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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 Panchali Saikia: Guardian of Urban Water Governance

Karl Dickinson - February 16, 2023 0

Water democracy has implications for health, safety, and life opportunities. Nowhere is this more apparent than among the large informal settlements in Indian cities. This is where the work of Panchali Saikia makes a...

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 Sophie Mirpourian: Creative Ways to Listen

Karl Dickinson - February 7, 2023 0

Being heard makes us feel valued and identifies priorities for change, but municipalities struggle to do it well. CityChanger and creative Sophie Mirpourian tells us how her idea to use a portable townhall -...

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...

Walking

CityChanger Kalpana Viswanath: Technology for Safety – How an App Is Giving Women a Sense of Security

Tanja Polonyi - April 14, 2021 0

There is one thing women all over the world have in common – fear. Fear of harassment and violence as soon as they enter public spaces. How to conquer this global issue? CityChanger Kalpana...

Construction

CityChanger Dominik Campanella: Accelerating Circularity with Data

Karl Dickinson - April 28, 2022 0

Digitisation of the construction sector is an important step. It will simplify and streamline material reuse and carbon emission reduction. But this takes brains, cooperation between computing and construction, and a personal determination to...

General

CityChanger Sepp Eisenriegler: Eliminating Planned Obsolescence

Karl Dickinson - November 28, 2022 0

Spend less and save the environment: these are the benefits of repairing durable household electrical appliances over buying cheap replacements every few years. The fact we even can give products a second lease of...

General

CityChanger Luca Ballarini: Empowering People Through City Imaging

Karl Dickinson - September 26, 2022 0

When Luca Ballarini came up with the idea of ‘city imaging’, he didn’t yet know the impact it could have. Within less than a decade, the concept has become a powerful tool that anyone...

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...

Cycling

CityChanger Heinrich Strößenreuther: Founder of Climate & Cycling Referendums

Karl Dickinson - October 10, 2022 0

If we seriously intend to limit global warming, we need more people like Heinrich Strößenreuther. This cycling and climate activist and serial NGO founder specialises in street-level change, and he’s using the political system...

Housing

CityChanger Orna Rosenfeld: “I Created My Job Because I Believed in Something”

Iris Fiebiger - November 4, 2021 0

Do you want to drive change in cities but can’t find a role that allows you to do so? Why not be like our CityChanger Dr Orna Rosenfeld and create your own job? Tackling the...

General

CityChanger Fabian Dattner: Lessons for Equitable Leadership

Karl Dickinson - October 3, 2022 0

As in business, real success in sustainable city transformations largely hinges on sound and equitable leadership. This requires elevating more women to positions of influence. Social entrepreneur Fabian Dattner is a die-hard advocate and...

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...

Construction

CityChanger Gemma Jerome: Building with Nature in Mind

Karl Dickinson - July 4, 2022 0

We claim a lot of land from the natural world to build ourselves places to live. What if we could construct in a way that works for humans and habitats? That’s the question which...

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...

Walking

CityChanger Bronwen Thornton: Celebrating Walkable Cities

Cornelia Forsthuber - May 7, 2021 0

With a background in architecture and sociology, Bronwen Thornton started her career in government, keenly interested in social justice issues. Attending the Walk21 conference in 2001, she had an epiphany – walking is where...

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