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Editorial

Colonial Urbanism: Polycrisis Guaranteed by Design

POSSIBLE FUTURES - August 17, 2023

Cities across the Global South remain firmly in the grips of their colonisers’ “innovations”, hosting entrenched centuries-old systems and practices of abuse and exploitation that disrupt health and life across the planet. Approaches to...

Young Leaders

Young Leader Khate Torres: Using Environmental Psychology to Create Healthy Urban Spaces

Karl Dickinson - August 21, 2023

Achieving climate and sustainability goals requires a willingness to change. Without this, the urban transformation would lack substance. We already have so much of the knowledge we need to make a significant impact, but,...

Construction

Young Leader Omar Zahran: Architecture as a Tool for People-Centred Cities

Karl Dickinson - July 10, 2023

How does so much historic architecture endure the ravages of time? It’s because the architects of yore knew how to build cities to suit their environment, and they did so to meet the needs...

General

CityChanger Luca Ballarini: Empowering People Through City Imaging

Karl Dickinson - September 26, 2022

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...

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