Fun in “Basic” Urban Infrastructure

Karl Dickinson -
Social media sensation Bins of Congleton uses humour to generate a new appreciation for local waste infrastructure, also encouraging people to keep the town...

Living Heritage: Using Traditional Knowledge to Reach Sustainability Targets

Karl Dickinson -
Using transition design to utilise the knowledge of living heritage provides cost-effective opportunities to reach sustainability targets. If only we can learn to communicate...
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Giving Łódź’s Abandoned Industrial Land New Life: Urban Future Podcast #3 – Fuzja

How did Łódź, Poland, turns eight hectares of abandoned factory land into a green, multifunctional, and inclusive neighbourhood? In this episode of the What’s...

The CityChangers Podcast #19: Just Streets

We sit down with Marco te Brömmelstroet and Adrian Fratila from the Just Streets project to talk about what justice has to do with...

The CityChangers Podcast #18: Cities of Making

Urban Future’s Karl Dickinson is in conversation with Adrian Hill, a social designer and lead researcher for the Cities of Making project, talking about...

The CityChangers Podcast #17: Heart & Seoul

How did Seoul turn a backed-up expressway into a tranquil urban stream? We take a look at the landmark Cheonggyecheon River Restoration project and...
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The world of better cities is wonderfully varied. If you’re new to some of the topics, our explainers may help. Each one explains a common concept in plain language.

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