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The CityChangers Podcast #17: Heart & Seoul

The CityChangers Podcast -
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 ask why, almost 20 year later, this peaceful pocket in...
Car-Free

How to Create a Pop-Up Car-Free Zone in Your City

Lauren McAskie -
Once every year a ‘World Car Free Day’ takes place in various big cities around the world. If your city does not yet host a car-free event, keep reading this guide on how to...
Retrofitting

Decarbonising Cities to Reverse Climate Change

Karl Dickinson -
Cities emit seemingly endless cascades of greenhouse gasses. Carbon dioxide is the number one offender. Rectifying this is pivotal to halting global warming and preventing irreversible climate damage. But decarbonising cities at a mass...
Walking

Walking: The Key to Multi-Modal Success

Karl Dickinson -
Twentieth-century urban sprawl caused a shift in how we move around and between cities. Where walking was once the norm, private motors now claim the crown. But with recent focus on alternative transport, walking...
Walking

Addis Ababa: Lessons in Multi-modal Transport from an African Capital

Karl Dickinson -
America and Europe are awash with cities putting multi-modal transport at the forefront of cities’ policy and design. The voice of Africa doesn’t feel so prominent, but that’s misleading: Addis Ababa’s progressive transport plans...
Cycling

From Enemy to Ally? How to Share Bike-Lanes With E-Scooters

Tanja Polonyi -
They endanger pedestrians, they are annoying, and people throw them away like garbage: E-scooters. Many citizens, especially pedestrians and cyclists, do not care for them. But let’s be clear: the potential of e-scooters is...
Energy

Notable City London: The Transition to Community Energy

Karl Dickinson -
Widescale social housing retrofit projects led by local authorities are not uncommon. Yet many energy refits still tend to focus on changes at the microscale – in single buildings. Does it have to be...
Car-Free

Recycling Highways: A New Perspective on Car-Free Cities

Lauren McAskie -
"In the 1950s we thought the car would save our cities, now we have to reverse it." We spoke to Senior Urbanist and expert city planner Paul Lecroart to find out more about what...
Water

The Secrets of Vancouver’s Rain City Strategy

Karl Dickinson -
Vancouver has undergone a blue-green infrastructure revolution. Its Rain City Strategy integrated nature making the city more resilient to fluctuations in rainfall. Behind it all is Melina Scholefield, a CityChanger with an impressive portfolio...
Architecture & Design

Architectural Design and Climate Mitigation & Adaptation

Metka Novak -
“It’s not just about water, not just about heat. It’s about humans and nature and how our cities function holistically and work together.” - Jeremy Anterola With cities becoming more populated and the growing demand...
Walking

Infrastructural Changes for Pedestrians: What to Consider

Metka Novak -
Changing the infrastructure is never an easy task. A lot of thought goes into designing an efficient transport system – but does it consider all modes of transport? Learn about the most important elements...
Inclusive Cities

When You Don’t Feel Safe in Your Own Neighbourhood – The Lack of Safety for Communities of Colour

Metka Novak -
Black individuals are 2,5 times more likely to be killed by law enforcement on public surfaces, are often harassed at home by their neighbours, and only 22% of them feel they can safely bike...
Car-Free

Infrastructure for Car-Free Cities: The Challenge

Lauren McAskie -
The idea of a ‘car-free’ city sounds pretty straightforward… just ban the cars, right? Well, it’s not quite that simple. Several challenges stand in the way of reducing car dominance in cities and building...
Water

Case For Urban Water Management

Karl Dickinson -
The more we build, the more we disrupt natural water systems, calling into question whether we’ll have enough to sustain growing city populations. Prioritising water management and blue infrastructure will enable urban environments to...
Water

The Challenges Facing Urban Water Management

Karl Dickinson -
What water is available to cities is unevenly distributed and increasingly stressed due to population growth. Human activity backed by poor policy safeguards increases volumes of wastewater, reduces that of potable quality, and triggers...
Water

Water Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson -
Water impacts on everything we do, so the problems that mount from handling it poorly are many and varied. To help contextualise the importance of H20 to populous places, we bring you some of...
Cycling

Cyclin’ in the Rain? What a Glorious Feeling!

Tanja Polonyi -
It’s minus 30 degrees. Not the ideal temperature to cycle to work, is it? The enthusiasm to get on a bike while it is freezing cold or insufferably hot might, understandably so, be rather...
Car-Free

Let’s Re-Design to Go Back in Time: How to Re-Purpose Car Space for People

Lauren McAskie -
Our cities are car-obsessed. The result? Urban space that is invaluable and useless most of the time because it only serves one purpose: a place for cars to park. But have you ever stopped...
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