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Karl-Filip Coenegrachts: Creative Bureaucracy, An Oxymoron?| TEDxGhent

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In this thought-provoking TED talk, Karl-Filip Coenegrachts gives an overview of what creative bureaucracy means and why we can't continue to use 19th-century bureaucracy to solve 21st-century challenges anymore. This talk was held at the...
Inclusive Cities

Tactile Paving: Improving Accessibility Through Design

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If you ever happen to look down while walking city streets, you may have noticed that there’s a whole world of design beneath our feet. Blind and partially sighted people face barriers and dangers while...
Construction

Urban Insight Podcast – The World’s Healthiest Building

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Sweco's Urban Insight's mission is to share solutions for future city planning and initiate a dialogue about sustainable urban development. Between 2018 and 2021, Urban Insight reached 22.3 million people through news, press and...
Climate Adaptation

Schoonschip: A Community-built Floating Neighbourhood

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This article was written by Jose Rodriguez of the European Cultural Foundation, based in the Netherlands. It was originally published here on the website for the Creating Actionable Futures (CrAFt) project as part of the New...
Car-Free

Is Your City for People or Cars? | Cornelia Dinca | TEDxJacksonville

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In the 21st century, we are witnessing the erosion of the “human” habitat. Too many American cities are designed in ways that instigate fear, isolation and insecurity. As an engineer and urban planner, Cornelia...
Car-Free

The War on Cars: Getting the Car Out of Carbon Emissions

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"The War on Cars is a new podcast about the epic, hundred years’ war between The Car and The City. We deliver news and commentary on the latest developments in the worldwide fight...
Car-Free

She Drives Mobility Meets Doug Gordon (the War on Cars)

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Katja Diehl's podcast #SheDrivesMobility is "dedicated to the mobility transition, the path towards true choice-based mobility that makes the privately owned car replaceable by real alternatives as much as possible. I want everyone...
Cycling

Prioritising Cyclists and Pedestrians for a Safer, Stronger Recovery

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This article was written by and for the C40 Knowledge Hub, which delivers cutting-edge insights and practical resources from leading climate cities for others working in city government. It was originally published here in May 2020. We’re featuring...
Inclusive Cities

Mohamed Ridouani: Innovation Means to Improve the Quality of Life With and for All

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This article was written by Aseniya Dimitrova for TheMayor.eu. You can find the original post here. This is an interview with Mohamed Ridounai, Mayor of Leuven, European Capital of Innovation for 2020. In September Leuven...
Mobility

Pascal Smet: Brussels Has Decidedly Chosen to Become a City for People

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This article was written by Aseniya Dimitrova for TheMayor.eu. You can find the original post here. It is an interview with Pascal Smet, the Secretary of Urban Planning of the Brussels- Capital Region. Pascal...
Climate Adaptation

Sustainable Art: Driving Climate Conversations and City Transformation One Brushstroke at a Time

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This article was written for CityChangers.org by Mahak Agrawal, Steering Board Member of ITACUS and Founder of All Bits Count (ABC). In it, Mahak shares her journey into sustainable art with her mum -...
Editorial

Overpopulation Is No Laughing Matter

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One of the rules of comedy, so I've been told, is to talk about what you know. That's why many stand-up routines over the past couple of years are based on personal accounts of COVID-19. I...
Editorial

A Conundrum of Common Courtesy: How Can Decency Deliver Better Cities?

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In 2015, a London cyclist clashed with a pedestrian, knocking her unconscious and leaving her with scars and broken teeth. It sent the media into a frenzy. Front and centre of the story was the...
Editorial

Hypocritesmas: The Seasonal Scourge of Light Pollution

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Oh joy! It’s that time of year again. For what feels like months already we’ve been wading through the drawn-out build-up to Christmas. Shops are once again subjecting their staff to the saccharin mental torture of...
Editorial

Just What is the Beef with Meat?

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There’s a lot to be said for going vegan. That must be why they drone on about it all the time! Like other drones, don’t you wish they would just fly off? But let’s give...
Editorial

Do the Right Thing: Who’s Responsible for Climate Action?

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It’s not always easy being responsible. As the (delayed) train journey home from the Urban Future conference in Stuttgart entered its eleventh hour, a creeping thought formed: had we taken a flight, we could have...
Cycling

Encouraging Cycling Tourism with Digital Storytelling

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This article was written for CityChangers.com by Krešimir Herceg, an entrepreneur aiming to enhance the leisure cycling experience. In doing so, he wants to help destinations reduce CO2 emissions and overcrowding at spots of...
Guest Article

DearNeighbour: Cohesive Communities As the Driving Force of a Just Green Transition

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This article was written for CityChangers.org by Eliza Barnea, Policy and Government Affairs Coordinator for IntreVecini, a Bucharest-based non-profit that empowers citizens to lead their own urban improvements. Using residents of urban condominiums as...
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