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Water

How to Create Water-Sensitive Cities

Karl Dickinson - February 16, 2023 0

With water flowing in from beyond the city boundaries, how can we realistically keep it in check? The International Water Association’s 17 principles for water-wise cities may hold the answer. In this article, we...

Water

CityChanger Vincent Lee: Managing Water with Green Infrastructure

Karl Dickinson - March 7, 2023 0

Few firms have the level of recognition that Arup enjoys. This has given Vincent Lee the chance to work on an impressive array of projects since joining the New York office in 2006. He...

Water

CityChanger Matt Stewart: Reviving River Recreation

Karl Dickinson - February 16, 2023 0

Matt Stewart enjoys nothing more than taking a plunge. A native Aussie, he’s the outdoors type and in 2015 began a campaign to make Melbourne’s Yarra River swimmable again. We caught up with this...

General

CityChanger Carlo Ratti: Designing Natural-Artificial Cities

Karl Dickinson - July 26, 2022 0

Technology and greenery will be more synergetic in cities of the future. Leading the charge for melding nature and the artificial is Professor Carlo Ratti, who is pushing the frontiers of innovation in urban...

Skill

How to Engage Socially Deprived Neighbourhoods

Karl Dickinson - August 8, 2022 0

Stakeholder engagement can be challenging at any time but initiating open, constructive dialogue with socially deprived neighbourhoods has its own set of obstacles. Urban Designer Mikaela Åberg has a decade of experience in creating...

Skill

Urban Planning – “It’s Not Hard Science”

Karl Dickinson - March 28, 2022 0

With so many interest groups all wanting representation in the decisions that form our living cities, it isn’t easy getting it right. There will be those who are unrepresented, those involved but who do...

FWE Nexus

How to Make Cities Resilient With the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Cornelia Forsthuber - November 1, 2022 0

While the case for the FWE nexus concept is relatively clear to make in a theoretical, academic context, translating it to urban reality can be a struggle. Against a backdrop of climate change, urban...

Retrofitting

How to Make Water Use More Efficient

Karl Dickinson - August 26, 2021 0

Showering, cleaning, drinking, flushing, and washing clothes all use water. A lot of water! As the climate changes and populations increase, supply is struggling to keep up with demand. Making our city’s buildings more...

General

CityChanger Miriam Staley: Presenting Masterclass

Karl Dickinson - October 17, 2022 0

CityChangers have the know-how, stress-tested projects, and innovative policy ideas worth shouting about, but it takes more than being an expert to influence our peers. Captivating presentations take practice – and it’s a different...

Housing

Housing: Useful Guides

Iris Fiebiger - September 9, 2021 0

Finding useful resources that help you improve the housing situation in your city is often difficult. Not because there’s nothing out there. Quite the contrary: there is so much information out there that it’s...

General

CityChanger Lan Marie Berg: How to Deal with Public Scrutiny

Karl Dickinson - September 19, 2022 0

When Lan Marie Berg was thrust into the public eye as Oslo’s vice mayor, the constant scrutiny became an unexpected challenge. Her climate budget and car-free zones transformed the city, but the backlash ranged...

Housing

CityChanger Mikaela Åberg: Drottninghög’s Neighbourhood Revival

Karl Dickinson - May 16, 2022 2

As an urban developer, Mikaela Åberg improves lives in one of Helsingborg’s most socially deprived districts: Drottninghög. Just a month before she is due to speak at the UF22 conference, this CityChanger tells us...

Retrofitting

CityChanger Frances Bean: Helping Public Bodies Decarbonise

Karl Dickinson - August 1, 2022 0

Frances Bean joined the Carbon Trust, a mission-led sustainability consultancy in the UK, in 2018. As Manager in the Cities and Regions team, she supports municipalities and public bodies to understand and achieve their...

Sustainable Buildings

Africa’s Unconventional Architect: Rajae Haissouss

Karl Dickinson - May 11, 2022 0

Architects become famous for their inventive structures and controversial designs. But for Rajae Haissouss, satisfaction comes from adding value to the community. Aspiring to use her talents for good, this Young Leader is raising...

Car-Free

Unplanned Urbanism and the Feminist City: Sharee Hochman

Karl Dickinson - April 6, 2022 2

What makes a CityChanger? Young Leader Sharee Hochman proves that it’s not an academic background or a position in city administration, but personal qualities like compassion coupled with good ideas and a desire to...

Retrofitting

The Art of Persuasion: How to Involve Residents in Retrofitting

Karl Dickinson - August 23, 2021 0

Why aren’t we retrofitting more? There’s an unarguable case in favour, after all. Something must be holding us back. The problem is that property owners are just not that engaged in the movement. It...

Retrofitting

What Not to Do: How to Avoid Common Retrofitting Mistakes

Karl Dickinson - December 23, 2021 0

Are you keen to retrofit? That’s what we like to hear. But hold your horses! Do you know what you’re doing? We mean, really know. Being ill-prepared may result in not-so-efficient changes, wasting more...

General

CityChanger Santiago Uribe Rocha: “City Changes Take Place on a Daily Basis”

Karl Dickinson - May 23, 2022 0

Tragedy can break us, or it can spark a fire of determination, resilience, and growth. This statement is as true for the Colombian city of Medellín as it is for the person who made...

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